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Creative Writing MA

Teesside University

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Teesside University Middlesbrough

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    28-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Creative writers express thoughts, feelings and emotions through words and have the ability to inform, provoke, captivate, inspire and move. You approach creative writing from a variety of perspectives - including fiction, poetry, life writing and drama - to explore how writers operate and how you can become an independent writer in professional publishing, performance and writing within community, educational and therapeutic contexts. Taught by practicing writers, poets and novelists the course utilises links to partner organisations to provide routes of progression into the literary professions. The programme modules blend practical craft-based learning of writers’ techniques with critical theory to gain an understanding of the changing role of the writer within society.You broaden your skills base through experimentation and reflect upon your personal motivations, aims and interests as a developing writer through taught seminars, writing workshops, self-directed projects and tutorial supervision.Top reasons to study this course> Study this course and you may be eligible for a £2,500 Sir Keith Skeoch postgraduate scholarship.> A flexible syllabus which allows you to develop your own writing interests, the changing nature of creative writing and new readerships through new technologies> Career routes are wide and eclectic including publishing, editing and freelance writing, wider creative industries (television, journalism, new media) and professions that require advanced writing skills.> A supportive environment for innovation through creative play, adaptation and improvisation across a wide range of genres

Tuition fees

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£ 17,000per year

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University information

Teesside University

Teesside University

  • University League Table

    90th

  • Campus address

    Teesside University Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, TS1 3BX, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Creative Writing

    28th out of 45

  • Entry standards

    / Max 173
    114 66%

    36th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    n/a

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.38 85%

    5th

    7

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