Creative Writing with Education Studies BA (Hons)

De Montfort University

United Kingdom, Leicester

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De Montfort University

United Kingdom , Leicester

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

W850

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines10-Sep-2026

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Go to the official application for the university

Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 16,800 / year(s)

Next Intake 10-Sep-2026

Creative Writing with Education Studies BA (Hons)

About

This programme offers an exciting opportunity to combine expertise in both creative writing and education studies. You’ll work with professional researchers, published writers, research-active academics, and visiting practitioners, gaining valuable insights into both disciplines.

Our innovative course structure in Creative Writing keeps things exciting by allowing you to explore various forms and styles while offering the freedom to focus on what inspires you most. Whether you’re honing existing skills or discovering new talents, you’ll thrive in our hands-on Creative Writing modules. From collaborative writing and drafting to receiving feedback and revising, you’ll be immersed in the process. With industry-focused skills woven throughout the curriculum, you’ll gain the confidence to excel as a writer, learning from successful published authors in a vibrant community.

In Education Studies, you’ll explore how people learn, develop, and interact with knowledge throughout their lives. This discipline equips you with skills that are invaluable in a range of professions, from teaching and educational policy to human resources and community work. Understanding how people think, learn, and grow fosters empathy and critical thinking, empowering you to make a positive impact in sectors where education plays a key role.

Join a programme uniquely organised by theme, supporting you in developing a wide range of writing practices, including fiction, poetry, memoir, screenwriting, and digital writing.

Engage with regional writing networks, participate in spoken word events, and showcase your work through book fairs and festivals like DMU’s annual States of Independence.

Expand your creative practice by working in dynamic settings such as Leicester Gallery, local museums, DMU’s Special Collections archive, and ghost story workshops in a deconsecrated chapel.

Explore various academic disciplines to discuss and question educational structures, policy, practice, and theory.

Develop transferable skills applicable to careers in education and socially and culturally oriented professions.

Creative Writing

Creative Writing and Drama

Creative Writing and English Literature

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

Typical offer

UCAS points:

104

A Level:

BCC

BTEC Extended Diploma:

DMM

Contextual Offer:

DMU operates a generous contextual offer for students from underrepresented backgrounds in Higher Education.

This is a minimum of one to two grade reduction from our typical offer and full details including eligibility criteria can be found at dmu.ac.uk/contextual

T Levels:

Merit

Access to HE:

Pass with 30 Level 3 credits at Merit

International Baccalaureate (IB):

GCSEs:

5 x GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including English and Maths

Career

Where we could take you

Placements

During this programme you will have the option to complete a paid placement year, an invaluable opportunity to put the skills developed during your degree into practice. Placements are available in diverse industries, and recent students have benefitted from positions in copywriting and marketing. This insight into the professional world will build on your knowledge in a real-world setting, preparing you to progress onto your chosen career.

Our Careers Team offers a range of careers resources and opportunities so you can start planning your future.

Graduate careers

Employability skills are embedded in the curriculum to prepare you for a range of careers both related to Creative Writing, Education Studies and in wider industries. This course also helps develop skills that are particularly useful for students with an interest in developing a career working with young children.

The programme will equip you with a broad range of transferrable skills for careers within and beyond the creative industries and the education sector including creative thinking, critical analysis, problem solving, research, independent study, editing, digital writing, publishing and proof reading. We will encourage you to think more widely about employability, and to recognise – and articulate to employers – the rich skills you bring to any workplace.

Our graduates have gone on to forge successful careers in various professions, such as writing, teaching, publishing, marketing and PR, film making, fundraising, the charities sector, while others undertake further studies such as the Creative Writing MA at DMU.