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This Masters course focuses on colour and its application to design and manufacturing. Colour is an inherently multi-disciplinary topic and this unique course gives you the opportunity to understand colour from three related perspectives and develop deep specialist knowledge in one of them.

Whatever your background you will gain the skills and knowledge that you need to develop, implement and evaluate innovative solutions that focus on colour in real-life scenarios. You’ll gain first-hand experience of current needs and trends across a range of sectors, and at the end of the programme you’ll submit a substantial research project that demonstrates the knowledge and skills that you’ve gained in your chosen specialism. Taught by diverse staff with internationally recognised research profiles, you’ll build an interdisciplinary approach to colour in a stimulating environment while being exposed to and involved in cutting-edge research. You’ll gain practical and research skills to prepare you for a wide range of careers.

We have a suite of well-equipped laboratories. You will have the opportunity to use the latest colour measurement and communication tools and understand how these are used in modern manufacturing and supply chains. You will be able to use a lighting laboratory to explore the effect of colour on human wellbeing and performance. You will have access to laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment for making and using colorants for a wide range of materials including textiles and printing. You will benefit from membership of the Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour and our deep relationships with UK and global companies.

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What do you want to write? Whatever mode or genre you wish to explore, this MA is structured in order to help you to become the writer you want to be.

Taught by internationally-renowned writers, this MA is designed to be as creative and practical as possible within the academic requirements of a postgraduate programme.

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This MA puts the emphasis on “creative,” giving you plenty of time to write and incorporating a creative element into every module. The course aims to develop your writing skills in either prose or poetry, as well as fostering your creative and critical reading and exploring key issues relating to the publishing business.

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The School of English at the University of Leeds offers a BA (Hons) English Literature with Creative Writing, an MA Creative Writing, an MA by Research in Creative Writing, and a PhD in Creative Writing.

Yorkshire is one of the most important regions in the history of literature in English, and amongst our alumni and former staff are notable poets and writers, including Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Geoffrey Hill, J. R. R. Tolkien, and current Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage, who is also Poet Laureate.

Leeds has fantastic facilities for Creative Writing students, and the School of English has a rich history of creative writing. We regularly host readings and talks by well-known and emerging contemporary writers, and you’ll have access to a vibrant community of researchers and creative practitioners. The highly respected literary magazine, Stand, is produced in the School, and publishes the best in new and established creative writing. We are also home to the University of Leeds Poetry Centre led by poet and critic Professor John Whale and the Douglas Caster Fellowship, currently held by Matt Howard and previously held by Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Helen Mort, and Malika Booker.

Dr Caitlin Stobie leads the BA English Literature with Creative Writing Programme and Dr Jess Richards leads the MA Creative Writing. Other staff in the creative writing team include Dr Kimberly Campanello, Zaffar Kunial, Sarah K. Perry, Dr Jay Prosser, Ross Raisin, and Prof. John Whale.

The world-class Brotherton Library has an array of archive, manuscript and early printed material in its Special Collections, including extensive archives of prominent contemporary poets including Simon Armitage and Tony Harrison. All of this will be valuable for your independent research, and the University Library offers training programmes to help you make the most of our resources.

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School of English University of Leeds Leeds United Kingdom LS2 9JT Phone: +44(0)113 343 0110 Email: [email protected] https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/327/creative_writing_at_leeds

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Simon Armitage

I am the current national Poet Laureate (2019-2029). I am Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds and was elected to serve as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford for 2015-2019. In Spring 2019, I held the post of Holmes Visiting Professor at Princeton University, USA. Previously, I taught at the University of Leeds, the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop and Manchester Metropolitan University before my 2011 appointment as Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield and Visiting Professor at the University of Falmouth. I have received numerous awards for my poetry including the Sunday Times Young Author of the Year, one of the first Forward Prizes, an Eric Gregory Award, a major Lannan Award, a Cholmondeley Award, the Spoken Word Award (Gold), the Ivor Novello Award for song-writing, BBC Radio Best Speech Programme, Television Society Award for Documentary and Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry. I won the 2017 PEN America Award for Poetry in Translation and was awarded the 2018 Queens Gold Medal for Poetry. In 1999 I was named the Millennium Poet. In 2004 I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. I was awarded the CBE for services to poetry in 2010 and presented with the Hay Medal for Poetry at the 25th Hay Festival in 2012. As part of Britain’s 2012 Cultural Olympiad and while Artist in Residence at London’s Southbank, Armitage conceived and curated Poetry Parnassus, a gathering of world poets and poetry from every Olympic nation. This landmark event is generally recognised to be the biggest coming together of international poets in history. Prior to mainstream publication, Armitage published several limited edition pamphlets with small and local poetry presses, all now highly collectable. These included Human Geography, The Distance Between Stars, The Walking Horses, Around Robinson, and Suitcase. My first full-length collection of poems, Zoom!, was published in 1989 by Bloodaxe Books and further collections are published with Faber.

