Creative Writing (MA)
Cardiff University
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MA - Master of Arts

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Cathays Park Campus

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SEP-26

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Develop your portfolio of writing in our prestigious programme designed for emerging and more experienced writers. Expand your creative writing abilities and ideas with our MA in Creative Writing, designed to evolve your knowledge and perfect your writing skills in one or more literary genres. Mastering the ability to produce literary works of refinement and skill, you’ll be encouraged to submit work for both publication and showcasing as a developing professional writer.Our Creative Industries ...Read more

Develop your portfolio of writing in our prestigious programme designed for emerging and more experienced writers. Expand your creative writing abilities and ideas with our MA in Creative Writing, designed to evolve your knowledge and perfect your writing skills in one or more literary genres. Mastering the ability to produce literary works of refinement and skill, you’ll be encouraged to submit work for both publication and showcasing as a developing professional writer.Our Creative Industries Day and Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series are programmed with you in mind. As a student with us, you will attend workshops, experience classes in various topics in creative writing and develop your own practice in editing and revision.A trailblazer for Creative Writing in the UK, we nurture new talent with Open Mic nights and our Visiting Writer programme while poetry and literature ring across the city in initiatives such as Cardiff Poetry Experiment. Academics and creatives shed new light on our greatest literary works in our public book club with a difference, Cardiff Book Talk.A highlight remains our residential writing retreat, enabling you to focus on a range of writing techniques and to present your own creative work in a supportive environment.You can also make the most of opportunities to gain experience in creative writing teaching for undergraduates.Career prospects - Postgraduate study is a gateway to many careers within and beyond academia. Many overseas postgraduates return to lectureships with much enhanced career prospects. Example employers in the UK include Cardiff University, HMRC, Mencap, Poetry Wales Magazine, Teach First, and the Welsh Government, with jobs that include Creative Writing Lecturer, Librarian, Poet, Recruitment Consultant, Teacher, and Writer.

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Entry requirements

A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:1 honours degree in any subject, or an equivalent international degree. If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates. Applications from those with 2:2 are considered on a case-by-case basis.

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£10,700 per year

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£23,700 per year

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£23,700 per year

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Cardiff University
Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Cathays  0.1 miles away
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