Courses

Creative Writing

BA (Hons)

Our BA (Hons) Creative Writing is ranked 12th in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2025 – Creative Writing).

Push your creative limits. Build your literary skills. Join practice-led workshops and readings with contemporary writers. Make connections as publishing and broadcasting professionals share insights. Find your voice with a creative writing degree that fires your imagination.

Creative Writing and English Literature

BA (Hons)

We’re 12th in the UK for Creative Writing, and 11th in the UK for English (The Guardian University Guide 2025).

Combine your passions for reading and writing great literature with our joint programme. Dive into genres, topics and periods, strengthen your mastery of literature, then transform your own writing with your new understanding as you tap into your creative potential.

Creative Writing

MA

Hone your writing technique. Find your unique literary voice. Joining us, you’ll learn to read as a writer and develop your craft as you produce a manuscript for possible publication.

Doctor of Philosophy

PhD

Focus on a research area in depth, receive substantial training in a range of research approaches and write a thesis that will demonstrate your understanding of how to develop a critical academic argument.

Masters by Research

MRes

Receive substantial training in a range of research approaches, developing an appreciation of their theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, before completing a research-based dissertation that focuses on a topic in-depth.