| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | Full-time, Part-time | 12 - 24 months | September | GBP 8986 per year | GBP 15800 per year |
The Creative Writing MA is a practice-led course, giving you the chance to develop your writing in chosen areas or experiment with new forms and genres through exploratory writing and stimulating craft tasks and challenges. The course is designed to develop your writing practice in both research and professional contexts, including modules honing your craft, tackling practice research methodology, and your understanding of the industry. You will have the opportunity to graduate with an advanced understanding of your own writing practice, and how it sits in relation to the professional landscape, including how to use the skills you have acquired to forge a career in a range of contexts. The course also equips you with an ability to articulate your own preoccupations and interests as a writer, which helps with everything from Author’s Talks, grant applications, and Industry pitching.
The taught modules are uniquely delivered in seven-week blocks, this means you focus on one element at a time, rather than dividing your attention between parallel modules. Teaching is timetabled on one concentrated day, though you also need to allocate independent study time for developing your writing, conducting research and undertaking the required reading for classes. You will shape and grow projects to a professional standard, while also learning how to provide a theoretical basis to discuss and conceptualise your practice. The programme culminates in a dissertation in which you will work independently on an extended creative writing project in a form or genre of your choice, with tutor guidance and feedback.
Key features
2023/24 Full-time tuition fees for UK students: £8,986 (full-time) per year
2023/24 tuition fees for EU and international students £15,800 per year
You should have the equivalent or above of a 2.2 UK bachelor’s honours degree, with evidence of an ongoing writing practice.
If you have other professional qualifications, or industry experience or you don’t have the equivalent of a UK bachelor’s honours degree but can evidence of an ongoing writing practice we will consider your application on an individual basis.
Interview and writing sample
Applicants with relevant qualifications will be asked for a sample of creative work and a study proposal.
Non-standard applicants will also be invited to attend an interview.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.5 overall with 5.5 in each band (or equivalent) when you start the course is essential.
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