Writing Courses
This directory of writing courses at Higher Education Institutions aims to feature all UK courses on which some aspect of creative writing is taught. This might be one module on writing poetry in an English literature degree, or a Masters focused entirely on screenwriting. There are over 83 HE Institutions offering undergraduate courses, sometimes in combination with other subjects such as Film, Literature or Language Studies. A similar number offer MA courses, with almost 200 to choose from. More than 30 universities offer Creative Writing PhDs.
You can search by course name, by level, or for all the courses offered by a particular institution or in a particular region.
Records are maintained by the institutions themselves. If, however, you find anything inaccurate or missing, please contact Paul Munden.
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Aberystwyth University
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A highly flexible degree in which all students take a common core, to which they add Writing options . Read more...
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Members of the Department have played a significant part in contributing to various debates within postmodernism over past decades. You will be able to specialise in the concerns of postmodernism as a critical and cultural phenomenon. The central concern of this course will be to study postmodernism in a range of its 'manifestations', allowing you to study aspects of its theory, literature, film and culture.
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This is a research-based course, 'research' in this context implying everything that is required to bring to completion a novel or substantial collection of poems, as well as to provide a critical/analytical account of the work produced. You will be expected, under the guidance of your supervisor, to demonstrate your skills in handling a sustained creative project, while at the same time establishing a critical framework for your writing. Your research will be closely supervised throughout by one or more core members of the Department's Creative Writing staff.
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Anglia Ruskin University
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The course offers a combination of writing and practical skills such as: shorthand, publishing production, video journalism, photojournalism, online journalism and other areas of activity. This is an intensive course where students are fully supported through a variety of team and individual work. Modules also give you the opportunity to explore the history of the development of journalism, as well as the ethical and legal dimensions of the subject. The final year offers plenty of opportunity to specialise in a particular area of journalism, as well as to study the business aspects of the profession. Read more...
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Anglia Ruskin University offers a Writing Pathway to students interested in developing their skills in creative writing. The Writing Pathway may be combined with English or with other subjects such as Film Studies. Read more...
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This MA programme is intended for applicants who are seriously committed to writing fiction. Students are practising (but not necessarily published) writers who want to build their craft in a stimulating literary and intellectual environment. It is not intended for the absolute beginner. Read more...
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Bangor University
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This Creative Studies degree allows you to pursue an interest in a variety of related subject areas: Creative Writing, American literature and culture, Film Studies, Theatre Studies, Journalism, Media and/or English, allowing you to pursue interconnected themes and ideas within different creative and/or critical fields. Read more...
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This Literature and Creative Writing degree provides the opportunity to combine the in-depth study of Literature and Creative Writing with other modules offered by the College, in subjects such as History and Sociology. Read more...
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You can study Creative Studies as a Joint Honours Degree with one of the following subjects: English Language, French, German, Italian, Linguistics, Music, Spanish. If you choose to study a language as a joint honours degree your course may last for 4 years, with the third year being spent in an appropriate country. New for 2010, it is possible to study Creative Studies with Law. Read more...
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This combined degree scheme allows you to study Creative Writing with either English, English Language, Music or Communications, giving you scope to combine writing with other forms of communication. This degree course will equip you with a lively grounding in the practical and critical skills required in these exciting creative fields. Read more...
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The MA in Creative Writing in the School of English at Bangor offers an unique opportunity to pursue your individual interests in writing while working as part of a supportive group of students in a lively and creative environment.
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The School of English at Bangor University offers a range of postgraduate courses in Creative Writing. They offer one to one teaching and supervision by established writers and academics; the opportunity to develop your own specific interests, working in the genre and style of your choice; the flexibility to study on a full or part-time basis; and the opportunity to develop an awareness of your own writing and writing processes through combining creative and critical work, preparing you for a future career in writing.
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Bath Spa University
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This programme is ideal for adventurous students who do not wish to be restricted within the boundaries of a single art discipline. The programme is concerned with contemporary creativity. It combines the opportunity for original and practical work with the challenges of critical thought and reflection across six major subjects (of which you choose two). Creative Writing may be combined with: Art, Ceramics, Dance, Drama Studies, Music, Textile Design Studies, Visual Design.
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Creative Writing combines the acquisition of the skills essential to the practice of writing with the study of exemplary authors; it gives the chance to experiment with a wide variety of forms, and encourages a critical knowledge of the creative industries. Read more...