https://www.simonarmitage.com/biography/

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/557/simon-armitage

Kimberly Campanello

I am Associate Professor of Creative Writing and supervise PhDs in innovative poetry and Creative Writing. My poetry pamphlets and collections include Consent, Imagines and Strange Country (both on the sheela-na-gig stone carvings), Hymn to Kali (my version of the Karpuradi-stotra), and running commentary along the bottom of the tapestry. MOTHERBABYHOME, a collection of 796 conceptual and visual poems on the St. Mary's Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway was published by zimZalla Avant Objects in April 2019. In March 2020, I represented the UK in Munich at Klang Farben Text: Visual Poetry for the 21st Century, a three-day visual poetry festival inspired by the international concrete poetry movement of the 1950s and 60s organised by the British Council. I was awarded a 2019 Markievicz Award by Ireland's Arts Council and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. I have also been awarded residencies at the Fundación Valparaíso, the Heinrich Böll Cottage, The Studios of Key West and the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. My poems have appeared most recently or are forthcoming in The London Magazine, 3:AM’s Poem Brut series, Blackbox Manifold, Junction Box, Tentacular, The White Review and Poetry Ireland Review.

http://www.kimberlycampanello.com/

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/2091/dr-kimberly-campanello

As Professor of Romantic Poetry, my research has focused on the interface of literary aesthetics and politics in the Romantic period. British responses to the French Revolution have been a central concern and, like many other Romanticists, my work in the late 1980s and early nineties was considerably influenced by the bicentenary of the French Revolution. In my case, this meant reassessing the response of British writers to events across the Channel in France and in particular focusing on the role the creative faculty of the mind - the imagination - could play in political argument. I have also been concerned to widen the scope of critical activity in the period. I was Co-Investigator (with Dr David Higgins as Principal Investigator) of an AHRC-funded Research Network entitled 'Creative Communities, 1750-1830', which involved three workshops and related activities between 2013 and 2014. This developed previous work with colleagues at Leeds on the Creativity Project, which aimed to find ways of moving beyond concepts of genius, inspiration, and originality, and towards thinking about literary creativity in terms of collaboration, connection, and development. I have a long-standing interest in contemporary English poetry. I am a poet and I also co-edit Stand magazine and am Director of the Poetry Centre. My first collection, Waterloo Teeth, was published by Carcanet in 2010 and was shortlisted for the Forward Best First Collection Prize in 2011; my second, Frieze, was published at the end of September 2013 by Carcanet.

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/152/professor-john-whale

Jay Prosser

My position as ‘Reader in Humanities’ allows me to pursue diverse interests in research in writing. I specialise in critical theory and creative nonfiction. I’ve written and edited many books and journal special issues, including on transsexual autobiography, photography, American fiction, and memories of the Ottoman Empire. I teach memoir, particularly family memoir, which I see as a way of telling the untold stories from cultural history. I am currently completing my own family memoir. This is a legacy of loving strangers: of the Baghdadi Jewish diaspora meeting and marrying the Chinese women who worked for them, in Southeast Asia. It’s a story of love and spice (my grandfather’s family were for generations spice traders); of refugees and prejudice. But it’s also an exploration of how empire enables intimacies between far-flung strangers. The book was shortlisted for the 2019 Tony Lothian Prize for the best unpublished biography and won the 2020 Hazel Rowley Prize for best proposal for a first-time biographer.

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/1076/dr-jay-prosser

Zaffar Kunial

Zaffar Kunial is an award-winning poet. He has won the Northern Writers Award, the Faber New Poet prize and the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize for his poetry. He has been a writer in Residence for the Wordsworth Trust as well as Ilkley and Ledbury Literature Festivals. Faber & Faber have published his debut full poetry collection ‘Us’ which was selected as the Poetry Book Society’s ‘Wild Card Choice’. His poetry has featured in anthologies published by Faber & Faber, Picador, Bloodaxe and The Poetry Society and he has had work commissioned by The Globe Theatre, Manchester Literature Festival and the BBC.

https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/zaffar-kunial

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/2457/zaffar-kunial

Caitlin Stobie

I am Lecturer in Creative Writing and Programme Leader for the BA English Literature with Creative Writing. I write poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. My debut poetry collection, Thin Slices, is published by Verve Poetry Press. I am also the author of a monograph, Abortion Ecologies in Southern African Fiction, published by Bloomsbury Academic. My work is informed by the relationship between human and nonhuman bodies, focusing on environmental and medical issues. Much of my writing explores bioethics, particularly reproductive health. I am a member of the editorial team at Stand, Leeds’s international literary journal, and founder of the Leeds Animal Studies Network.

https://www.caitlinstobie.com

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanities-cultures/staff/1170/dr-caitlin-stobie

Ross Raisin

I am a lecturer in Creative Writing, who joined the School of English in 2021. Previous to working here at Leeds, I was a lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London. I graduated (MA) from Goldsmiths in 2004, and from Kings College, University of London (BA) in 2001. I am the author of three novels: A Natural (2017), Waterline (2011) and God’s Own Country (2008), and have written short stories for Granta, Prospect, the Sunday Times, Esquire, BBC Radio 3 and 4, among others, and in 2018 published a book for the Read This series, on the practice of fiction writing: Read This if you Want to be a Great Writer.

