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The Creative Writing Postgraduate Portal

Photo of Student reading Welcome to the Lancaster University postgraduate Creative Writing Programme - one of the longest established and most prestigious writing programmes in the UK. The Creative Writing Programme forms an integral part of the larger Department of English & Creative Writing and is located in County College for most teaching and administrative purposes. It also has hugely successful distance learning programmes at both MA and PhD level. The Creative Writing Postgraduate Portal offers you access to a wide range of virtual facilities, designed to meet the needs of both campus and eLearning students.

Essential elements available through the Portal are:

The Creative Writing MA and PhD Handbook, 2009-10

Links to our online research training modules

Profiles of our current PhD students

What Students say and Student publications

Other resources and links:

Image of black page in Tristram Shandy The Black Page exhibition at Shandy Hall celebrates the 250th anniversary of Vols I & II of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne. Page 73 of Volume I is a Black Page which marks the death of Parson Yorick, and 73 artists/writers have each been asked to create a 'Black Page' for exhibition and sale by auction.

Cover of NAWE Benchmark Statements Writers in Education. NAWE has established a Higher Education Network in order to provide information and support for all those teaching or studying on writing courses, prospective students and recent graduates. The NAWE Higher Education Committee has recently published (in draft form) Benchmark Statements that aim to provide useful descriptions of how Creative Writing is taught and researched. Click here to download a pdf version of the Creative Writing Benchmark Statements, and click here for further information on the National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE), which is the one organization supporting the development of creative writing of all genres and in all educational and community settings throughout the UK.

NAWE HE Network Bulletin: the first bulletin of 2011 gives details of three new initiatives:

• The new short story forum Thresholds welcomes contributions throughout the year. More information here about Thresholds.

• Contributions are also invited to the journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice. More information about Short Fiction.

• Poetry Matters, the ESRC Seminar Series began 11 January 2011. Read more.

Also, the deadline for the next edition of Writing in Education is 14 February. NAWE is particularly keen to receive any contributions relating to their conference in Cheltenham last November, but general submissions are also most welcome.

Logo for Creative Writing online journal Creative Writing: Teaching Theory and Pedagogy is aimed at teachers of Creative Writing and those who are in the process of training to become teachers of Creative Writing: “With the rise of pedagogy modules on creative writing degrees, many have begun to question why we teach the way we do; what it is that we deliver in terms of transferable skills; what the body of knowledge within the subject actually is, how the workshop actually works as a space for learning and many other questions. There is a growing interest and accompanying body of literature emerging within Creative Writing as a subject area, which deals with the theoretical issues surrounding the pedagogy of the subject. This debate is on-going in the US, Australia and in the UK.”

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The English Subject Centre is part of the Higher Education Academy and supports the teaching of English Literature, English Language and Creative Writing across UK Higher Education. Their website offers a range of activities, information and ideas to help lecturers enhance the student experience.

ty newydd

Ty Newydd is the National Writers' Centre for Wales and since 1990 has attracted writers from all over the world both as tutors and course participants. There are courses for poets, novelists, script and screenwriters, playwrights, and many other genres. If you are inexperienced there are Starting to Write courses and a variety of courses for more experienced writers. Sally Baker, the centre director, is always pleased to advise on the suitability of courses (post@tynewydd.org). Click here for further information.