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Our comprehensive programme includes prose fiction of all kinds, poetry of all kinds, scriptwriting for theatre, screen and radio, and non-fiction, such as feature writing, travel writing, nature writing, and biography. We also make films and DVDs, and encourage you to get involved in a wide range of writing related activities. Read more...
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The MA in Scriptwriting is a professional training course for working writers. We aim to turn out writers who understand the structure and craft of drama, have a finished script they can use as a calling card, know the industry in all its variety, and can pitch and sell their work. Read more...
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This specialist MA course is for writers for children of all ages, from the picture book age up to teenage and young adult. Though prose fiction is likely to be the main area studied, students will have a chance to look at writing in all forms including poetry and script. Read more...
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The MA in Creative Writing is concerned with imaginative writing, which includes novels, short stories, poetry and scriptwriting. The emphasis is upon encouragement, to help you to find and pursue a direction in your writing, and to understand the process of offering a manuscript for publication. Read more...
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The foundation degree in Publishing at Bath Spa University is a very practical course which teaches you editing, design, page layout, copywriting, publicity and marketing, websites creation and content management, project management, and much more. Read more...
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In Creative Writing candidates are invited to submit proposals for PhD projects that combine a proposed manuscript (fiction, poems or play-script) with an element of supporting or contextualizing research. The School is a leading center for Creative Writing with a distinguished team of published writers. Creative Studies was flagged in the 1996 RAE and rated 4 in RAE 2001.
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Birkbeck College, University of London
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This accredited course is for writers encountering difficulties such as how to proceed with a particular piece of work, or problems with writing generally. Read more...
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Kick-start your imagination with this accredited course for students with some experience of fiction writing. Read more...
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Are you an aspiring writer? These accredited evening courses offer stimulation and support to new writers of fiction, and/or poetry and drama, through a variety of activities including generating idea, writing exercises and assignments. Read more...
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Have you finished a draft of a play and want to take it further? Then this is the course for you. Read more...
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An interdisciplinary course for anyone interested in developing their own writing, and in the application of creative writing to health care. Read more...
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This accredited course explores the underlying rationale, goals and practical application for self-exploration and change. Read more...
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This programme is suitable for people with varying degrees of creative writing experience, from absolute beginners to those who have taken a creative writing course before. Modules are organised into three groups, with each module offering constructive feedback and informed discussion of students' creative work. Read more...
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This programme is ideal if you already have some experience of creative writing and would benefit from a disciplined, intensive framework in which to develop your work. You will explore the craft of writing fiction, poetry, drama and criticism, and complete a portfolio of coursework in all four genres. There are also Saturday masterclasses in fiction, poetry and drama, which are led by established guest authors. Read more...
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This programme offers you the opportunity to develop your screenwriting skills, to understand the social and political context of your work and to evaluate your performance. The modules are taught by practitioners who combine practical screenwriting skills with teaching experience. Read more...
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This programme introduces you to the foundations of the craft of writing in a range of literary genres. It offers guidance and tuition from practising published writers to help you develop and refine your work. You will not only hone your skills as a writer of fiction, poetry, drama, creative non-fiction and screenwriting, but you will also gain a critical awareness of the literary context of your own work. Read more...
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This degree aims to develop at a professional level the craft of fiction. It seeks to develop your confidence, sensitivity and discernment in the analysis of your own and fellow students' work, along with greater critical understanding of contemporary literary developments and the place of your own writing within them. Read more...
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This programme is designed for existing arts managers who wish to develop their practice and understanding of the background, theories and principles of arts and cultural management, or for those who wish to pursue a career in arts management and who satisfy other entry criteria. Read more...
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Birmingham City University
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This routeway is for everyone who loves reading and writing: stories and poems, scripts and novels, films and plays, page and screen. Not only will you receive inspirational tuition from published writers, but you will study alongside established and developing professional authors training at the National Academy of Writing, embedded within our School of English. Your initial studies will equip you with basic research, analysis and presentation skills, particularly as they apply to fiction, and give you an overview of contemporary theatre. In year two, you will develop your skills through two intensive modules, one in creative writing and one in lifewriting, the latter focusing on biography, autobiography and memoir. You will conclude your studies with a module in 21st Century Poetry and an independent study project. Read more...
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The BCU MA in Writing, in association with the National Academy of Writing, is a two-year, part-time course aimed at emerging writers. The course is run and validated by Birmingham City University. Core modules are available in Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Screenwriting and Scripting/Staging. Read more...
