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Creative Writing at University of Brighton - UCAS

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2025 - 20262026 - 2027
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This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2025.

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

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16Aug
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Course summary

Unlock your creativity with our dynamic Creative Writing degree where you will experiment with styles, inspired by our diverse city, and develop your craft through an inclusive and encouraging approach. Engage in critical reading and innovative writing across various genres, applying your skills to real-world scenarios like publishing. Guided by supportive tutors, you will explore key texts and connect your work to political, social, and cultural theories. You will experience learning in museums, galleries, theatres, archives, and beyond. At the end of year 1 you can choose a specialist subject that complements your degree or to carry on with the broader Creative Writing degree.

  • Creative Writing with Wellbeing BA(Hons)
  • Creative Writing with Comics and Graphic Novels BA(Hons)
TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE
  • Staff are active writers – you will learn from published novelists, poets and screenwriters.
  • Strong local publishing connections – we organise a programme of visiting writers and publishing professionals. Take a look at some of our prizes and partnerships
  • Scrivener talks give you the chance to speak to a professional writer about their work.
  • Our focus on employability, including a placement, ensures you will graduate as an emerging writer with a strong skill set.
  • Extracurricular activities such as the Performance and Community Research and Enterprise Group and the student-led Creative Writing Society.
  • Alumni making a difference – graduates from our programmes include Paris Lees, Merci Roberts, Munroe Bergdorf and Tanaka Mhisi.
  • Excellent student support and a warm and encouraging community.
  • Weekly roundup of writing competitions and opportunities to encourage you to promote your work and consider future careers.
  • Workshops and spoken word events help you find your writing voice.
  • Professional feedback on any aspect of your writing from our resident Royal Literary Fund Fellow.

Modules

Year 1 Narratives of (Un)belonging The World, the Text and the Critic Writers on Writing Storying The Self Staging Politics Brighton Writes Year 2 Comics, Cultures and Societies Genres Childhood, Psychology and Society Stories that Transform: Reading and Writing for Change Image and Text: The Language of Comics and Graphic Novels Psychology Mental Health and Distress Professional Practice and Placement Research and Practice Options * Introduction to Journalism Twentieth Century Literary Experiments Queer Writing Literature and Art History Power and Persuasion Community Engagement Writing for Stage, Radio and Screen Twentieth Century Literary Experiments Poetry and Process Early Modern Literature Optional Placement Year Final year Creative Dissertation Brighton Rocks: Final Year Show Comics and Graphics Dissertation Options * Applied Comics: Comics in the Social World Community Placement: Theory in Practice Creative Writing Project Women’s Writing and Feminist Theory Gothic Texts and Contexts Victorian Sexualities Literature and the World Wars Citizen Journalism: Theory and Practice Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Children Counselling Skills and the Therapeutic Relationship Community Wellbeing and Social Justice Sexualities Cyberpsychology Ecopsychology and Ecotherapy Critical Addiction Studies Environment, Landscape and Nature Writing *Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

How to apply

29Jan

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:
B72
Campus name:
Brighton
Campus code:
B

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Additional entry requirements

Other

GCSE (minimum grade C or grade 4) At least English language and maths.

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)66.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5. in each element, or equivalent English Language qualification.

Review our English Language requirements

https://www.brighton.ac.uk/international/applying-here/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements/index.aspx

Student Outcomes

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75%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
85%
Go onto work and study

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

England £9535 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9535 Year 1
Scotland £9535 Year 1
Wales £9535 Year 1
Channel Islands £9535 Year 1
Republic of Ireland £9535 Year 1
EU £17250 Year 1
International £17250 Year 1

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

The fees listed in the table above are for full-time UK undergraduate students in academic year 2025-26. You will pay further fees in each year of your course. Fees may increase each year. UK undergraduate and certain postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government. The annual fee increase will not exceed the UK government's maximum regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year. Many of our courses include the option of a salaried placement year. Tuition fees for a placement year are charged at a lower rate of £1850. The international tuition fees listed above are for full-time courses during the academic year 2025-26. Further tuition fees are payable in each year of study. Non-regulated tuition fees, which usually apply to international students and UK postgraduate students* are subject to an annual increase of a maximum of 5% or the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), whichever is higher. *Some designated postgraduate courses are regulated by the UK government – the annual fee increase for eligible UK / Home students on these designated courses will not exceed the UK government’s regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year.
Creative Writing at University of Brighton - UCAS