I also teach for the Guardian Masterclass programme and since 2009 have been a writer-in-residence for the education charity First Story, which places writers in unprivileged schools to deliver creative writing workshops and compile anthologies of the students’ work. My new novel, A Hunger, will be published in August 2022. You can find more on me, my books and teaching on my website.

https://www.rossraisin.com

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/staff/3268/ross-raisin

Sarah K. Perry

S. K. Perry is a fiction writer and poet from Croydon. In 2013 she was long-listed for London's Young Poet Laureate and was Cityread Young Writer in Residence in Soho in 2014. Her short story 'A Wide Neon Yell' won the Berlin Writing Prize, 2019.

https://www.sk-perry.com

Jess Richards

I’m the author of Snake Ropes, which was longlisted for the Green Carnation Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel award, 2012 and the Scottish Book Awards. My second novel, Cooking with Bones, was published in 2013. Both novels are published by Sceptre, who have also published my third novel, City of Circles, in August 2017. City of Circles was shortlisted for the Kitschies Awards (novel category) in March 2018.

http://jessrichards.com/

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What do you want to write? Whatever mode or genre you wish to explore, this MA is structured in order to help you to become the writer you want to be.

Taught by internationally-renowned writers, this MA is designed to be as creative and practical as possible within the academic requirements of a postgraduate programme.

Our MA students are a diverse group, from recent graduates looking to enhance their professional qualifications in preparation for a career involving writing, to experienced writers aspiring to have their work published or those looking to explore their passion for writing later in life.

About this course

This MA puts the emphasis on “creative,” giving you plenty of time to write and incorporating a creative element into every module. The course aims to develop your writing skills in either prose or poetry, as well as fostering your creative and critical reading and exploring key issues relating to the publishing business.

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At Leeds Trinity we aim to provide an excellent student experience and provide you with the tools and support to help you achieve your academic, personal and professional potential.

Our Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy delivers excellence by providing the framework for:

• high quality teaching
• an engaging and inclusive approach to learning, assessment and achievement
• a clear structure through which you progress in your academic studies, your personal development and towards professional-level employment or further study.

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Students need a good 2:1 in Creative Writing, English or a related subject and a personal portfolio of creative writing (2,000 words or equivalent). Applicants with other qualifications will be considered on their own merit. Places will be offered subject to an informal interview.

Leeds Trinity University has a big reputation, but one that is justified through its inclusive and personalised learning experiences. Leeds Trinity students will enjoy quality teaching and be given all the support they need to fulfil their potential. The university has two campuses, with the main campus being located on a green and spacious site in Horsforth, and the newest campus being located in the heart of Leeds City Centre. Leeds Trinity... more

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Unleash your creativity with the MA Creative Writing programme at Leeds Trinity University. Taught by renowned writers, this MA is tailored to mould you into the writer you aspire to be. Whether you are a recent graduate seeking to enhance your writing skills or an experienced writer aiming to publish your work, this programme caters to all. With a strong emphasis on creativity, you will have ample time to write and explore various genres. Prose and poetry workshops, along with individual dissertation supervision, will refine your writing skills in a supportive environment. The programme also delves into critical reading, publishing industry insights, and networking opportunities with professionals. To apply, you need a 2:1 in Creative Writing, English, or a related subject, along with a personal portfolio of creative writing. If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 7.0 is required. Join us and embark on a journey towards realising your full potential as a writer.

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Whatever mode or genre you wish to explore, this MA is structured in order to help you to become the writer you want to be.

Taught by internationally-renowned writers, this MA is designed to be as creative and practical as possible within the academic requirements of a postgraduate programme.

Our MA students are a diverse group, from recent graduates looking to enhance their professional qualifications in preparation for a career involving writing, to experienced writers aspiring to have their work published or those looking to explore their passion for writing later in life.

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Leeds Trinity University is committed to recruiting students with talent and potential and who we feel will benefit greatly from their academic and non-academic experiences here. We treat every application on its own merits; we value highly the experience you illustrate in your personal statement. - 2:1 in Creative Writing, English or a related subject, a personal portfolio of creative writing (2,000 words or equivalent). - If English is not your first language, IELTS 7.0 (with no less than 6.5 in any component) or equivalent is the minimum requirement - Places are offered subject to an informal interview.

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Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:.

