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Unleash your creativity with the MA Creative Writing programme, a dynamic and flexible course designed to elevate your writing skills to new heights. Taught by published writers and researchers, this programme offers a diverse range of modules covering fiction, creative non-fiction, script, and poetry. Dive into workshops, engage with industry experts, and explore various genres to refine your craft. The optional modules, such as "Creative Writing Workshop 1" and "Creative Writing Workshop 2," provide in-depth insights into different writing forms and techniques. Additionally, modules like "Juvenile Trash" and "Space, Environment and Modernity" offer unique perspectives on genre fiction and environmental literature. With a focus on research skills and individual development, this MA prepares you for potential doctoral studies or a career in the creative industries. To join this enriching programme, applicants should hold a first or upper second-class honours degree in a relevant subject. Elevate your writing journey with our MA Creative Writing programme.

About the course

MA Creative Writing is a rewarding taught degree taught by published writers and researchers. This course aims to support the development of your creative and critical writing skills across the fields of fiction, creative non-fiction, script and poetry.

Throughout the programme you will have the opportunities to explore multiple genres, attend regular peer workshops, learn from industry experts and hone your craft. Our wider academic community is dynamic so you will also have the chance to take part in additional creative activities which can include, but are not limited to, open mics, cross-discipline collaborations, archive and museum visits, poetry readings and more. 

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Applicants should usually have a first or upper second-class honours degree, in a relevant subject. Students that meet the criteria will be invited for interviews.

As a postgraduate, research or part-time student, the tuition fees you are charged will depend on the course you choose to study.

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Taught by published and active writers and researchers, the MA Creative Writing at Cardiff Met aims to support the development of your creative and critical writing skills.

While the MA covers a range of literary forms, the focus is on developing your skills and knowledge of narrative techniques, writing place, as well as writing for change. To add to this, a substantial portion of the MA is dedicated to professional practice, helping you to prepare and submit manuscripts, as well as giving you opportunities to learn from practitioners in the creative industries.

Creative Writing content is supported by two skills modules, Research Methods and Literary and Critical Theory, which give you the tools needed to make the leap to postgraduate study and encourage your development as a critical thinker and researcher. The dissertation gives you the flexibility to pursue your own creative project and research interests with the support and encouragement of a supervisor.

Our wider academic community is dynamic so you will also have the chance to take part in additional creative activities which can include, but are not limited to, open mics, cross-discipline collaborations, archive and museum visits, writing retreats, poetry readings, visits from industry experts, and more.

You can study our MA Creative Writing to prepare your work for publication or enhance your career in the creative industries. This MA will also develop your research skills and help you specialise in an area of creative practice which can pave the way for doctoral study.

The MA Creative Writing is designed to be inclusive and flexible. It can be studied either full or part-time and classes are scheduled in the evenings and select weekends, allowing you to combine study with other commitments.

You may also be interested in our MA English Literature or MA English Literature and Creative Writing programmes.

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Degree level: postgraduate, awarded by: cardiff metropolitan university (prifysgol metropolitan caerdydd), creative writing (taught), course options.

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Course summary

Taught by published and active writers and researchers, the MA Creative Writing at Cardiff Met aims to support the development of your creative and critical writing skills. While the MA covers a range of literary forms, the focus is on developing your skills and knowledge of narrative techniques, writing place, as well as writing for change. To add to this, a substantial portion of the MA is dedicated to professional practice, helping you to prepare and submit manuscripts, as well as giving you opportunities to learn from practitioners in the creative industries. Creative Writing content is supported by two skills modules, Research Methods and Literary and Critical Theory, which give you the tools needed to make the leap to postgraduate study and encourage your development as a critical thinker and researcher. The dissertation gives you the flexibility to pursue your own creative project and research interests with the support and encouragement of a supervisor. Our wider academic community is dynamic so you will also have the chance to take part in additional creative activities which can include, but are not limited to, open mics, cross-discipline collaborations, archive and museum visits, writing retreats, poetry readings, visits from industry experts, and more. You can study our MA Creative Writing to prepare your work for publication or enhance your career in the creative industries. This MA will also develop your research skills and help you specialise in an area of creative practice which can pave the way for doctoral study. The MA Creative Writing is designed to be inclusive and flexible. It can be studied either full or part-time and classes are scheduled in the evenings and select weekends, allowing you to combine study with other commitments. You may also be interested in our MA English Literature or MA English Literature and Creative Writing programmes. Possible exit points - MA/PgD/PgC

