The course provides a supportive and collaborative environment for you to analyse the approaches and techniques used by various authors and apply them to your own writing. Students graduate with critical thinking skills and a portfolio of work that demonstrates communication skills that are in deman
DurationCreative Writing
What makes Creative Writing and English Literature at Worcester special?
Studying a joint honours degree in Creative Writing and English Literature provides the opportunity to combine your development as a writer with academic study of literary texts.
You’ll explore complementary yet contrasting approaches to thinking about writing and the dynamic, multi-faceted contexts of its production.
The course provides a supportive and collaborative environment for you to analyse the approaches and techniques used by various authors and apply them to your own writing. Students graduate with critical thinking skills and a portfolio of work that demonstrates communication skills that are in demand across multiple jobs and industries.
Overview
Key features
The chance for students to publish their work from the very first week and throughout their undergraduate programme
Opportunities to play an active role in local and regional literature festivals, related events and a work project module
Study diverse literatures emanating from the sixteenth through to present day – and encompassing both ‘canonical’ and ‘marginal’ texts
Experience in writing for a range of digital, print, audio, visual and performance platforms
Tailor your course to your individual needs with a joint honours degree
The University of Worcester
The University of Worcester is a close-knit and high-achieving community where students are supported to succeed at every level.
The University has been ranked in the top 5 in the UK for Quality Education in all years of the Times Higher Education’s University Impact Rankings, which assess how universities globally are meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The University has also been ranked in the top 5 in the UK for Gender Equality in all years of the rankings.
Worcester has been shortlisted three times as the Times Higher Education’s University of the Year – in 2016, 2019 and 2020 - and twice for University of the Year in the UK Social Mobility Awards – in 2019 and 2020.
The University scores consistently above our benchmark and the average in the National Student Survey. In 2021, Worcester Students’ Union was ranked among the top 10 unions at mainstream universities across the UK in the independent survey.
Worcester achievements
Top 5 in the UK for Quality Education - in all years of the Times Higher Education’s University Impact Rankings
Sustainability Institution of the Year - Winner- 2019 Green Gown Awards
University of the Year - Finalist - 2020 Times Higher Education Awards and UK Social Mobility Awards
Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Winner - 2020 Times Higher Education Awards
Top 10 for Sustained Employment - Longitudinal Educational Outcomes survey
Top 20 for Student Experience - Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022
A place for everyone
The University is a truly inclusive place where every person counts as an individual. From designing imaginative facilities to providing practical support and tailored learning, we strive to help people of all backgrounds and abilities to achieve their own rich potential. We work hard to break down barriers and provide opportunities for all.
In 2020 we were the winner of the Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
Worcester is home to Europe’s first integrated university and public library, The Hive, and Britain’s first inclusive indoor sports hall purpose-designed to include the wheelchair athlete, the University of Worcester Arena, two facilities that exemplify our commitment to inclusion.
Our commitment to supporting students’ wellbeing was recognised in being shortlisted for Outstanding Student Support in 2018 and 2019 in the Times Higher Education University Awards, and we are regularly identified as a best practice example in this field.
We believe in educating and supporting the whole person to succeed in their own personal endeavours but to also use the skills they develop to build a better world.
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Our MA in Creative Writing: Writing and Publishing Fiction is a stimulating and rewarding course designed to help you develop the craft of excellent writing, enable you to produce original fiction, and equip you with the knowledge to get it published.
The aim of this five week course is to help both the beginner and the more advanced writer to develop and improve their writing skills in a range of different areas, including short story writing, flash fiction, poetry and the writing of a novel.
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You will learn how to read and think as a writer and explore the choices faced and decisions taken by writers. Regular workshops and bespoke reading lists will serve to inform and enrich your own work.
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