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PhD Creative Writing

University of Plymouth

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Course options

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Plymouth Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-OCT-26

  • Duration

    2 Years

Course summary

This programme is one of the longest running in the UK, with a history reaching back to the late 1990s. Our postgraduate students have had books published in all forms and received many recognitions of excellence, including being shortlisted for The Forward First Book Prize for Poetry, receiving a two-novel deal with Headline, winning the £10,000 Ballymaloe Poetry Prize, and winning the Manchester Metropolitan Novella Prize (Jamie Edgecombe - see his student profile below).We offer a rich and warm postgraduate culture, based on creative fellowship and scholarly interaction with the other departments in the Faculty. Our award-winning writers include Miriam Darlington (author of Owl Sense, and Nature Notebook columnist for The Times), Ines G. Labarta (The Three Lives of St Ciarán, a novel blending literary fiction with speculative fiction, history and magic realism), and Anthony Caleshu (author of The Victor Poems and founding editor of Periplum press).Full time: 2-4 years, Part time: 4-8 years

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£ 19,315per year

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University information

University of Plymouth

University of Plymouth

University of Plymouth

  • University League Table

    75th

  • Campus address

    Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Creative Writing

    10th out of 45

  • Entry standards

    / Max 173
    134 77%

    11th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    64.0 64%

    18th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.11 78%

    34th

    15

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