A bachelor's degree with a 2:1 (hons) in English literature or Creative Writing, or a degree scheme that includes a significant proportion of English Literature or Creative Writing content, or a related subject. Applicants will also submit a Creative Writing sample comprising approximately 1,000 words of prose or 3 pages of poetry (or a portfolio combining both genres). Applications from those with degrees in other subjects may be considered on an individual basis. IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in all components.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of English

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of English TPG Examinations Board

Programme specification:

The MA in Creative Writing (part time) offers students the opportunity to develop postgraduate skills in creative writing within the context of a School of English with a long and distinguished history in creative writing. The programme covers a range of literary forms, including poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction genres. The course develops students’ skills as creative practitioners and explores the history, generic conventions and experimental possibilities of creative literary forms. The course is structured through a combination of core modules and option modules and culminates in the independent creative writing research project. Total credits required for the programme are 180 credits (90 credits per year). In year 1, students take the core module Approaches to Creative Writing, which introduces students to the study of creative writing at MA level. They must also take a compulsory workshop module: either Writing Prose Fiction or Writing Poetry, which immerse students in the creative practice of these genres and current debates in these fields. They select a third module from two creative-critical options, The Long Poem, and Selves, Families, Stories, which develop students’ knowledge and practice in specialist forms of the long poem and memoir. Alternatively, they may choose either Writing Prose Fiction or Writing Poetry, or a module from a range of offerings in English Literature, or a module in digital media and performance in the School of Performance and Creative Industries. In Year 2, students complete the 60-credit Research Project and choose one further 30 credit option from those listed above. The research project, which is the capstone of the programme, includes some plenary lectures in semester 1, once students have been prepared to begin independent research by the first year core module Approaches to Creative Writing. The research project module, which is the other core module for the programme, continues in semester 2 in the form of individual supervisions under specialist creative writing staff. During the summer of Year 2, students complete this independent project, with the goal of producing a single extended piece of creative writing, or a portfolio of creative writing, which may be developed further for publication. This goal is a key distinctive learning outcome of the programme. The ‘creative writing workshop’ is at the heart of the pedagogy of the programme and is a distinctive learning and teaching method. The creative workshop embeds principles of the Leeds Curriculum by making students active partners in shaping their own, and their peers’, creative practice.

Basket 1: Candidates will be required to study at least 30 credits from the following optional modules (both may be taken):

Basket 2: If only one module from Basket 1 is chosen, candidates must select a further 30 credits from the following optional modules:

Candidates may take up to 30 credits in approved modules outside the School of English. Subject to approval from the Programme Leader, if a module from Basket 2 is NOT taken, a maximum of 30 credits may be taken from approved modules outside of the school as those modules listed below:

Basket 1: Candidates must select a further 30 credits from the following optional modules:

Candidates may take up to 30 credits in approved modules outside the School of English. Subject to approval from the Programme Leader, if a module from Basket 1 is NOT taken, a maximum of 30 credits may be taken from approved modules outside of the school as those modules listed below:

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How the MA in Creative Writing helped me to get published

10 March 2020

I have been writing poetry since I was a teenager but only seriously for about ten years and very seriously for the last five. I started to write again after many years of not doing, whilst I was a mature student on my first degree in English and Writing here at Leeds Trinity. Unviersity The creative writing modules helped me realise how much I had loved writing and helped me to see that poetry was where my interests and talent lie. But it was the MA in Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity which really gave me the confidence to send my work out to be published.

The support and encouragement from the tutors on the course was second to none and after the course I sent the collection of poems that was my dissertation to Indigo Dreams and they agreed to publish my pamphlet ‘Uninvited Guests’. Last year my full collection ‘Tadaima’ was published with Yaffle, a small publishing company that I am now involved with as an editor.

I did a teaching degree in 2015/16 and I now facilitate writing workshops in lots of different locations with a range of groups of people from all walks of life. Two years ago I was amazed to be asked to run a workshop at the Writers’ Festival at Leeds Trinity and this year will be the third one I have been part of as a workshop facilitator.

My workshop this year is called ‘Ready, Steady, Write’ and will be based on the fact that sometimes we need a bit of randomness as a springboard for our writing. It will be a bit like the T.V. programme ‘Ready Steady, Cook!’ but instead of a bag of cooking items, there will be a bag of words and perhaps some other prompts to pick out randomly. Then there’ll be a series of timed exercises to write using the raw ingredients that have been chosen. I love to write like this; to not really know where your writing will take you.

The best part of my life is helping others to find their way where their writing is concerned. The workshops I run are, I hope, very organic and not prescriptive, so that the participants find something to write about rather than be told how to write. My work with  Yaffle is very fulfilling in that it allows me to help other poets publish their work and I know from experience what a wonderful feeling that is.

Gill Lambert is a widely published poet and teacher based in Yorkshire who graduated from Leeds Trinity in 2016 with an MA in Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in The Interpreter’s House, Strix and Prole and online on Clear Poetry, Algebra of Owls and Runcible Spoon and in anthologies published by Beautiful Dragons Press, Half Moon Books, Paper Swans Press, Indigo Dreams and Fair Acre Press. Gill's published work and upcoming writing workshops can be found on her website .

