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MA - Master of Arts
Liverpool Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
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MA - Master of Arts
Liverpool Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
MA - Master of Arts
University of Liverpool
Part Time
SEP-25
24 months
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Liverpool offers a stimulating environment to study Creative and Critical Writing thanks to our unique placement module at one of our partner institutions and our exicting programme of events. You will develop your skills and knowledge through a combination of creative engagement with prose and drama. The programme offers a unique placement module through which you will have the opportunity to gain practical experience as a writer in residence at one of the University of Liverpools partner institutions in the city. As a writer in residence in locations such as museums and galleries, you will be able to develop professional skills through activities such as writing in response to exhibitions, or running creative writing workshops.Assessment will take the form of a portfolio consisting of creative work and reflections on the experience and requirements of the writer-in-residence role. Through core modules on contemporary prose and drama/screenwriting, you will develop your writing ability and professional awareness (i.e. submitting to agents, editorial pitches).Liverpool offers a stimulating environment in which to study Creative and Critical Writing, thanks to its lively events calendar:Including the Liverpool Literary Festival and literary events through the Centre for New and International WritingThe Universitys connections to local literary partners such as the Liverpool Everyman and PlayhouseThe presence of three AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinkers in the Department of English aloneMasterclasses with visiting writers such as the Hope Street Writer in Residence.
You will normally need a 2:1 honours degree, or above, or equivalent. This degree should preferably be in a relevant subject, such as English Literature or Creative Writing.; Applicants with honours degrees in other subjects will be considered on an individual basis and may be invited for interview.
Students living in
Domestic
£11,700 per year
Students from Domestic
This fee applies to Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland.
£11,700 per year
Students from Other UK
This fee applies to Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland.
£11,700 per year
Students from Channel Islands
This fee applies to Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland.
£24,100 per year
Students from EU
Accommodation - 600 to 900.
£24,100 per year
Students from International
Accommodation - 600 to 900.
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