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English Literature and Creative Writing (Study Abroad) at Lancaster University - UCAS

Lancaster University

Degree level: Undergraduate

English Literature and Creative Writing (Study Abroad)

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2024 - 20252025 - 20262026 - 2027
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This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.

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

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28Jun
Lancaster University Open Day
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12Jul
Lancaster University Open Day
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13Sep
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Course summary

From the sonnet to the novel, and theatre to video-games, you will hone your craft with extensive professional support from our many celebrated novelists, poets, and playwrights. You’ll be part of a vibrant culture with literary events in the city’s Castle Quarter, multiple student-run literary journals, visiting authors, and opportunities to present your writing live. Why Lancaster?

  • Develop your creative voice while also studying literature from classical civilisation to the present day
  • Enhance your writing through both text-based writing experiments and workshops focusing on your own writing
  • Explore the professional dimensions of Creative Writing, such as performing your work, editing, publishing, and marketing
  • Get involved with our four student-run literary journals: Cake, Lux, Flash, and Errant and our partners, the city-based LitFest
  • Be inspired by our rich programme of literary events on campus, online, and in the city’s historic Castle Quarter
  • Enjoy the benefits of our partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Museum, including internship opportunities in the English Lake District
English Literature and Creative Writing Your time will be divided evenly between English Literature and Creative Writing. Explore creative forms Lancaster was one of the very first UK universities to teach Creative Writing. Today we continue to lead the way in the discipline with celebrated authors as tutors and students who go on to publish their work. Follow in the footsteps of celebrated authors such as Camille Ralphs, Andrew McMillan, Martha Sprackland, and Daisy Johnson, the youngest-ever author shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In your own writing you will be able to explore traditional forms such as the short story, the novel, poetry, or scriptwriting, as well as non-traditional forms such as digital media, game writing, screenwriting, fantasy, and writing for young adults. Acts of reading You will also have the chance to explore texts from ancient civilisations to the present day studying the great names in literature, as well as voices that have been forgotten or overlooked. We believe that reading is not passive but active. It is something that acts upon both the texts that we read and the world in which we live; and neither those texts nor the world is left the same. We are pioneers in experimental or creative forms of literary criticism as well as encouraging the study of established forms of literary scholarship, such as archival work, historicism, close reading, and literary theory. We support our students to dive deep, and experience literature in new and immersive ways. A vibrant cultural community We run many special literary events both on campus but also in spectacular locations such as the medieval Lancaster Castle, the awe-inspiring Priory or the archive-rich Wordsworth Centre at Grasmere in the Lake District. These events include:
  • Talks from visiting scholars and authors
  • Student participation in our annual summer Shakespeare production
  • Study retreat day in the Lake District
  • Social events such as the October Lecture and May Gathering
These events offer a sense of community and friendship through your studies. However, you can also take the opportunity to be more involved in organising, marketing and hosting these events. Gain valuable professional experience If you are interested in writing, publishing, and editing you could choose to get involved in one of our four student-run literary journals: Cake, Flash, Lux and Errant. You might volunteer to help at Lancaster’s Literature festival which attracts well-known authors from around the world (including some of our own author-tutors). Study abroad The study abroad option is an exciting opportunity for anyone who is thinking of working abroad during their career or who simply wants the experience of living and studying overseas as part of their degree.

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:
QW40
Institution code:
L14
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

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

For information on our fees, please see www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding.
English Literature and Creative Writing (Study Abroad) at Lancaster University - UCAS