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Focus on the craft of writing on a postgraduate course designed help you develop your skills, experiment with form and explore a variety of genres.

Our MA Creative Writing course has a long and proud history of graduate success, with many of our students continuing on to careers as published writers.

You will learn from one of the most established and experienced Creative Writing teams in the UK, comprised of practising and published poets, short story writers, novelists, non-fiction writers and screenwriters.

We believe in creating a community of writers who can support and learn from one another. Our specialist workshopping sessions give you the confidence to discuss you work, receive feedback and reflect on your own work by helping others.

On this course you will:

• Develop your writing skills in your chosen genre or genres.
• Learn from our expert staff, who are all practicing and published writers.
• Gain the confidence to share and discuss you own work with peers and tutors.
• Experience regular readings from guest writers.
• Meet and talk with agents and editors at our annual publishing panel.

Learn the craft of creative writing from practicing and published writers

Our MA Creative Writing course focuses on writing as a craft.  It provides you a strong platform to develop your writing as you experiment with the wide range of possibilities available to the contemporary writer.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in writing prose fiction (the novel or short story), poetry, creative non-fiction (biography, autobiography, memoir, travel), film scripts or drama for the stage or radio.

You may want to work on one project, such as a novel, throughout the course, or you may wish to explore different genres; the course allows for both options.

This list is indicative and subject to change.

Launching the Manuscript

Metaphor and the imagination, sources and transformations, the dissertation, the writing studio.

In this module, you will explore the role of autonomy in the creative writing process, sustaining the longer project and learning about the publishing industry. You will also be able to learn more about the publishing industry from guest readers and the Agents and Editors’ Panel.

This module encourages innovation and experimentation, pushing you beyond your usual boundaries.

This module provides you with the essential skills of transforming both outer research and inner biographical concerns into fiction.

In this module, you will complete a substantial piece of original writing in the genre of your choice to act as a culmination of your learning throughout the course. As part of this process, you will complete an extensive commentary that charts the development of your work and which places it within its literary context.

This module serves as induction to the MA and to the distinctive methods of the ‘Chichester workshop’ and enables you to experiment in any genre prose, poetry or drama, while exploring key features of those genres.

Feel the support of one of the most experienced teaching teams in the UK

You will learn through a combination of seminar discussion, writing exercises and workshops.

In the intensive MA workshops, you will typically discuss good writing practice and workshop your own writing.

Our commitment to smaller class sizes allows you to feel more confident to discuss your ideas in a supportive environment. It also allows your tutors to get to know you and how best to aid your development.

In addition to taught sessions by MA staff and talks by visiting writers, students will also benefit from two masterclasses a year by our visiting Professors, novelist Kate Mosse and novelist and short story writer Alison MacLeod.

Whilst subject to change, typically lectures and classes run at the following times:

Modules are assessed at every stage of the course, allowing you to clearly see your academic progress at all stages of the course.

To gain a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Writing, students need to complete four modules. Each module is assessed by an assignment of approximately 6,000 words or equivalent.

To gain an MA in Creative Writing, students need to complete all four modules and a dissertation of 20,000 words (or poetry/drama equivalents).

Find facilities and research centres that support your creative processes

Bishop otter campus.

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Learning Resource Centre

The Learning Resource Centre (LRC) contains the library, a café, IT/teaching rooms and the Support and Information Zone (SIZ).

Our campus library holds more than 200,000 books and over 500,000 eBooks.

Expert staff

You will learn from one the countries most experienced creative writing teams.

Subject specific librarians

If you have difficulty finding material for an essay, seminar or project, subject librarians will be happy to provide assistance.

South Coast Creative Writing Hub

The University is home to this community of staff, graduates and current students who host events with local authors.

Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction

Our forum for research and debate into beyond realist literature.

Guest speakers

The University regularly welcomes renowned creative writers to speak on their work and industry.

Iris Murdoch Research Centre

The Iris Murdoch Research Centre supports and develops work into this major 20th century writer.

Local cultural links

The University is placed within the reach of the beautiful South Downs area of the UK.

Gain unique insight into the creative writing industry

Publishing panel.

We also offer advice on publishing and the market place through our annual Agents and Editors’ Panel.

We welcome experts from the publishing industry come to Chichester to talk about getting published and to make contacts with our students.

A number of our students have met their agents and/or editors at one of these panels.

The University boasts a blossoming writing culture and community, with regular book launches and conferences.

In addition, we welcome guest authors to discuss their work, their process and their careers, providing an in-depth insight into the publishing world.

Some renowned authors to have visited the University in recent years include:

• Carol Ann Duffy
• Michele Roberts
• Vicki Feaver

Bethan Roberts

• Jo Shapcott
• Robert Shearman
• Sarah Hall.

