Creative Writing

You’ll learn all of the skills required to master the craft of writing, alongside other skills essential to the modern writer, such as editing, drafting, pitching and performing your work. You’ll also learn how to give and receive criticism alongside supportive colleagues who are keen to challenge you.

What you'll study?

You will experiment with writing in a variety of genres, including fiction, poetry, children’s and young adult fiction, and writing for radio, stage and screen. You’ll learn how to give and receive criticism in a tough but supportive environment. You'll study editing and develop your knowledge of publication or performance processes. The emphasis is on seeing writing as a creative process and learning that drafting, revising, editing and reading are important aspects of becoming a writer.

During your first year, you’ll study four core modules which will offer an introduction to the course and allow you to focus on developing your own writing and reading skills. In your second year, you’ll begin to pursue your individual interests through a range of optional modules. There’s also an opportunity to spend the second half of the year on international exchange at one of our partner universities. In your final year, with one-to-one supervision, you’ll undertake a dissertation on a topic of your choice, as well as optional modules focused on employability skills for the future.