Many students will want to pursue a career as a creative practitioner, working as a writer for stage, screen or new media. Although this is a fiercely competitive field, this degree is designed to help you realise your ambitions. You will be encouraged to explore writing across a range of different forms and media, developing skills that can be applied across both traditional and new media.
The course has established a powerful record for developing successful writers and creative leaders, from playwrights, television writers and dramaturgs, to performers, broadcasters and journalists.
Alternatively, you could use your additional experience and qualification to progress in your current career or pursue a related path within the creative arts. Many of the course’s alumni have gone on to work in education, arts administration, script editing, literary management, advertising, publishing, marketing, public relations and many other areas.
There is a wide variety of careers and employability support available across the University to help you with your career.
Graduates from similar courses have continued with their research and progressed to PhD study.