Program Overview

Creative Writing (Multidiscipline)

Overview

Ranked in the top ten best places to study Creative Writing according to the Guardian University Guide 2025, this course is designed to help you develop your skills in the creative pillars of plot, character, and narrative, as well as explore writing in a unique range of contexts.

Course Details

Attendance

• Full-time
• Three-year course
• Next enrolment: September 2024

Introduction

This course is for you if you want to develop your sense of creativity, learn how to analyse and refine your own work, and launch a professional career in writing. You will have the chance to explore writing in a range of contexts, from screenwriting to the gaming industry, and develop a strong portfolio of varied work.

Year One

• Essential Reporting: Learn how to source and produce stories, providing you with fundamental editorial and technical skills.
• Multimedia Reporting: Develop as a networked journalist by developing your own blog and exploring digital platforms.
• Production Skills: Combine technical and creative aspects of media production.
• Popular Fictions: Explore key concepts fundamental to the study of popular fiction.
• The Writer's Practice: Experiment with your talents and discover your own writing practice.

Year Two

• Choose six of the following modules:
  • Radio Podcasting and Features
  • Feature Writing
  • Theatre Industry: Critical Writing and Contemporary Debates
  • Television Genres
  • Comedy Writing and Performance
  • Digital Narrative Technologies
  • Creative Non-Fiction
  • Researching and Planning a Novel
  • Writing Poetry in the 21st Century
  • Introduction to Children’s Literature
  • Playwriting
  • Literature, Adaptation and the Screen
  • Introduction to Screenwriting
  • Work Placement Module
  • Professional Writing for Creative Industries

Year Three

• Final Portfolio: Undertake a self-directed project in the genre(s) of your choosing.
• Choose five of the following optional modules:
  • Sequential Art (Comics and Graphic Novels)
  • Teaching Masterclass
  • Journalism and Public Relations
  • British Theatre Post-1950
  • New Departures: Reading and Writing Innovative Poetry
  • Biography: Tradition and Innovation
  • Writing for Performance
  • Visual Text
  • Transmedia Storyworlds
  • Stand-up Comedy
  • Scriptwriting for TV and Film

Teaching

• Lectures: Formal, with a lecturer addressing a large group of students.
• Tutorials: Informal, consisting of small group teaching that is often student-led.
• Seminars: Informal, with a mixture of tutor-led and student-led discussions.
• Practical workshops: Demonstrate new skills, with outside speakers sometimes invited to share their experiences.
• Creative writing workshops: One-to-one support, including feedback from tutors on your work.

Assessment

• Production and creative writing modules are typically assessed through creative work.
• Other modules are evaluated through essays.
• No exams as part of this course.

Employment and Stats

• 90% of graduates are in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.
• Career opportunities include roles in publishing, editing, teaching, marketing, journalism, and public relations.

Requirements

• GCSE English Language at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent) is required.
• Maths at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent) is preferred but not essential.
• UCAS Tariff Points: 104-112.
• A level: 104-112 UCAS Tariff Points to be obtained from a minimum of two A-Levels or equivalent.
• T level: Merit.
• BTEC National Diploma: DMM.
• Scottish Highers: 104-112 points.
• Irish Leaving Certificate: 104-112 points.
• International Baccalaureate: 30-31 points.
• European Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 71% overall.

Tuition Fees

• Full-time home: £9,535 per year (2025/26), £9,535 per year (2026/27).
• Full-time international: £17,650 per year (2025/26), £18,120 per year (2026/27).

Additional Costs

• Books, stationery, printing, binding, and general subsistence on trips and visits.

Scholarships for International Students

• High-achieving international students may be eligible for one of our scholarships.