Course summary

Foundation Year Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele. International Students For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/ Creative Writing Develop your voice as a writer within a supportive community of academics, published authors, and creative peers at Keele University. Become a skilled creative practitioner with a deep understanding of a wide range of literary texts, genres and cultures. Whether you aspire to become a writer or explore other creative industries, you'll be well-equipped with the tools, inspiration and experience to pursue your career ambitions. Why choose this course?

• Creative Writing at Keele is ranked Top 5 in the UK for student positivity*, NSS 2023 (Broad-based universities) *based on overall student satisfaction, which is an average score across 27 questions asked in the NSS

• Join a vibrant creative culture at Keele, develop your skills and expertise as a writer, and take the chance to publish your work in the Keele Creative Writing Anthology

• Meet and hear live readings from published award-winning poets and novelists

• Enhance your career prospects through enriched work placement opportunities

• Broaden your horizons with the option to study abroad at a partner university