Creative and Critical Writing MA

Develop your own creative writing while engaging in intensive study of critical theory.

At Sussex, you gain skills in critical assessment and written communication while also developing your abilities in problem solving and independent thinking. Creative and Critical Writing graduates often use these skills in careers in:
publishing, journalism and editing
libraries, teaching and consultancy
media, marketing and events management.

Other graduates have gone on to do further research and work in academia. Some of our MA students have taken up funded doctoral study at universities including Cambridge, Bristol, Johns Hopkins, Pennsylvania, Yale and Sussex, among many others.

Graduate destinations
94% of students from the School of English were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent School of English graduates have gone on to jobs including:
research writer, Chambers and Partners
production assistant, Time & Leisure
data journalist, News UK.

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.