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Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University - UCAS

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This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.

Nottingham Trent University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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Course summary

This practice-based and industry-focused course – one of the ten best in the UK according to The Times Good University Guide 2024 – will introduce you to the intricacies of writing, including plot, characterisation and narrative study, and will equip you with work-ready skills for the many writing and writing-related industries. You will develop your skills and talent as a writer through dynamic workshops, exercises and work-like projects involving writing, editing, publishing and pitching, all supplemented by the study of English. Working alongside a range of highly-accomplished, widely-published professionals, including prize-winning, internationally-recognised authors, poets and screenwriters with real expertise in teaching, you will study at the heart of an active writing community, central to this UNESCO City of Literature. You will also learn how to give and receive critical input from tutors who will support and encourage you to follow your writerly instincts, to experiment, and to develop wide-ranging and highly applicable skills. Exciting, targeted optional modules enable you to pursue your interests. Develop your creative and professional writing across a wide range of genres, working with highly active, multiple-award-winning expert writer-tutors. Undertake hands-on roles in creative project management and development, preparing you for work in and beyond the writing and arts industries, developing creative solutions to global problems. Our keen focus on developing your employability skillset will ensure you are also extremely well placed to succeed in a wide range of careers.

  • Develop confidence in your communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
  • Undertake study abroad, if you would like to, with one of our international partners across the world. Creative writing graduates have embarked on careers in writing, journalism, publishing, teaching, the civil service, marketing and advertising.
Why study Creative Writing at NTU?
  • Top 10 in the UK for Creative Writing (Times Good University Guide 2024)
  • 100% of BA (Hons) Creative Writing students would recommend studying at NTU to others (NTU Student survey 2023).
  • Our team of writer-tutors is exceptional, and includes a BAFTA-nominated screenwriter, and multiple-award-winning novelists, poets and digital experts.
  • Develop your creative and professional writing across a wide range of genres, working with active, expert writer-tutors.
  • Undertake hands-on roles in creative project management and development, preparing you for work in and beyond the writing and arts industries, developing creative solutions to global problems.
  • Develop confidence in your communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
  • Undertake study abroad with one of our international partners across the world.

Modules

Throughout the course, modules will cover a variety of subjects, a few examples include: Beginning Writing: The Writing World, Writing, Editing and Publishing in a Sustainable World, Writing in a UNESCO City of Literature, Magazine Publishing: Concept to Dissemination, Creative Writing in the Community, and Modernist Writing. To view the full list of modules, visit the course page: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/arts-and-humanities/ug/ba-hons-creative-writing

Assessment method

We use a varied and diverse range of coursework assessments to develop your skills and support your progress. These include digital projects, reviews, case-studies, essays, presentations and reports. Our innovative approach to assessment means that in Year One you will develop and enhance a complementary set of key skills for success in second and third year, and throughout the degree the varied assessment pattern will enable you to engage with the past and prepare for your future through an exciting array of projects.

How to apply

This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.

15Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W800
Institution code:
N91
Campus name:
City Campus
Campus code:
1

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

A lower offer may be made based on a range of factors, including your background (such as where you live and the school or college you attended), your experiences and individual circumstances (you may have been in care, for example). This is called a contextual offer and we get data from UCAS to make these decisions. NTU offers a student experience like no other, and this approach helps us to find students who have the potential to succeed here, but may have faced barriers that can make it more difficult to access university. We also consider equivalent qualifications and combinations. Please contact Nottingham Trent University Admissions team for further information.

Student Outcomes

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The number of student respondents and response rates can be important in interpreting the data – it is important to note your experience may be different from theirs. This data will be based on the subject area rather than the specific course. Read more about this data on the Discover Uni website.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Tuition fees for 2026 entry are yet to be confirmed. As a guide and to enable you to plan your finances, the fees for Home undergraduate students for 2025 are £9535 .The current expectation is that the University may increase this for future and subsequent years of study in line with inflation and as specified by the Government.
Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University - UCAS