Join our community of successful alumni

The last few years have shown a fabulous flowering of our MA Creative Writing students’ work. Many students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level have continued on to become published writers and win prizes.

In recent years, students have gone on to publish novels, poetry collections, win prizes in major competitions such as the Bridport Prize. Some have also had poems and stories published in magazines such as The Paris Review and Staple .

Multi-award winning writer Bethan Roberts has published five novels and writes drama for BBC Radio 4.

Her novel, My Policeman, follows the story of a 1950s policeman, his wife and his male lover, and was released in 2012. A film adaptation starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin was released by Amazon Studios in 2022.

Her fourth novel, Mother Island, was the recipient of a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered prize. Her new novel, Graceland, tells the story of Elvis Presley and his mother.

Isabel Ashdown

While on the MA, Isabel worked on her first novel, Glasshopper, which was published by Myriad Editions.

Glasshopper went on to be named among the best books of the year by both the Observer and The Evening Standard. Since then she has published four more novels.

The latest, Little Sister, is a psychological thriller published by Trapeze, an imprint of Orion publishing.

Glen James Brown

Glen James Brown's Ironopolis was nominated for the Orwell Prize for political fiction, as well as the 2020 Portico Prize.

The book follows the stories of multiple characters within a declining estate in the heart of Middlesbrough.

Gabrielle Kimm

Gabrielle has published three novels with Sphere: The Last Duchess, The Courtesan’s Lover and The Girl With The Painted Face to positive reviews and her work has been published in nine countries.

Gabrielle met her agent, Judith Murray, at one of the English and Creative Writing Department annual Agents and Editors’ panels.

Vashti Hardy

Vashti Hardy’s Brightstorm was published in March 2018 by Scholastic UK and is a middle grade fantasy with sky-ship explorers, sapient creatures and twin heroes.

Brightstorm was selected by Independent Booksellers as the Book of the Season Spring 2018 and was been shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award, The Awesome Book Awards, Leeds Book Awards, Stockton Book Awards and was also listed for the Blue Peter Book Awards.

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International fee.

University of Chichester alumni who have completed a full undergraduate degree at the University will receive a 15% discount on their postgraduate fees.

For further details about fees, please see our  Tuition Fees  page.

For further details about international scholarships, please see our  Scholarships  page.

• An honours degree at 2:2 or higher in a related discipline.
• You will be required to attend an interview and provide a portfolio of work.
• If English is not your first language then English language proficiency required is IELTS 6.5 (with no element less than 5.5) – or equivalent qualification.

Entry Portfolio

For entry to our MA Creative Writing course, you will be required to send in a portfolio of creative writing. This portfolio should represent some of your best work to date, so please select carefully and present accurately.

A portfolio might consist of any but not all of the following:

• Three short stories
• Three chapters from a novel or non-fiction book
• Five to eight poems
• A radio play
• Two or three scenes of a stage play
• Or a combination of the above, e.g. a short story and five poems.

Please remember to select your writing that you consider to be your best work so far and in a form that suits you.

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Yes, when you apply you can state which level of study you would like to undertake.

Is the course the same whether I study part time or full time?

Yes, the course will be the same for both part time and full time study.

Can I still attend the Agents and Editor's Panel if I study part time?

Yes, you will still be able to attend all course events if you study part time.

How do I apply?

Apply here to be taken through to our online application form. As part of that process, you will be asked to submit a portfolio of your best current work as outlined in the section above this one.

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Course overview

Culture and creativity play a fundamental role in the development of individuals, societies, and economies worldwide. On this course you will examine the contested concepts of culture and creativity, and how policy makers, cultural organisations, and creative entrepreneurs are operating in contemporary cultures and economies on a global scale.

You will explore how organisations across the arts, cultural and creative sectors work in theory and practice, as well as the impact they can have on individuals and communities. You will have the opportunity to examine the relationship between the cultural and creative industries and the arts, and explore how the cultural sector is managed by policy makers, cultural organisations, and creative entrepreneurs.

You will work collaboratively on an entrepreneurial project, and have the opportunity to gain insight into the business model of local creative and cultural organisations.

You will also devise and carry out an independent research project into an aspect of culture, creativity and/or entrepreneurship, investigating a topic of interest to you.

Throughout, you will learn from researchers with extensive industry experience and have the freedom to investigate areas of personal and professional interest.

Rooted in cultural theory and analysis of the contemporary cultural and creative industries, the MA Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship is designed for those who have previously studied courses related to cultural studies, social sciences, arts management or creative industries.

Additional highlights

Leeds has a thriving cultural scene and is home to large-scale events like Leeds International Film Festival, Light Night, and Transform Festival. Alongside this is a range of small scale arts and cultural activity to explore. This provides an exciting environment in which to think about and engage with culture and creativity, and provides opportunities to put ideas into practice.

You will have access to staff who are at the forefront of the study of the cultural and creative industries and have extensive experience working in the creative, cultural and policy making sector in the UK.

