Creative Writing
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I know the degree toward the end will be great yet sacrificing so much to get extra on my CV is really exhausting. Overall I had a positive experience there.
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The course was interesting and I met good people along the way.
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I am a 52-year-old female entering a second year, having finished an HNC. I was worried about being too old however it hasn't been an issue up until this point. Different understudies are gracious and benevolent, similar to the teachers, and I have moved toward becoming companions with other develop understudies.
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PhD
In Glasgow
Description
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Type
PhD
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Location
Glasgow (Scotland)
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Start date
Different dates available
Our new research Masters of Fine Art (MFA) and Doctorate of Fine Art (DFA) build on a long history of offering Masters and Doctoral options in the study and practice of Creative Writing. Our research degrees incorporate hybrid taught elements (literary and practical seminars; workshops; and practical pedagogy) within a supervised research context that best support your creative and critical work. Both programmes give you dedicated, supported time to complete a substantial creative work, include opportunities to teach writing to undergraduates and apply to be a graduate teaching assistant for other literature courses, and the DFA additionally allows you to undertake an extended academic research, informed by your work and practice, leading to a significant critical essay or output. Our students enjoy the guidance of writers including Carolyn Jess-Cooke, Laura Marney, Elizabeth Reeder, Jeffrey Robinson, Michael Schmidt, and Zoe Strachan, and critics such as John Coyle, Jane Goldman, Rob Maslen, Alan Riach, and Helen Stoddart. Across all our postgraduate provision, both taught and by research, students have access to the best of the new and also develop a sense of the origins and histories. Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow is based in the Edwin Morgan Writing Room with its book, periodical and audio-visual library. There is an ambitious programme of visiting speakers, masterclasses and public events. The University Library with its modern collections and archives is a crucial resource, including the archive for Edwin Morgan’s Papers. We also collaborate with the Mitchell Library, one of the great civic libraries of Europe, and our public events are open to the public.
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Reviews
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I know the degree toward the end will be great yet sacrificing so much to get extra on my CV is really exhausting. Overall I had a positive experience there.
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The course was interesting and I met good people along the way.
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I am a 52-year-old female entering a second year, having finished an HNC. I was worried about being too old however it hasn't been an issue up until this point. Different understudies are gracious and benevolent, similar to the teachers, and I have moved toward becoming companions with other develop understudies.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Emily Brown
Ann
Tanith
Subjects
- IT
- Writing
- Creative Writing
- Public
- University
- Art
- Teaching
- Options
Course programme
DFA: 3 years full-time; 5 years part-time. Thesis length 70,000-100,000*
MFA: 2 years full-time; 4 years part-time. Thesis length 40,000-60,000*
* or approved equivalencies for poetry or cross-genre work
From 2016/17 both the MFA and DFA will run as Low Residency options. This option will require students to attend at least two intense weeks of seminars, visiting speakers, workshop and practical elements (including teaching creative writing in the second year). One week will take place during the first week of the autumn semester in their first year; the other will take place in the spring or early in the summer semester of their second year.
Additional information
All Postgraduate Research Students are allocated a supervisor who will act as the main source of academic support and research mentoring.You may want to identify a potential supervisor and contact them to discuss your research proposal before you apply.
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Creative Writing