BA (Hons) English & Creative Writing with Foundation Year full time

This degree gives you a unique and exceptional opportunity to enhance your creative and analytical abilities – by developing your creative writing talents alongside the critical study of English through literature. We aim to help you develop the skills and knowledge to craft confident, evocative and persuasive prose.
Creativity, curiosity and self-motivation are valuable transferable skills, along with the oral and written communication, time-management and organisational attributes sought by employers across the sectors.

What Can I Do With This Qualification?
Graduates may seek work as a writer on a self-employed, freelance basis. Also, public and private sector organisations such as educational institutions, retail companies, local and national government, media companies, and charitable organisations may employ graduates in a range of roles, including teaching, administration, editing and publishing, advertising, journalism, general management and marketing.

You may aim to go on and study an MA or PhD in a variety of fields, and teaching is also a popular option. Others may decide to undertake a more vocational route and study courses related to teaching, journalism, librarianship or publishing.

Alternative Career Options
Libraries
Social media management
Information services
Leisure and tourism
Web content production
Public relations
Technical writing
Research
Strategic communications
Screen and play writing
Novelist/poet

Your Level 3 subjects should normally include English; for instance, A-level English Language and Literature.

You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent) including English.

If you don't have the above qualifications but have a strong portfolio of relevant work then we encourage you to apply.

You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.

We offer popular options in women’s writing, Gothic fiction, children’s literature, film adaptation and contemporary poetry, as well as a range of creative writing workshops in poetry, fiction and drama.
You can benefit from the latest thinking and discoveries, as our course tutors are active researchers in poetry, prose and drama, and feed their knowledge back into the curriculum.
We’ll help you develop a range of skills highly valued by employers, such as written and verbal communication, presenting information and ideas, argument and persuasion, working to tight deadlines, and research and critical analysis.
You can attend guest lectures from literary scholars, and hear contemporary writers’ work at the University’s regular literature events.