Our modules are delivered over one year full-time or two years part-time. Your degree will total 180 credits: all modules are 20 credits, apart from the dissertation which is 60 credits. The Plot Thickens: How Narrative Works, and How To Work With It Writing Place: Singing Horizons and Invisible Cities Writing (R)evolution: Personal and Collective Change Paths to Professional Writing: Developing Skills, Getting Published, Sustaining a Career Literary and Critical Theory Research Methods Dissertation

Assessment method

​We have a variety of approaches to assessment across the programme depending upon the module. The majority of modules are assessed through creative writing (i.e poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, script or hybrid works) and through critical reflection on your work. Other modes of assessment include blog posts, posters, and presentations. You will receive tutor support in class and through our VLE in order to prepare you for each assessment point. Each module embeds dedicated time for assessment and we offer students one-to-one tutorials both before submission and after to discuss feedback. There are a range of wider facilities and support services on offer to support your progress, including library resources which can be accessed online or on campus and the Academic Practice team.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS

Applicants should usually have a 2.2 honours degree, in a relevant subject. Selection Procedure: You will be asked to submit an online application form, including a sample of your creative work. Please check the required Compulsory Supporting Documents on the Cardiff Met website. Applicants may be interviewed via Teams or over the phone.​

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Meistri Ysgrifennu Creadigol - MA / PgD / PgC

Addysgir y cwrs hwn gan awduron ac ymchwilwyr cyhoeddedig a gweithgar, nod yr MA Ysgrifennu Creadigol ym Met Caerdydd yw cefnogi datblygiad eich sgiliau ysgrifennu creadigol a beirniadol. 

Tra bod yr MA yn cwmpasu amrywiaeth o ffurfiau llenyddol, mae’r ffocws ar ddatblygu eich sgiliau a’ch gwybodaeth am dechnegau naratif, lle ysgrifennu, yn ogystal ag ysgrifennu ar gyfer newid. I ychwanegu at hyn, mae cyfran sylweddol o’r MA wedi’i neilltuo i ymarfer proffesiynol, fydd yn eich helpu i baratoi a chyflwyno llawysgrifau, yn ogystal â rhoi cyfleoedd i chi ddysgu gan ymarferwyr yn y diwydiannau creadigol. 

Cefnogir cynnwys Ysgrifennu Creadigol gan ddau fodiwl sgiliau, Dulliau Ymchwil a Theori Lenyddol a Beirniadol, sy’n rhoi’r offer sydd eu hangen arnoch i wneud y naid i astudiaethau ôl-raddedig ac annog eich datblygiad fel meddyliwr beirniadol ac ymchwilydd. Mae'r traethawd hir yn rhoi'r hyblygrwydd i chi ddilyn eich prosiect creadigol a'ch diddordebau ymchwil eich hun gyda chefnogaeth ac anogaeth goruchwyliwr.   

Mae ein cymuned academaidd ehangach yn ddeinamig felly byddwch hefyd yn cael y cyfle i gymryd rhan mewn gweithgareddau creadigol ychwanegol a all gynnwys, ond heb fod yn gyfyngedig i, meiciau agored, cydweithrediadau traws-ddisgyblaethol, ymweliadau ag archifau ac amgueddfeydd, encilion ysgrifennu, darlleniadau barddoniaeth, ymweliadau gan arbenigwyr yn y diwydiant, a mwy. 

Gallwch astudio ein MA Ysgrifennu Creadigol i baratoi eich gwaith ei hun cyn ei gyhoeddi neu wella eich gyrfa yn y diwydiannau creadigol. Bydd yr MA hwn hefyd yn datblygu eich sgiliau ymchwil ac yn eich helpu i arbenigo mewn maes o ymarfer creadigol a all baratoi'r ffordd ar gyfer astudiaeth ddoethurol. 

Cynlluniwyd yr MA Ysgrifennu Creadigol i fod yn gynhwysol ac yn hyblyg. Gellir ei hastudio naill ai'n llawn amser neu'n rhan-amser a threfnir dosbarthiadau gyda'r nos ac yn dewis penwythnosau, gan ganiatáu i chi gyfuno astudio ag ymrwymiadau eraill. 

Rydyn ni’n ymdrechu i gyflwyno cyrsiau yn unol â’r disgrifiad ac ni fyddwn fel arfer yn gwneud newidiadau i gyrsiau, fel teitl, cynnwys, dull cyflwyno a darpariaeth addysgu’r cwrs. Fodd bynnag, gall fod yn angenrheidiol i’r brifysgol wneud newidiadau yn narpariaeth y cwrs cyn neu ar ôl cofrestru. Mae’n cadw’r hawl i wneud amrywiadau i gynnwys neu ddulliau cyflwyno, gan gynnwys terfynu neu gyfuno cyrsiau os ystyrir bod camau gweithredu o’r fath yn angenrheidiol. Darllenwch ein Telerau ac Amodau i gael y wybodaeth lawn.

​Cynnwys y Cwrs

Mae ein modiwlau yn cael eu cyflwyno dros flwyddyn amser llawn neu ddwy flynedd yn rhan-amser. Astudir cyfanswm o 180 credyd: mae pob modiwl yn werth 20 credyd, ar wahân i'r traethawd hir sy'n werth 60 credyd.

Mae'r s tori yn mynd yn fwy cymhleth : Sut Mae Naratif yn Gweithio, a Sut i Weithio Ag Ef

Nod y modiwl hwn yw eich cyflwyno i gysyniadau naratif, gan gynnwys damcaniaethau naratif, plotio ac adrodd straeon. Bydd yn rhoi'r cyfle i chi ddarllen gwaith gan awduron sy'n defnyddio technegau naratif mewn ffyrdd arloesol ac yn eich helpu i ymgysylltu ag effeithiau'r technegau gwahanol hyn. Bydd y modiwl hwn yn creu gofod lle gallwch ei ddefnyddio ac arbrofi gyda'r dulliau hyn i archwilio ystod eang o dechnegau naratif yn eich ysgrifennu eich hun. 

Lleo edd Ysgrifennu: Gorwelion s y'n Canu a Dinasoedd Anweledig 

Yn y modiwl hwn byddwch yn archwilio sut mae awduron yn ymgysylltu â lle ac yn creu eich portffolio creadigol eich hun o ysgrifennu am leoedd. Gan ystyried testunau hanesyddol a chyfoes sy'n ymgysylltu â'r ddinas, y tiroedd ymylol, a'r byd gwyllt, byddwch yn archwilio genres fel ysgrifennu natur, ysgrifennu am fywyd, ffuglen ac eco-farddoniaeth. Byddwch yn archwilio'r arfer o ysgrifennu lle gan ddefnyddio fframweithiau beirniadol fel seicoddaearyddiaeth, hawntioleg, (ôl)drefedigaethol a chysyniadau diwylliannol fel 'hiraeth' a 'cysylltiad â'ch gwlad'.  

Chwyldro Ysgrifennu: Newid Personol ac ar y Cyd 

Nod y modiwl hwn yw eich cyflwyno i gymwysiadau amrywiol ysgrifennu creadigol a'i effaith y tu hwnt i'r celfyddydau. Byddwch yn dechrau trwy ddeall cyfrifoldebau rôl a lleoliad yr awdur a thrwy ddatblygu ymwybyddiaeth o lais yr awdur. Trwy ymarfer ysgrifennu, sefydlu cydweithrediadau, ac ymgysylltu â phrosiectau bywyd go iawn, byddwch yn cael eich annog a'ch arwain i ddefnyddio ysgrifennu fel arf ar gyfer effaith gymunedol a newid.  

Llwybrau at Ysgrifennu Proffesiynol: Datblygu Sgiliau, Cyhoeddi eich Gwaith, Cynnal Gyrfa 

Nod y modiwl hwn yw eich cyflwyno i'r broses gyhoeddi, a'ch galluogi i ddeall sut mae llyfrau'n cael eu cyhoeddi a pham mae llyfrau eraill yn cael eu gwrthod. Bydd y modiwl yn eich cefnogi i gymryd rhan weithredol mewn gwobrau ysgrifennu a chyfleoedd cyhoeddi go iawn tra byddwch yn astudio. Bydd yn eich cyflwyno i'r ystod o rolau proffesiynol sydd ar gael i chi ar ôl graddio ac yn eich cyflwyno i weithwyr proffesiynol yn y byd cyhoeddi. Mae'r modiwl yn cynnwys lleoliad proffesiynol hyblyg a fydd yn rhoi'r cyfle i chi ddechrau sefydlu rhwydwaith proffesiynol yn y diwydiannau cyhoeddi a chreadigol. 

T heori Llenyddol a Beirniadol

Mae'r modiwl hwn yn eich cyflwyno i brif elfennau theori llenyddol a beirniadol fel y daeth i'r amlwg yn yr ugeinfed ganrif. Efallai y byddwch yn ymdrin â theorïau fel semioteg, Strwythuraeth, Ôl-strwythuriaeth, Ffurfiolaeth, Beirniadaeth Newydd. Efallai y cewch eich cyflwyno hefyd i theorïau gwleidyddol fel y rhai sy'n deillio o Farcsiaeth a materoliaeth ddiwylliannol, yn ogystal â theorïau ffeministaidd a cwiar. Gall myfyrwyr hefyd ymdrin â theorïau seicoddadansoddol, ôl-drefedigaethol a hil feirniadol, yn ogystal â darlleniadau ôl-feirniadol mwy modern.

Dulliau Ymchwil

Yn y modiwl hwn byddwch yn cael eich annog i gymharu a deall y dulliau cysyniadol a thechnegol amgen o ymchwilio mewn Astudiaethau Saesneg. Yn ystod darlithoedd, seminarau, a gweithdai, yn ogystal ag yn ystod oriau o astudio annibynnol, byddwn yn adolygu ac yn gwerthuso'n feirniadol y llenyddiaeth gyfredol berthnasol mewn Astudiaethau Saesneg i roi pecyn offer cyflawn i chi ei gymhwyso i'ch modiwlau eraill.  Byddwn hefyd yn canolbwyntio ar y fframweithiau methodolegol ar gyfer cynnal ymchwil a goblygiadau moesegol a gwleidyddol y rhain. Yn olaf, bydd myfyrwyr yn datblygu sgiliau a hyder wrth gymhwyso ystod o dechnegau a methodolegau yn ogystal â dealltwriaeth o'u cyfrifoldeb a'u safle fel ymchwilydd.

Traethawd Hir Mae'r modiwl Traethawd Hir yn rhoi cyfle i chi ymgymryd â phrosiect creadigol parhaus, trwyadl ac annibynnol a fydd hefyd yn cynnwys ymchwiliad i bwnc arbenigol yng nghyd-destun ysgrifennu creadigol. 

Dysgu ac Addysgu

Addysgir y radd MA Ysgrifennu Creadigol hon gan ymchwilwyr ac awduron gweithgar sy'n cyhoeddi barddoniaeth, straeon byrion, ffeithiol, nofelau, gwaith hybrid a mwy yn rheolaidd. 

Mae Dr Ben Fergusson yn awdur a chyfieithydd arobryn sy'n cyhoeddi gwaith ffuglen a ffeithiol. Mae Dr Kate North yn fardd, nofelydd, ac awdur straeon byrion sydd â diddordeb arbennig mewn cymhwyso ymarfer ysgrifennu mewn cyd-destunau iechyd a chymunedol. Mae Dr Lucy Windridge-Floris yn nofelydd ac mae ei hymchwil yn canolbwyntio'n bennaf ar ysgrifennu creadigol ar gyfer cyd-destunau therapiwtig. Mae Dr Sabrin Hasbun yn awdur ffeithiol arobryn ac mae ei gwaith yn arbenigo mewn ysgrifennu ar gyfer a chan grwpiau ymylol.

Addysgir y rhan fwyaf o fodiwlau trwy weithdai grŵp, seminarau, a darpariaeth ar-lein.  Bydd rhai modiwlau hefyd yn cynnwys tiwtorialau unigol a chyflwynir modiwl y traethawd hir yn bennaf trwy diwtorialau un-i-un gyda'ch goruchwyliwr. Ceir amgylchedd beirniadol ond cefnogol trwy gyfuniad o weithdai, dysgu ar-lein, a gweithgareddau allgyrsiol.

Cefnogir ein modiwlau gan ein Rhith-Amgylchedd Dysgu, Moodle, gyda thudalennau cwrs dynodedig sy'n manylu'n ofalus ar bwnc a gwaith darllen yr wythnos. Mae holl ddeunyddiau'r cwrs (ac eithrio testunau cynradd) ar gael ymlaen llaw drwy'r platfform hwn, y gallwch gael mynediad ato o bell. Gall testunau cynradd fod ar gael ar-lein am ddim (os ydynt allan o hawlfraint) neu byddant ar silffoedd ein llyfrgell.

Mae pob modiwl yn werth 20 credyd, ar wahân i'r traethawd hir sy'n werth 60 credyd. Mewn modiwl 20-credyd byddwch yn derbyn 24 awr o addysgu wedi'i amserlennu a disgwylir i chi gynnal 176 awr o astudio annibynnol. Mae'r traethawd hir 60 credyd yn cynnwys cymysgedd o diwtorialau unigol gyda'ch goruchwyliwr traethawd hir penodedig (3 awr) a thiwtorialau grŵp (9 awr) ac astudiaeth annibynnol (588 awr). Trefnir seminarau gyda'r nos yn ystod yr wythnos i fod mor gynhwysol a hyblyg â phosibl. Os ydych chi'n astudio amser llawn, er enghraifft, bydd gennych chi ddosbarthiadau ar ddwy noson yn ystod yr wythnos bob tymor (mae pob sesiwn gyda'r nos yn para dwy awr ac fel arfer fe'i trefnir rhwng 5yp a 7yh). Yn ogystal â hyn, byddwch yn astudio Dulliau Ymchwil yn Nhymor 1 a Theori Llenyddol a Beirniadol yn Nhymor 2. Addysgir Dulliau Ymchwil trwy bedair sesiwn dydd Sadwrn o bedair awr yr un, pedwar tiwtorial awr o hyd yn ystod yr wythnos, yn ogystal â gweithgareddau ar-lein nad ydynt wedi'u hamserlennu. Addysgir Theori Lenyddol a Beirniadol trwy bedair sesiwn dydd Sadwrn o bedair awr, darlithoedd wedi'u recordio ymlaen llaw, a gweithgareddau ar-lein.

Ym Mhrifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd rydym yn cydnabod y gellir gwella profiad a chanlyniadau myfyrwyr trwy gefnogaeth Tiwtor Academaidd Personol (TAP). Rhoddir TAP i chi pan fyddwch yn ymuno â'r Brifysgol, a fydd yn eich cefnogi ar eich taith addysgol ac yn eich helpu i wneud dewisiadau gwybodus ar y ffordd i gyflawni'ch uchelgais datblygol, trwy gyfarfodydd grŵp ac unigol.​

Mae gennym amrywiaeth o ddulliau asesu ar draws y rhaglen yn dibynnu ar y modiwl. Asesir y mwyafrif o'ch modiwlau trwy ysgrifennu creadigol (h.y. barddoniaeth, ffuglen, ffeithiol greadigol, gweithiau sgript neu hybrid) a thrwy fyfyrdodau beirniadol o'ch gwaith. Mae dulliau asesu eraill yn cynnwys postiadau blog, posteri a chyflwyniadau. 

Byddwch yn derbyn cefnogaeth tiwtor yn y dosbarth a thrwy ein ADRh er mwyn eich paratoi ar gyfer pob pwynt asesu. Mae pob modiwl yn ymgorffori amser penodedig ar gyfer asesu ac rydym yn cynnig tiwtorialau un-i-un i fyfyrwyr cyn cyflwyno ac ar ôl i drafod adborth.

Mae ystod o gyfleusterau a gwasanaethau cymorth ehangach ar gael i gefnogi eich cynnydd, gan gynnwys adnoddau llyfrgell y gellir eu cyrchu ar-lein neu ar y campws a'r tîm Ymarfer Academaidd.

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Mae llawer o'n myfyrwyr yn defnyddio'r cwrs i gynhyrchu a hogi eu hysgrifennu eu hunain i'w gyhoeddi. Mae ein modiwlau ymarfer creadigol wedi'u cynllunio gan ystyried eu cyhoeddi yn y pen draw. Mae ein hasesiadau wedi'u cynllunio o amgylch cyhoeddi, perfformio a / neu gynhyrchu. Mae nifer o'n myfyrwyr wedi cael llwyddiant cyhoeddi a diwydiant (gweler isod).

Mae'r MA hefyd yn ddewis gwych i'r rheini sy'n dymuno gwella eu cyflogaeth a'u cyfleoedd proffesiynol mewn gyrfaoedd golygyddol a chyhoeddi. Mae'r rhaglen yn addas ar gyfer y rhai a hoffai ddod yn athrawon llenyddiaeth Saesneg ac ysgrifennu creadigol yn ogystal â'r rhai sydd eisoes yn athrawon. Er enghraifft, mae athrawon Saesneg ar Lefel 'A' a TGAU yn aml yn gweld y cwrs yn addas at ddibenion datblygiad proffesiynol, gan ddarparu sgiliau iddynt wella eu haddysgu o ysgrifennu creadigol llenyddiaeth Saesneg yn eu cwricwla cyfredol.

Mae ein MA yn briodol ar gyfer y rhai a hoffai yrfaoedd mewn addysg ac ymarfer yn y gymuned. Mae'r cwrs hefyd yn eich paratoi ar gyfer astudiaeth bellach ar lefel PhD ym Mhrifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd a thu hwnt.

Bydd y radd hon yn eich annog i ddatblygu sgiliau trosglwyddadwy gwerthfawr ymreolaeth, cydweithredu effeithiol, hunan-gyfeiriad, trefniadaeth, menter a gallu i addasu sy'n uchel eu parch yn y gweithle.​

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Fel arfer dylai ymgeiswyr feddu ar radd anrhydedd 2.2, mewn pwnc perthnasol.

G weithdrefn Dethol : Bydd gofyn i chi gyflwyno ffurflen gais ar-lein, gan gynnwys sampl o'ch gwaith creadigol. Gwiriwch y Dogfennau Ategol Gorfodol gofynnol  yma . Gall ymgeiswyr gael eu cyfweld trwy Teams neu dros y ffôn.​

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English Literature and Creative Writing - MA/PgD/PgC

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MA English Literature and Creative Writing is a rewarding taught degree taught by published writers and researchers. The course is aimed to support you while you develop and hone your creative and critical writing skills across the fields of fiction, creative non-fiction, script and poetry. You can take our MA for professional development purposes, in order to enhance your career and to prepare your writing for publication. The MA will also help you specialise in the areas of creative practice in order to pave the way for doctoral study.

We have expertise across a number of fields and our academic community is vibrant and dynamic with strong industry links. One of the great strengths of the programme is its flexibility. MA English Literature and Creative Writing can be studied either full or part time. Modules can be taken individually, allowing you to control the pace and depth of your postgraduate study. Programme delivery is enhanced by the University's commitment to e-learning.

Many of our students use the course to generate and hone their own writing for publication. Our creative practice modules are designed with eventual publication in mind. Our assessments are designed around publication, performance and/or production. Several of our students have had publication and industry success. The MA is also a great choice for those wishing to enhance their employment and professional opportunities in editorial and publishing careers. The programme is suitable for those who would like to become teachers of English literature and creative writing as well as those who are already teachers. For example, teachers of English at 'A' Level and GCSE often find the course suitable for professional development purposes, providing them with skills to enhance their teaching of English literature creative writing within their current curricula.

Our MA is appropriate for those who would like careers in community-based education and practice. The course also prepares you for further study at PhD level at Cardiff Metropolitan University and beyond. This degree will encourage you to develop the valuable transferable skills of autonomy, effective collaboration, self-direction, organisation, initiative and adaptability that are highly regarded in the workplace. Students can exit at Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma levels.

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Applicants should usually have a first or upper second-class honours degree, in a relevant subject. Students that meet the criteria will be invited for interviews.

Cardiff Metropolitan University offers degree courses across a range of disciplines. Students can choose to study on either a full-time or part-time basis. Over 11,500 students from 140 countries study across its Cyncoed and Llandaff campuses. In addition, over 10,000 students attend its 17 partner institutions across 15 countries globally. As well as its undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, the university also undertakes impactful... more

English Literature Masters - MA/PgD/PgC

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Studying English & Creative Writing at Cardiff Met has changed my life

Back when I was still in college, I didn’t have a clue where I wanted to end up. All I knew was that I had a passion for writing, and that I wanted to do something big with it – journalism, or screenwriting, maybe? I was consumed by the stress over exams and gave little thought to the universities I wanted to apply to. When I finally made this decision, I chose my options based on the places I could envision myself living in. My work colleague had lived in Cardiff for a time when she was younger and would always tell me how much she had loved it. The other places I chose were also recommended to me by others, or else I had been there myself and found that I felt somewhat at home.

I decided to apply for a gap year so once I was accepted to all my university choices, I requested deferrals from each of them. I had thought this would be what helped me make my decision. But as I sat and waited for responses, I realised that there was really only one university that I wanted to offer me that choice, and that was Cardiff Met. If I could get that deferral, it meant that I could both have the gap year I had always wanted and attend a university in one of my favourite places in the world.

I am so lucky that they did. The BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing degree at Cardiff Met has changed my life. I have been lucky enough to be taught by the most accepting, supportive and knowledgeable lecturers, and have met the most incredible people that are enrolled on the course alongside me. The university has taught me to be confident when sharing my own work, how to work well with others, and how to accept and give criticism and feedback. I have taken part in creating an anthology with my peers and have collaborated in a project with the art students that exposed me to the extraordinary talent that exists within other departments, rather than just my own.

The university has taught me to be confident when sharing my own work, how to work well with others, and how to accept and give criticism and feedback.

I was always worried before I left home that I’d feel homesick, but Cardiff quickly became a second home to me, and Cardiff Met has played an enormous part in that. In the mornings when I wake up, I find myself looking forward to arriving on campus, because I know that I’ll learn something valuable and will be surrounded by people that inspire me to succeed.

And that’s the truth. Of course, there’s no denying that it’s hard. I struggle, sometimes. The workload can be tough. And the answer you need is not always the easiest to find. But I think Cardiff Met has been the best place for me to find things difficult, because the support is always there, and then so is the motivation to do better.

I’m so glad I made the decision to come here, of all my choices, because I know when I graduate, I’ll be proud that I can say I learnt it all at Cardiff Met.

Creative Writing

Creative Writing at Winchester offers you the opportunity to evaluate and improve your creative writing in a dynamic, supportive environment. The programme is taught by professional writers and highly experienced practitioner-academics in Creative Writing, with a particular focus on fiction and literary non-fiction. There are opportunities to meet editors and published writers and, as your knowledge of the publishing industry expands, find out where your work fits within the market.

Course overview

You study a diverse range of fiction and narrative non-fiction by acclaimed contemporary writers, which allows you to explore different styles and genres including fantasy, crime, historical fiction and literary fiction and gain a critical foundation for your own writing while increasing your knowledge of the publishing world. Throughout the course, you create new work and discuss it in a supportive group of peers alongside your tutor as you redraft and refine. The structure of the programme enables you to experiment from week to week, hone your craft and develop complete short stories as well as engage with the demands of longer-form prose.

In the first semester you will take modules in contemporary fiction and literary non-fiction, and also develop a project that addresses ways in which writers engage with community audiences. The second semester focuses on genre fiction and preparation for your Independent Study project, which is a substantial creative submission of 20-25,000 words written over the summer months. This could be the first part of a novel, a collection of short fiction, the opening to a work of literary non-fiction or a hybrid submission, completed with tutor support.

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Course start date.

On campus, Winchester

Course length

• 1 year full-time
• 2 years part-time (evenings)

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Typical offer

A first or second-class honours degree

From £9,550 pa

Course features

Refine your writing across a range of styles and genres

Understand where your work fits in the current publishing world

Be inspired and encouraged by guest writers and editors

Course details

Suitable for applicants from:.

UK, EU, World

Learning and teaching

Teaching takes place:  Evenings

Start date:  September

The academic staff are professional novelists, scriptwriters, poets and writers of creative non-fiction, as well as cultural critics and playwrights. They are supported by guest writers, editors and literary agents. This course has long enjoyed a vibrant programme of visiting speakers. 

Students have the opportunity to develop their creative work, give and receive feedback in weekly workshops, and work with lecturers who are all practitioners. 

Location 

Taught elements of the course take place on campus in Winchester.

Our validated courses may adopt a range of means of assessing your learning. An indicative, and not necessarily comprehensive, list of assessment types you might encounter includes essays, portfolios, supervised independent work, presentations, written exams, or practical performances.

Each module typically comes with a creative writing assignment, or an assignment plus rationale (reflective piece) of approximately 4,000 words in total.

Students undertake a Dissertation between 20,000-25,000 words as part of their independent study with full tutorial support.

We ensure all students have an equal opportunity to achieve module learning outcomes. As such, where appropriate and necessary, students with recognised disabilities may have alternative assignments set that continue to test how successfully they have met the module's learning outcomes. Further details on assessment types used on the course you are interested in can be found on the course page, by attending an Open Day or Open Evening, or contacting our teaching staff.

We are committed to providing timely and appropriate feedback to you on your academic progress and achievement in order to enable you to reflect on your progress and plan your academic and skills development effectively. You are also encouraged to seek additional feedback from your course tutors.

Please note the modules listed are correct at the time of publishing. The University cannot guarantee the availability of all modules listed and modules may be subject to change. The University will notify applicants of any changes made to the core modules listed. For further information please refer to winchester.ac.uk/termsandconditions

This module allows students to explore a range of different non-fiction genres, including memoir, Travel Writing, and reportage. In each case they will contemplate the ethical dilemmas of so doing, and the psychological dimensions of writing about their own lives and the lives of others. They will consider issues such as perspective, narrative, politics, audience, and editing. The module will focus upon how to use language to achieve certain effects. Much of the work will occur in practical workshops, working towards the submission for assessment of a specific piece prose non-fiction and an essay exploring the world of non-fiction writing (including the media) in relation to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

This module aims to help students develop their own practice as writers of fiction, through a consideration of the form and techniques used by published writers. It will consider plotting and the structuring of texts, as well as the subtleties of characterisation, dialogue and place in short and longer fiction. The module will analyse a selection of works, paying particular attention to more recent work and considering texts that range from Booker and Pulitzer prize winners to mass-market fictions; experimental odysseys to more sentimental journeys. Students will be encouraged to consider how these fictions work as texts, how they develop character, plot story, position the reader etc., and how they relate to audiences.

Students will work individually and in groups to create/develop stories and structures, characters and scenes for or from their own fictions. This module will be the beginning of their journey towards their Independent Study.

This module is designed to enable students to become a successful writer within a community, whether that is through residencies or works celebrating or contributing to a particular neighbourhood, community or group. This may involve responding creatively with site-specific works within an urban or rural environment; working with an online community, or the temporary ‘community’ of a festival; involvement in a collaborative community-based art project; participation in or production of an anthology or collection for publication. Whatever the platform or opportunity – whether it is an existing one that is applied for, or created in a pro-active way – the emphasis here is on community engagement, widening participation, and positive impact. 

This module allows the students to explore a variety of fictional genres, including but not limited to: Horror, Sci Fi/Fantasy, Crime, and Historical Fiction. By looking at texts from leading authors in each field, students will learn about genre conventions in relation to plot, character, and setting, and will use these skills to write a creative piece of their own in a chosen genre. Alongside the creative elements of the module, students will also critically examine genre fiction, with particular attention being paid to the roles of gender and race.

This module is designed to prepare students for the rigour of writing a longer-form creative piece. Issues of structure, sub-plotting, narrative drive, character development and ‘voice’ are considered within the context of the student’s own ideas for their Independent Study and similarly targeted works of contemporary fiction or the specific genre they have chosen. The relationship between experimentation/originality and commercial imperatives/’what has gone before’ will be considered to enable students to locate their own work more fully within current socio-cultural contexts, while workshops and group discussion deepen each student’s interrogation of their own processes and challenge habitual modes of working.

The Independent Study is the culmination of the MA Creative Writing. Students will write, re-write and edit an extended creative piece, 20,000 to 25,000 words of a novel, or a script or poetry collection or work of creative non-fiction to be agreed by the Programme Leader and supervising tutor. They will realise ideas first developed in the Independent Study Preparation module and work under the expert guidance of a supervisor but with an emphasis on self-directed research and writing. The overall outcome will be a demonstration of the student’s creative integrity, confidence and accomplishment in authorship.

Entry requirements

Normally a first or second-class Honours degree or professional experience in the area of study. Applicants are required to submit a sample of their creative writing. 

Continuing students who have achieved a first or upper second-class degree in BA Creative Writing or BA Creative & Professional Writing at the University of Winchester are not required to submit a sample of their creative writing.

If English is not your first language: IELTS 7.0 overall with a minimum of 7.0 in writing or equivalent. 

Applications need to be submitted before the published deadline on our website. Late applications can be accepted throughout the remainder of the application year, for more information see our How to apply (Postgraduate) section.

If you are living outside of the UK or Europe, you can find out more about how to join this course by emailing our International Recruitment Team at  [email protected] .

2025/2026 Course Tuition Fees 

Additional tuition fee information

If you are a UK student starting your degree in January / September 2025, the first year will cost you £9,550**.

If finance is a worry for you, we are here to help. Take a look at the range of support we have on offer. This is a great investment you are making in your future, so make sure you know what is on offer to support you.

**The University of Winchester will charge the maximum approved tuition fee per year.

Additional costs

As one of our students all of your teaching and assessments are included in your tuition fees, including, lectures/guest lectures and tutorials, seminars, laboratory sessions and specialist teaching facilities. You will also have access to a wide range of student support and IT services.

SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND AWARDS

We have a variety of scholarship and bursaries available to support you financially with the cost of your course. To see if you’re eligible, please see our Scholarships and Awards .

CAREER PROSPECTS

Many graduates of the course have obtained publishing contracts, while others work in other aspects of publishing, or in teaching, media, the arts and business.

“The MSc programmes at Winchester provide you with an excellent foundation from which to pursue your career.” Steve - MSc Graduate UWin Student Blog

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Dr Judith Heneghan

Dr Judith Heneghan is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, a novelist and the former Director of the Winchester Writers' Festival.

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