Creative writing is beginning to take its place in the academy across Europe as well as in the Anglophone world. Taking a doctorate in a creative practice is a way of qualifying for a teaching and/or research career in higher education in the UK or elsewhere. You might also be interested in this degree if you want not only to complete a novel, short story, poetry collection or work of creative non-fiction under the supervision of well-known writers and teachers, but also to situate your own writing practice in relation to literary traditions, theories and new developments.PhD theses, albeit in creative form, will be founded on rigorous research, reflection and participation in academic life.We offer our PhD students the attention of our best writers and scholars a place in our real and virtual spaces where writers at all stages of their careers listen and speak to each other and all the artistic and scholarly resources of a world-leading university located between several exciting cities.Duration3-4 years full-time