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.