The School has close links with the Centre for Cultural Value, a national research centre based in the University of Leeds that provides many opportunities for students to become involved in its activities as volunteers.

Specialist facilities

Our School is based in stage@leeds , a purpose-built landmark building that sits at the heart of campus. As our student, you’ll have access to its two professional standard, publicly licensed theatres: the main space seats 180 and is equipped with the latest technologies, and the theatre studio provides a technically advanced performance research facility. stage@leeds hosts a range of work by students and visiting theatre companies all year round. Within the building you’ll also find rehearsal rooms, two black-box studios, costume construction and wardrobe stores, a design studio, a scenic workshop, computer aided design facilities and video-editing and sound recording.

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Join current student, Eva, on a tour of our building and its specialist facilities to get a feel for life as a student in the School

In addition to stage@Leeds, Leeds University Library is one of the UK’s major academic research libraries, and has extensive holdings to support your studies including Special Collections offering a huge range of rare books, manuscripts and art. You’ll have access to materials relating to Red Ladder, Leeds Playhouse, Phoenix Dance Theatre, and more.

Course details

You will study compulsory modules designed to lay the theoretical foundations of the programme. You will explore a range of critical approaches designed to help you understand the relationships between culture, creativity, and entrepreneurship. You will learn about the cultural industries and how public policy impacts on cultural development. You will learn about enterprise and entrepreneurship and acquire the skills needed to develop a feasibility study for an existing or new creative venture or respond to an opportunity presented by a cultural organisation. To help you focus your studies in the areas that suit your interests and career plans, you will also choose optional modules which allow you to specialise in areas such as cultural policy, the relationship between culture and place, management and entrepreneurship in the arts and cultural industries. Another compulsory module that runs throughout the year will develop your understanding of research methods in the arts and cultural industries. By the end of the course, you will demonstrate your skills and knowledge by completing an independent research project on a topic of your choice. If you choose to study part-time, you will study over a two-year period and take fewer modules in each year.

Course structure

The list shown below represents typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our terms and conditions.

For more information and a full list of typical modules available on this course, please read Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship MA Full Time in the course catalogue

For more information and a full list of typical modules available on this course, please read Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship MA Part Time in the course catalogue

Compulsory modules

Independent Research Project (MA) 60 credits

On this module you will gain the theoretical and methodological knowledge that will enable you to carry out an independent piece of research in the field of Performance and Cultural Industries.

Theoretical Perspectives: Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship 30 credits

This module provides you with the theoretical undertanding that underpins the course. You will evaluate and analyse in depth different theoretical perspectives on a range of areas within the cultural industries.

Entrepreneurship and Cultural Industries 30 credits

The module combines theoretical approaches to enterprise and entrepreneurship with application to a specific situation in which you will choose one of two options: (a) to develop a feasibility study for an existing or new creative venture or (b) to work in a small team to solve a strategic organisational or management problem or respond to an opportunity presented by a cultural organisation.

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

Engaging the Modern City: The Civic Researcher 30 credits

Working in interdisciplinary research groups on project themes set by regional organisations, you will draw on current debates, controversies and needs. Liaising with the external organisations throughout the year, you will produce external-facing and research-led outputs that will benefit the partner organisation and the wider city of Leeds.

New Venture Creation 15 credits

This module will support you in developing a new venture as a live case study, giving you the chance to explore the potential of your ideas by working with tutors, entrepreneurs/practitioners, and your peers to develop and evaluate a new venture idea.

Learning and teaching

MA Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship is informed by sector-leading approaches to teaching that help you to develop your critical thinking and analytical skills.

The course is delivered through a range of face-to-face methods including lectures, seminars, tutorials, group learning and workshops. We also use innovative digital technologies to offer additional learning support. Independent study is also vital as a chance for you to develop a range of skills.

You will participate in knowledge-exchange through small-group discussions in seminars and workshops. You will receive one-to-one support from expert academics in the related fields of culture, creativity and entrepreneurship.

On this course you’ll be taught by our expert academics, from lecturers through to professors. You may also be taught by industry professionals with years of experience, as well as trained postgraduate researchers, connecting you to some of the brightest minds on campus.

This course uses a range of authentic assessment methods to help you develop a diverse set of skills. Depending on the modules you choose, you may be assessed by essays, oral presentations, poster presentations, project reports, critical evaluations, and reflective essays.

The variety of assessment approaches used provides opportunities for students to work on topics of interest to them; compulsory module Entrepreneurship and the Cultural Industries provides students with the opportunity to build a portfolio of work that speaks to future career interests.

The assessments on this course are designed to develop your critical thinking and analytical skills as well as developing key transferrable skills relevant to your future lives and careers.

Entry requirements

A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons). Applications from a wide range of subject areas are considered, including:

Heritage studies

Any social sciences or humanities degree subject is suitable for entry providing there is evidence of a passion for, and commitment to the course.

