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Postgraduate Courses in Creative Writing

The Department of English and Creative Writing offers a range of practical approaches to writing fiction, poetry and scripts at MA and PhD level.

At M.A. level, all our teaching is workshop-based. Students' work-in-progress is circulated in advance and discussed in detail with a workshop of fellow writers.

The course is demanding because we create - as closely as possible - the conditions under which professional writers work. From time to time each group may write together to a guideline suggested by the tutor, but this is the only prescription in our work. Our courses ask students to explore and develop their talent, finding ways to create their own artistic voice and vision. We offer advice on publication in books and magazines and in the broadcast media. The teaching staff are published, prize-winning writers across a spectrum of genres. Examination is by portfolio.

At PhD level, students work independently, under the supervision of one of more of the creative writing team and, on occasion, in conjunction with English Literature teaching staff. Over three years of study, students are asked to develop a thesis which comprises both an extended piece of creative work (for example, a novel, or a collection of short stories or poems) and a reflective essay; this can take a number of different forms, dependent on the nature of the creative project.

Applications for Doctoral work in any genre are welcomed.

Details of: our Campus MA, our Distance Learning MA and our PhD programme.

All MA applicants accepted for a place will also be considered for the award of our Departmental bursary of £1500 (decision announced August 2006).

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