Creative Writing BA (Hons)

Find your specialism and become the writer of your dreams with our innovative skill-building course which encourages you to experiment with different modes and genres across a range of media platforms. Our small cohort sizes mean you benefit from personal tailored support.

Explore writing in a way you may not have experienced before from from the speculative genres of horror fantasy and science fiction to scriptwriting and performance poetry. Your academic team are all experienced writers who will encourage you to find where your aptitudes and enthusiasms lie helping you to develop your own writing practice and style.

This course benefits from a close relationship with other creative courses such as media art and design journalism and computer games development so you work in an atmosphere of collaborative artistic energy. You also have many opportunities to share your work including in our annual published anthology of student writing and open-mic nights.

Graduates from the course have gone on to successful careers in a range of fields from published authors of fantasy writing and innovative poetry to editorial roles from professional YouTubers to Creative Writing lecturers.

The course regularly receives 100% overall ratings in the NSS (National Student Survey) in eligible years.

Why choose this course?

• We are a student-centred course where the emphasis is placed on your development as a writer
• Belong to a vibrant and diverse writing community and have the freedom to focus on the aspects of writing that interest you
• Optional pathways in genre fiction innovative forms and screenwriting taught by writers from those areas and the opportunity to collaborate with Computer Games and Illustration students to develop games and graphic novel projects
• Meet with writers and other industry professionals
• Focus on your professional development and your future after completing the degree

For more information about this course please contact Dr Tim Jarvis Course Co-ordinator at timothy.jarvis@beds.ac.uk

Also check out what the Creative Writing team are saying on Twitter @WritingBeds

Hear from Creative Writing students Matthew and take a look at our students work - the Creative Writing Anthology 2019/20

To apply for a place on an undergraduate course (BA/BSc) you need to have completed your high school education (12 years) and have a pass equivalent to two UK A level passes and have the required English language qualification.

When you submit an application form you must remember to include photocopies of the following supporting documents. We do not need to see your original qualifications and certificates.

• A completed application form signed by you (an electronic signature is fine)
• Copies of your official academic qualifications and certificates including proof of your level of English Language (where relevant)
• A one-page personal statement. This should tell us why you want to study your chosen course.
• A copy of your current valid passport details
• Please submit copies of any UK Visa that you have held and any documentation relating to previous visa refusals from any country