MA in Biography
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I have had the time of my life there and enjoyed it thoroughly
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The campus is small so the classes but that is greatly effective. I made friends for life and will definitely recommend this university.
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It feels quite confident being a part of one of the best universities with great knowledgaeble teachers. Socialization is also amazing with students union oragnising everything. It feels happy to be art BU and collect beautiful experiences.
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Postgraduate
In Buckingham
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Buckingham
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Different dates available
This cutting-edge programme is unique to Buckingham. A course with wide appeal, it is aimed at anyone who has an interest in biography or in researching and writing biography for themselves. The varied mix of backgrounds and interests that students bring to the course, the experience and commitment of the programme director and the friendly small-group setting allow a lively, enjoyable and intellectually rigorous exchange of ideas. Graduates have gone on to publish their own books, and to win prizes. Some have embarked on further research for the MPhil or the DPhil in Biography.When it was founded in 1996, the Biography MA was the first of its kind. Since then Life Writing has become part of the postgraduate menu, but the Buckingham course has kept its distinctive edge. Unlike most Life Writing degrees, it is not linked to Creative Writing, and there is a strong emphasis on research and historical biography. The programme is consistently rated ‘excellent’ by external examiners and inspectors.
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I have had the time of my life there and enjoyed it thoroughly
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The campus is small so the classes but that is greatly effective. I made friends for life and will definitely recommend this university.
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It feels quite confident being a part of one of the best universities with great knowledgaeble teachers. Socialization is also amazing with students union oragnising everything. It feels happy to be art BU and collect beautiful experiences.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
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This centre's achievements
All courses are up to date
The average rating is higher than 3.7
More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months
This centre has featured on Emagister for 14 years
Subjects
- Accounts
- Supervisor
- Secondary
- Creative Writing
- University
- Writing
- Beauty
- Professor Training
- Architect
- Publishers
Course programme
24 January 2017 Book based on Biography MA dissertation appears in The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday on 22 January 2017 published a 2-page article by Claudia Joseph: “The not so shy Lady Di: An aristocratic beauty trapped in a loveless marriage whose scandalous affair gripped the nation.” Click here to read the … Read more >
6 October 2015 Biography students shortlisted for prize
Two Biography DPhil students have been short-listed for a prestigious literary prize. The Biographers’ Club awards the annual Tony Lothian Prize of £2,000 for the best proposal for a biography by an unpublished author. Five submissions were shortlisted. Two of … Read more >
29 June 2015 Publication of the week: Professor Jane Ridley
Ridley, J., Victoria (Penguin Monarchs): Queen, Matriarch, Empress (London: Allen Lane, 2015). 160 pp. ISBN: 978-0-14-197718-8. This book is part of the Penguin Monarchs series which provides short, fresh, expert accounts of England’s rulers. Queen Victoria inherited the throne at … Read more >
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