Relevant work experience might include: advertising, marketing, architecture, crafts, design (product, graphic, fashion), film, TV, radio, photography, IT - software, computer services, publishing, museums, galleries, libraries, music, performing and visual arts.

International

Our admissions team are experienced in considering a wide range of international qualifications. If you wish to discuss whether your qualifications will meet the necessary entry criteria, contact the School’s admissions team.

You can also check the accepted qualifications for your country or region .

English language requirements

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any component. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications .

Improve your English

International students who do not meet the English language requirements for this programme may be able to study our postgraduate pre-sessional English course, to help improve your English language level.

This pre-sessional course is designed with a progression route to your degree programme and you’ll learn academic English in the context of your subject area. To find out more, read Language for Arts and Humanities (6 weeks) and Language for Social Science and Arts: Arts and Humanities (10 weeks) .

We also offer online pre-sessionals alongside our on-campus pre-sessionals.  Find out more about our six week online pre-sessional .

You can also study pre-sessionals for longer periods – read about our postgraduate pre-sessional English courses .

How to apply

Application deadline:

We operate a staged admissions process for some of our courses, with selection deadlines throughout the year.

If you do not receive an offer, or a notification that your application has been unsuccessful at a particular stage in the process, your application will be carried forward to be considered at the next stage.

Please see our How to Apply page for full details and the application timeline for the staged admissions process.

Applying from China Due to the large numbers of applications we receive, we’re only able to offer places to applicants who have attended selected Chinese institutions . With regret, any applications we receive from applicants awarded a qualification in China from an institution that isn’t on this list will be rejected.

The ‘Apply’ link at the top of this page takes you to information on applying for taught programmes and to the University's online application system.

If you're unsure about the application process, contact the admissions team for help.

Documents and information you’ll need

A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts, or partial transcripts if you're still studying (please submit an official English translation if necessary)

Evidence of your English language qualifications, if English is not your first language

A personal statement in response to the questions asked in the supporting statement section of the application form. Please respond to the questions in the application form.

A full up-to-date CV.

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures receives very large numbers of high-quality applications and regrets that it cannot make offers to all of its applicants. Some particularly popular schools may have to reject many that hold the necessary academic qualifications.

Read about visas, immigration and other information in International students . We recommend that international students apply as early as possible to ensure that they have time to apply for their visa.

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UK: £11,500 (Total)

International: £26,750 (Total)

For fees information for international taught postgraduate students, read Masters fees .

Read more about paying fees and charges .

Part-time fees Fees for part-time courses are normally calculated based on the number of credits you study in a year compared to the equivalent full-time course. For example, if you study half the course credits in a year, you will pay half the full-time course fees for that year.

Additional cost information

There may be additional costs related to your course or programme of study, or related to being a student at the University of Leeds. Read more on our living costs and budgeting page .

Scholarships and financial support

If you have the talent and drive, we want you to be able to study with us, whatever your financial circumstances. There may be help for students in the form of loans and non-repayable grants from the University and from the government.  Find out more at Masters funding overview .

You may also be eligible to apply for a scholarship to help support your studies.

Career opportunities

You’ll gain a variety of in-depth subject knowledge from this course, as well as valuable transferable skills such as cultural and social awareness, research, analysis and communication.

Our graduates have pursued a range of careers that reflect this diversity. They’ve joined international consultancy firms and social enterprises as research associates, become project managers in arts and cultural organisations or worked as policy managers and advisers within cultural policy bodies.

Others have gone on to work in public policy, urban regeneration, community development, teaching and more – and some have also set up their own businesses, either during or soon after the course.

Many other graduates have continued with their research and progressed to PhD study. There is a wide variety of careers and employability support available across the University to help you with your career.

On this course, you will have opportunities to network and establish connections with experts working in the Cultural and Creative Industries through our Critical Insights programme.

Many other graduates have continued with their research and progressed to PhD study . There is a wide variety of careers and employability support available across the University to help you with your career .

Reach your potential

Hear more about the School and Faculty support you can access from our employability lead, Professor Karen Burland.

Careers support

The School of Performance and Cultural Industries has a strong commitment to enhancing student employability. We established an Industry Advisory Board for PCI in 2022. The board features 12 members from a range of cultural organisations which will contribute to the ongoing development of our School employability activities. We regularly hold employability skills workshops, talks and presentations from representatives of cultural organisations in Leeds, with practical advice to support you.

We encourage you to prepare for your career from day one. That’s one of the reasons Leeds graduates are so sought after by employers.

The Careers Centre and staff in your faculty provide a range of help and advice to help you plan your career and make well-informed decisions along the way, even after you graduate. Find out more about Careers support .

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Completing a Masters has given me a huge confidence boost, and given me insight that I can apply in my arts freelance work. I’m also currently investigating the possibility of completing a PhD. Clare Danek , MA Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship