Course Overview

you will explore writing prose, poetry, life writing, and media writing, taught by award-winning writers and guest speakers from the industry. You will have the opportunity to attend a vibrant series of lectures, workshops, and readings from visiting writers. At the University of Worcester, our focus is to help you establish your own identity as a writer and enhance your skill set to enable you to pursue a career that utilizes your excellent writing and communication skills. Throughout your degree, you will be encouraged to experiment as you are mentored by professional writers who will help you to discover the variety of career choices available to you. You will be supported to develop a writer's network and evolve your own distinctive writing practice and submit your work for publication.

Creative Writing is an extremely versatile degree program. Employers in a wide variety of job markets value the creativity and creative thinking skills you will develop during the course. Examples of careers you could enter as a graduate include:

Professional writing, including print publication, performance

Media, including publishing, editing, production, copywriting

Advertising, including digital content creation

Journalism, including print, broadcast, and digital media

Computer games design and development

Teaching, at compulsory and post-compulsory levels

Arts administration

Charitable and voluntary sectors

Civil Service

Human Resources

Doctoral research and academic careers

Creative Writing at the University of Worcester places a strong emphasis on developing your proficiencies in both oral and literate communication enabling you to express yourself with confidence and clarity.

Opportunities to expand your professional network at the University of Worcester will allow you to enter the workplace with valuable first-hand experience. Creative Writing students are also well suited to continue on to postgraduate study in a range of different disciplines.

General Eligibility

104 UCAS tariff points

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS level 7.0 with no element below 6.5