English with Creative Writing

About this programme

Would you love to see your name in print? Curious about the creative industries? Or maybe there’s a poem or novel in you that's just waiting to come out? If you want to develop your writing skills whilst also broadening your knowledge of what ‘English’ is, this is the course for you. Learn from expert staff who are published poets and authors themselves. Writing both fiction and poetry, you’ll explore different forms and genres along the way, including environmental and political poetics, creative non-fiction, flash fiction and short stories. The work in English studies will strengthen your creative writing, whilst also equipping you with a range of valuable transferable skills to prepare you for life after your degree. Would you love to see your name in print? Curious about the creative industries? Or maybe there’s a poem or novel in you that's just waiting to come out? If you want to develop your writing skills whilst also broadening your knowledge of what ‘English’ is, this is the course for you. Learn from expert staff who are published poets and authors themselves. Writing both fiction and poetry, you’ll explore different forms and genres along the way, including environmental and political poetics, creative non-fiction, flash fiction and short stories. The work in English studies will strengthen your creative writing, whilst also equipping you with a range of valuable transferable skills to prepare you for life after your degree. You’ll spend two thirds of your time on English studies, and one third on creative writing. This includes learning about the process o