Course summary
Start expanding your powers of expression and enhance your craft as a writer. On this course, you’ll grow as an artist, harnessing your writing, imagining and thinking - in a collaborative and supportive space. Your time on this course will be a decisive stage in the development of your writing. You’ll start writing immediately. And you’ll share your work with your peer group and tutors. You’ll receive insightful, sometimes challenging, but always supportive feedback on all your work. This will help you progress. You'll be taught by a permanent staff of highly acclaimed, successful writers published by leading publishers in the UK, Europe and USA. And you'll work with our Creative Writing Fellows and visiting lecturers, including Patience Agbabi, Sally Bayley and Steven Hall, as you develop your major project. You'll have the opportunity to meet literary agents from top agency Felicity Bryan Associates, and to pitch your work to leading publisher Philip Gwyn Jones.
Assessment method
On this course, you’ll have the structure and space to express yourself creatively, while developing your voice. You’ll explore different writing styles, and learn how to engage your readers. You'll develop your understanding of a range of literary forms and genres. And if your writing ambitions are towards publication, or just becoming a better writer, you'll be supported and encouraged all the way to achieve your full potential. You’ll also write, read and critique your work in small, self-directed study groups, where constructively critical practice and discussion will hone your abilities in drafting and editing. While learning from published and practising creative writers, you’ll study in one of the world’s most literary cities. You can write in the place used as Hogwarts library in the Harry Potter films. Or sit in the very garden where His Dark Materials ends so heartbreakingly, or discover the haunts of Dorothy L Sayers and Tolkien. You'll also be able enjoy the many live, year-round book events that make Oxford a vibrant literary city for many contemporary writers today. You’ll constantly share and discuss your work with your tutors and your peers. This regular feedback will strengthen your self-assessment skills - helping you develop your craft as a writer. You’ll be formally assessed via:
- Portfolios of your creative writing, with accompanying critical essays
How to apply
International applicants
If English is not your first language you will need to provide certification of your English language proficiency. For this course you will need an IELTS score of at least 7, with at least 6.0 in each element. Please also see the university's standard English language requirements
Entry requirements
Applicants should normally hold a good honours degree (2.1 or above), or equivalent, in an appropriate discipline and must be able to demonstrate ability in creative writing. A portfolio of recent creative work must be submitted consisting of 2000 words prose, or 5 poems, or a proportionate mixture of the two. Applicants may also be interviewed. If it is some time since you completed your undergraduate education and you do not meet the standard requirement, it may be possible to consider your application based on evidence of other relevant personal and professional experience, the support of your referees and your portfolio of written work.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £15800 | Year 1 |
| England | £8700 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £8700 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £8700 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £8700 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £8700 | Year 1 |
| International | £15800 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Please note tuition fees may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP