Creative Writing and English Literature

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Creative Writing and English Literature

BA (Hons)

Studying Creative Writing and English Literature develops your written, analytical, and communication skills, preparing you for careers in education, publishing, marketing, communications, and the wider cultural and creative industries.

UCAS Code: WQ82

Joint Honours

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Whether you're passionate about poetry, fiction, or literary theory, you’ll develop your literary voice. Workshops, lectures, and creative experiences will transform interests into valuable creative and professional skills for a wide range of careers.

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Overview

Studying Creative Writing and English Literature at Worcester allows you to develop your skills as a writer while exploring literature from the sixteenth century to the present day. You'll explore how literature reflects, challenges, and influences society, analysing the techniques and approaches used by a range of authors whilst applying them to your own creative work.

The majority of your learning will take place in small group seminars, meaning you’ll have plenty of opportunities to get to know your fellow students through close-reading activities and writing workshops. From your very first week, you’ll be able to network and continue doing so throughout your degree.

You will also have the opportunity to participate in local and regional literature festivals, attend book discussions and open mic nights, and engage with Worcester’s vibrant literary community. You may also represent the University at national events such as UniSlam and take part in the Verve Poetry Festival. These experiences will support your creative development and help you build professional networks across the country.

In your final year, you will undertake either a creative writing project or a literary dissertation, allowing you to take your interests further with a topic or genre of your choice. Our students have received recognition for the quality of their writing, with Creative Writing projects eligible for the Black Pear Press Prize for Fiction and the V. Press Prize for Poetry, and Literature dissertations considered for the Early Modern Research Group Prize for Interdisciplinary Research.

You’ll study in – and explore the literary heritage of – an ancient Cathedral city steeped in history, having been the location of the final battle of the English Civil War. Our students benefit from research trips to the Cathedral Library, with its priceless collection of rare books and manuscripts, as well as the twelve miles of archives stored within our University library, The Hive.

Work Experience

As you progress through the course, you’ll become an increasingly adept reader, writer and researcher. You’ll have lots of opportunities during your time at Worcester to apply what you’ve learned in a professional context and explore your future career options.

We offer an optional work experience placement module in Year Two, enabling you to complete a short voluntary placement with a local organisation. Past work experience locations have included schools, marketing agencies, local arts and heritage organisations, and The Hive Library.

Creative Writing at Worcester

Course content

Each year you will study a mix of mandatory and optional modules. Our diverse curriculum, taught by active writers and researchers, will allow you to explore many different literary themes and eras before you choose your dissertation specialism in Year Three.

We regularly review our courses to reflect the latest research and developments in the subject area, as well as feedback from students, employers and the wider sector. As a result, modules may change to ensure the course remains current and relevant. Optional modules will run if enough students choose to study them. It is not guaranteed that all modules will be offered every year.

Year 1Mandatory modules

Literary Forms and Genres

Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing

Writing Worcester Past and Present

Introduction to Writing

Writing Poetry

Writing Fiction

Our course has been created with your employability in mind, equipping you with the skills and confidence to be successful in wide range of careers. You’ll graduate with skills in writing, editing, research, and communication skills, which are highly valued across many industries.

A degree in Creative and Professional Writing and English Literature could be your first step toward a career as a:

Digital copywriter

Freelance writer

Editorial assistant

Content strategist

Publishing professional

Communications officer

Marketing executive

Teacher (including TEFL and Secondary English)

Researcher or academic

Opportunities to progress

Many of our graduates choose to continue their studies with a postgraduate qualification. Popular options include:

MA in English

MPhil/PhD in English Literature and Language

PGCE Secondary English

You’ll also benefit from a strong focus on employability throughout the course, including the chance to gain real-world experience through our optional work project module. We also encourage students to broaden their horizons by studying abroad for a semester.

Course highlights

The Hive Library

With over a quarter of a million books, an award-winning Library Services team and plenty of seating areas, The Hive is the perfect place to study and relax with friends. It also has a busy events programme, with regular workshops, exhibitions and performances throughout the year.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching is a mix of interactive seminars, lectures, one-to-one tutorials and workshops. Our modules give you the opportunity to combine your own development as a writer with academic study of literary texts in English.

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Teaching

Assessment

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Independent study

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You will be taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, interactive workshops, individual tuition, research trips, and film screenings. Workshops and seminars encourage discussion, peer feedback, and practical exercises, often in small groups. All learning is supported by online platforms where you can access materials and resources.

You will also gain employability skills through work-based learning, particularly in the Year 2 Work Project module, which offers valuable professional experience.

You will be assigned a Personal Academic Tutor, with scheduled meetings at least four times in the first year and three times in subsequent years to support your academic development.

Meet the team

A small selection of the Humanities lecturers who teach on this course.

Dr Lucy Arnold

Dr Lucy Arnold is a specialist in Contemporary literature, with particular research interests in contemporary gothic, narratives of haunting, contemporary women’s writing and psychoanalytic criticism. Her teaching experience spans a wide range of periods and genres but focusses on twentieth and twenty-first century literature.

Her published work to date has concerned the writing of Booker Prize winning novelist Hilary Mantel. Her debut monograph, Reading Hilary Mantel: Haunted Decades (Bloomsbury, 2019) was followed in 2026 by Hilary Mantel ('Writers and their Work', Liverpool University Press). Her third book, Little Strangers: The Spectral Child in Contemporary Literature, is forthcoming with Bloomsbury in 2027.

Dr Ruth Stacey

Dr Ruth Stacey is an expert in poetry, historical fiction, fantasy fiction, and memoir. Her research is focused on the use of symbolist poetics to write imagined memoir of historical subjects.

An award-winning poet, with a background in copywriting and illustration, her teaching covers a wide range of subjects including genre fiction, creative nonfiction, contemporary poetry, professional practice, and writing for children.

Dr Jack McGowan

Jack’s research focuses on contemporary poetry and poetics, and he specializes in the development of performance poetry in the UK since the mid-20th century, and the oral roots of poetry.

Jack is a performance poet with 10 years of experience on the UK spoken word scene and he writes for both performance and page publication.

Dr Sharon Young

Dr Sharon Young is a Fellow of the HEA and her teaching interests include, Renaissance, Restoration and eighteenth-century literature, women's poetry, and literary theory.

Sharon's research focuses mainly on women's poetry of the early modern period, Renaissance revenge tragedy and women's manuscript culture. Sharon has published on female poets and the critical debates of the early eighteenth century and Mary Leapor.

Entry requirements

UCAS tariff points required: 104Typical Offer

Qualification

BTEC National Extended Diploma

We do accept Access to HE Diplomas and other qualifications which may not exactly match the combinations above. Work out your estimated points with the UCAS tariff calculator.

Mature students

International students

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If you have any questions about entry requirements, please call our Admissions Office on 01905 855111 or email admissions@worc.ac.uk.

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UK and EU students

The standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the academic year 2027/28 is £10,050 per year.

Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase each year for both new and continuing students.

more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.

The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the academic year 2027/28 is £17,700 per year.

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If you have any questions, please get in touch. We're here to help you every step of the way.

Lecturer - Creative Writingr.stacey@worc.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Course Leader for MA English and MA Cultural Studies and Admissions Tutors.young@worc.ac.uk

Admissions Officeadmissions@worc.ac.uk01905 855111

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Mature students welcome

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Sep 2027 - Worcester

UK and EU £10,050International £17,700

3 years full-time (part-time option available)

Placement available

Study abroad available

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