BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing

Course Overview This combined English and Creative Writing degree hones your literary craft while broadening your critical horizons, preparing you for a diverse range of rewarding professions. You will develop your unique voice across poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and screenwriting while engaging with the texts that have shaped our world. The program emphasizes real-world experience through publishing opportunities and work-based learning, all within a supportive and research-active community. Key Program Highlights Gain professional experience through work-based learning modules and internships with publishers, literary agents, and arts organizations. Write for and be published in INK, the department's student-run magazine, to launch your publishing career. Learn from internationally recognized, research-active staff and published authors in a supportive environment with no written exams. Choose from a wide variety of specialist modules in both period studies and creative writing, with free set texts for all core modules. Access exceptional resources, including a 24/7 university library with a rare books collection, and opportunities for international study.