Creative Writing and English Literature

Overview

Studying a joint honours degree in Creative Writing and English Literature provides the opportunity to combine your development as a writer with academic study of literary texts. You’ll explore complementary yet contrasting approaches to thinking about writing and the dynamic, multi-faceted contexts of its production.

The course provides a supportive and collaborative environment for you to analyse the approaches and techniques used by various authors and apply them to your own writing. Students graduate with critical thinking skills and a portfolio of work that demonstrates communication skills that are in demand across multiple jobs and industries.

Key features

- The chance for students to publish their work from the very first week and throughout their undergraduate programme.

- Opportunities to play an active role in local and regional literature festivals, related events and a work project module.

- Study diverse literatures emanating from the sixteenth through to present day – and encompassing both ‘canonical’ and ‘marginal’ texts

- Study diverse literatures emanating from the sixteenth through to present day – and encompassing both ‘canonical’ and ‘marginal’ texts.

- Experience in writing for a range of digital, print, audio, visual and performance platforms.

Why the University of Worcester?

The University of Worcester is a campus university, meaning everything you need is on site. We’re based in a vibrant cathedral city just 40 mins south of Birmingham and an hour north of Bristol, and our beautiful green campuses have plenty of parking and quality on-site accommodation.

At Worcester small class sizes, supportive tutors and professionally focussed courses mean you’ll be prepared for your dream career. These are just some of the reasons why we’re first in the UK for both graduate employment and quality education.

- First in the UK for sustained employment and/or further study (excluding specialist institutions), 5 years after graduation – Longitudinal Education Outcomes data 2024.

- First in the UK for quality education – Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2024.

- Ofsted Outstanding in 2023 the University’s primary and secondary teacher training programmes were rated ‘Outstanding’.

Join us at one of our regular Open Days to see if the University is a good fit for you: www.worcester.ac.uk/opendays