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This course is ideal for anyone that wishes to develop the complete range of skills required to find work as a broadcast journalist in a changing media environment. After this course you will be able to identify sources of news, write news copy and reports for radio, television and web pages to a professional standard and have developed techniques for working under pressure to tight deadlines. You will also have an understanding of the wider social and ethical issues surrounding the profession. This is an intensive, practical course designed to equip suitably qualified students for careers in broadcast journalism in the UK's media - primarily within radio or television. The course is recognized by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council, which is the industry training body. Read more...
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This is the right course for anyone who has experience in the news or web industries, or for a journalism graduate. However, applications are welcome from those who have experimented with the potential for journalism and new media.
The MA in Online Journalism offers the chance to explore the organic growth of journalism as it embraces online technology. It emphasises enterprise, community, and experimentation, as well as the core skills in newsgathering and production.
Online journalism is shaping the future of news and those on this course will be embarking on an exciting career in this burgeoning sector.
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Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln
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This is an English Literature degree but in semester two you do a Creative Writing module and then choose two further 20 credit modules. Read more...
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Poetry writing skills encouraged with aim of stimulating creative writing in classroom. Read more...
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Blackburn College
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Creative Writing Joint Honours - available as History and Creative Writing and English and Creative Writing.
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Blackpool and the Fylde College
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The English Degree is a unique blend of Linguistics, English Literature and Creative writing. As a student you will develop skills in recognising how fiction and non-fiction texts work and in writing your own texts. The BA English course is comprised of 3 core elements: Literature, Writing and Linguistics. Read more...
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Bolton University
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This is an undergraduate programme staffed by experienced, produced and published writers. The emphasis is on recreating professional practice and preparing students for careers within the creative industries. We have strong links with a wide range of professional practitioners (e.g. actors, directors, producers, publishers, literary agencies, etc.) who participate in a vibrant programme of visiting speakers and seminars. Also available as a Combined Honours degree (both full and part time). Read more...
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The emphasis of this degree is on recreating professional practice and preparing students for careers within the creative industries. Creative writing can be studied in conjunction with: Accounting, Animation and Illustration, Biology, Business Info Systems, Business Management, Community Studies, Education Studies, English, Environmental Studies, Film and Media Studies, Human Sciences, Law, Mathematics, Modern and Contemporary History, Psychology, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Photography. The emphasis is on recreating professional practice and preparing students for careers within the creative industries. Read more...
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Bolton Institute has a full and lively creative writing programme. This course aims to offer specialised and challenging advanced study. Read more...
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The MPhil/PhD in Creative Writing is for writers who want to embark on a course of sustained study and research at a high level of academic and creative achievement. Read more...
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Bournemouth University
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BA (Hons) Multi-Media Journalism at Bournemouth University is the only course in the UK accredited by the three main professional bodies and was the first journalism course in the country to achieve this status. This journalism course produces imaginative graduates able to produce news and features for TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and online publications.
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This screenwriting programme is a highly focused and unique training in creating the very foundation stone of film and television - the scripts. These feed the industry and ultimately dictate its creative direction. The programme is taught by professionals from the world of film and television and includes a professional industry attachment, where students gain both detailed experience and valuable contacts. Read more...
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This 12 month Masters degree, the first of its kind in the UK, aims to develop your individual creative voice as a writer and the range of your authorial skills, enabling you to write for a variety of media - including film, television, radio and new media. On this course you don't simply write. Your work will get made. You will see your scripts go into production while you are on the course.
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This part-time MA Screenwriting course, accredited by Skillset, is taught entirely by residential/attendance periods combined with distance-learning. Strong dramatic writing component. Read more...
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Brunel University
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This course will give you a secure foundation in the techniques of writing fiction, drama and poetry, and introduce you to the idea of writing as a profession. Within a sound academic environment, you will be able to develop your own creativity and explore different genres of writing under the guidance of experienced staff and practising writers of international standing. Read more...
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Creative Writing may be studied in conjunction with English or Games Design. The English course is designed to develop your knowledge, understanding, and analytical and creative skills through the analysis, interpretation and creation of literary texts. The Games Design course is aimed at students who want to develop a comprehensive understanding of the factors which shape the games industry and the techniques used in game design. Read more...
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We designed this MA quite simply to teach everything we think a new novelist ought to know. It combines a focus on the skills of writing full-length fiction with a clear-eyed exploration of the publishing process and related creative fields. This MA has attracted considerable interest among publishers and literary agents, many of whom participate actively in the programme.
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This programme has run successfully for over ten years, making it one of the longest-established creative writing Masters courses in Britain. Its distinctive, broad-based approach makes it an ideal choice for students moving directly to an MA from their undergraduate degrees. While it allows those who have previously studied creative writing to develop and explore, it also offers an excellent grounding to students whose first degrees were in other disciplines.
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Professional training in directing, solo performance and performance
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MA Journalism offers a unique combination of cutting-edge skills and contextual knowledge. Devised in close consultation with senior journalists, the syllabus provides a rigorous foundation to a career in this dynamic, challenging and often controversial industry. Students are trained in print/online journalism, with the option to specialise in broadcast journalism in the second term.
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Buckinghamshire New University
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The Creative Writing course offers you the opportunity to learn how to write prose fiction, poetry, and scripts for radio, stage and screen. You also have the opportunity in years two and three to choose a Film or Media or Drama module if you wish. Read more...
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The creative writing programme is designed to enable students to explore their own creativity in writing, and to learn a repetoire of writing skills from the work of published contemporary writers. Studying film is one way of making sense of the world through the study of images and narrative. At BCUC, students will approach films as cultural texts, asking questions about how meaning is made through cinema. Read more...
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The creative writing programme is designed to enable students to explore their own creativity in writing, and to learn a repetoire of writing skills from the work of published contemporary writers. English Studies will give students the chance to read, study, discuss and enjoy a range of novels, poetry and plays from Elizabethan verse to contemporary fiction, helping them to develop skills in analysis and criticism. Read more...
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The creative writing programme is designed to enable students to explore their own creativity in writing, and to learn a repetoire of writing skills from the work of published contemporary writers. Media Studies will teach students how to focus on what the media say and how that meaning is constructed both by producers and consumers. Read more...
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The BA (Hons) Scriptwriting (Film, TV & Stage) is a degree that builds on the strengths of the university's Creative Writing field, whilst developing links with the correlated areas of Journalism, Performance and Film & TV Production. The course considers the creative skills required in writing scripts, and the journey towards getting those scripts produced. Read more...
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Canterbury Christ Church University College
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Creative writing options are offered in Ys 2 and 3. The course will explore examples of literary practice, develop students' skills through writing exercises and offer close examination of student work in workshop groups and tutorials. Read more...
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From September 2010, the Department of English and Language Studies will be offering (subject to validation) an exciting new degree pathway in Creative Writing. Available in combination with Performing Arts at the University Centre Folkestone this pathway will offer a range of modules, allowing students to cover a spectrum of writing. Read more...
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This pathway will appeal to students who have an interest in narrative and wish to work with both image and text by taking a combination of modules chosen from our Visual Arts and Creative Writing programmes offered at Folkestone. This course is also available as a Single Honours Programme in combination with Creative Writing or Performing Arts. Read more...
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The MA in Creative Writing at Christ Church University College has been running since October 2005. Workshops, seminars and tutorials take place on Wednesday evenings at the college's Canterbury campus. Read more...
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Cardiff University
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Our degree in English and Creative Writing at UWIC will combine your love of literature with your passion for writing: it's a great combination. Read more...
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Cardiff University offers a unique Master's Degree in the Teaching and Practice of Creative Writing. This is a one-year, full-time course designed for young as well as experienced writers who have an interest in teaching Creative Writing. This course will also appeal to teachers who seek further writing experience while enhancing their knowledge of techniques and practices in the teaching of Creative Writing. Read more...
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The programme focuses on the academic study of journalism, but also offers opportunities for the development of professional skills through optional modules in the second semester and through research. Read more...
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University of Cardiff offers a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. Read more...
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Chester College of Higher Education
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Elective double module (20 points); Varieties of Writing for those wishing to develop Writing skills including Creative Writing skills. Read more...
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City University
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This course is aimed at the many students who have decided to make a career in journalism. It provides practical education and proficiency in print, broadcast and web journalism. You will also study all the other subjects which are essential to a successful career, including shorthand, media law and government, and be able to choose between other courses including international news and web creation and design. Read more...
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City University London
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Examine the craft of writing news stories through practical workshops aimed at teaching the skills necessary to achieve daily newspaper standards.
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A creative and enjoyable course for all those who want to write for children, covering picture books, easy readers and novels.
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An introduction to the techniques involved in writing articles for newspapers and magazines, and marketing them.
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This course teaches students to read newspapers in a critical and appreciative spirit. Students learn the characteristics of the interview, the column, the feature, the news article and the review article. They will be taught how to research material and structure their article and to develop the appropriate writing style.
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This is a course about the skills and techniques required to write drama for television, including the development process of outlines, treatments, scene breakdown and scripting.
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A complete course in developing a situation comedy from concept to character, plotting to dialogue. The course is taught by a professional TV and screen writer.
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A complete writing course covering jokes, stand up, sketches for radio and TV, character comedy and situation comedy. The course is market led and taught by a professional TV writer.
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A more advanced poetry workshop for poets who have published in magazines or who are working towards a first collection.
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A poetry workshop for all levels, which works on focusing and revising your writing to a publishable standard. Read more...
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A workshop for advanced fiction writers working on long or short stories. Practical advice and in-depth supportive criticism to help you prepare your work for publication.
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If you have been writing for some time but don't feel ready for an advanced course, this class aims to help you move your writing on and to develop your confidence. Read more...
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Learn the essentials of longer fiction and memoir: plot/structure, character, dialogue, atmosphere, pace and setting. In addition, we will look at the writer's tools of the trade: notebooks, logs, time management, editing and marketing. Read more...
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What, aside from its length, constitutes a novella? is there a particular sort of content that lends itself to the form? The class will develop a clearer understanding of the novella and put it into practice.
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A practical course that centres upon short story writing techniques, including structure, characterisation and dialogue, as well as focusing on critical skills. The course also involves exploring the work of contemporary writers. Students aim to complete their own short story.
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Present your own work and develop your skills in a constructive stimulating environment. We will explore structure, dialogue and plot. The course is suitable for both beginners and those with some writing experience. Read more...
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This Certificate in Continuing Education course offers a unique opportunity to work extensively on a novel from the earliest stages through to redrafting and editing. It is taught over three terms with two 2-hour sessions per week by Emily Pedder and Alison Burns. Read more...
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This new MA is run by the university's world-respected Department of Journalism, committed to excellence and professionalism. Tutors are currently working as writers and/or script analysts/directors in theatre and film. Dramatic writing focus. Read more...
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This new MA is run by the university's world-respected Department of Journalism, committed to excellence and professionalism. The advisory board includes Bernardine Evaristo, Maggie Gee, Nick Hornby, Doris Lessing, Michelle Magorian, Sara Maitland, Hilary Mantel and Patrick Neate. Read more...
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The first of its kind in the UK, this course will provide you with the essential skills and supportive environment to complete a full-length non-fiction book. It builds upon City's existing Creative Writing courses, and on the strengths of the Department of Journalism and Publishing, with its history of excellence in research, writing and reportage. Read more...
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Two-year, part-time Masters Degree offered by City University, Department of Cultural Policy and Management. Read more...
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The Department of Continuing Education runs a range of short courses in fiction writing. Read more...
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The Department of Continuing Education runs two short courses in writing poetry. Read more...
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The Department of Continuing Education runs two short courses in travel writing. Read more...
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City University, London
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The Programme is designed to give knowledge, confidence and skills to emerging leaders in the cultural sector, and offers a mix of critical theory and practical leadership and management tools. Read more...
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Coventry School of Art & Design
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Practical elements - writing articles; features. Read more...
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Practical elements - writing articles; features. Read more...
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Coventry University
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At Coventry University we offer you the opportunity to explore English and to see how far English as a language is crucial to our day-to-day understanding of the modern world. This is a practical and vocational course that enables you to discover the different ways English is used. Creative Writing modules available. Read more...
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The English and Journalistic studies BA Honours degree focuses on the English language as an expression of the cultural and political world in which we participate. The combination of journalism offers students the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of the news media, and will therefore be useful to students who wish to work in language media related fields. Read more...
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Cumbria Institute of the Arts
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The joint honours programme allows you to combine study of creative writing with a related academic discipline. The discipline of creative writing develops your writing craft and technique, providing you with skills that can enhance your communication and general writing abilities. As such it is complementary in combination with a number of subjects. Read more...
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De Montfort University
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BA (Hons) English degree at De Montfort University is characterised by its combination of 'old' and 'new', traditional and more innovative courses, from Shakespeare and Jane Austen to contemporary and popular literature. The course is unique in its pioneering work in film adaptations of literary texts, the Renaissance, and textual studies. Creative Writing modules are available, with a particular emphasis on screenwriting. Read more...
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