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MA Creative and Critical Writing

University of Liverpool

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Liverpool Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    22-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Liverpool offers a stimulating environment to study Creative and Critical Writing thanks to our unique placement module at one of our partner institutions and our exicting programme of events. You will develop your skills and knowledge through a combination of creative engagement with prose and drama. The programme offers a unique placement module through which you will have the opportunity to gain practical experience as a writer in residence at one of the University of Liverpools partner institutions in the city. As a writer in residence in locations such as museums and galleries, you will be able to develop professional skills through activities such as writing in response to exhibitions, or running creative writing workshops.Assessment will take the form of a portfolio consisting of creative work and reflections on the experience and requirements of the writer-in-residence role. Through core modules on contemporary prose and drama/screenwriting, you will develop your writing ability and professional awareness (i.e. submitting to agents, editorial pitches).Liverpool offers a stimulating environment in which to study Creative and Critical Writing, thanks to its lively events calendar:Including the Liverpool Literary Festival and literary events through the Centre for New and International WritingThe Universitys connections to local literary partners such as the Liverpool Everyman and PlayhouseThe presence of three AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinkers in the Department of English aloneMasterclasses with visiting writers such as the Hope Street Writer in Residence.

Tuition fees

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£ 24,100per year

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University of Liverpool

University of Liverpool

  • University League Table

    19th

  • Campus address

    University of Liverpool, The Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZX, England

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    English

    25th out of 96 7

  • Entry standards

    / Max 202
    141 70%

    30th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    73.0 73%

    39th

    21

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.18 80%

    43rd

    39

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