MA/PgDip/PgCert Creative Writing: Innovation and Experiment
- Part-time study available
- International students can apply
- Based at MediaCityUK
Your own creative activity is the main driver for learning on this course. It is supported by regular workshops, lecture and seminars, personal tutorials, masterclasses with visiting writers and other activities such as event attendance.
Students on the full-time and part-time routes will study together and have additional opportunities to share and discuss work via the university’s virtual learning environment.
Assessment
You will be assessed through:
- Written assignments (creative, critical and reflective) (66%)
- Final creative project(34%)
Staff Profile
Dr Scott Thurston - Course Leader: MA Creative Writing: Innovation and Experiment
I am a poet and researcher in the area of innovative poetry. I have published over nine books of poetry, most recently Internal Rhyme (Shearsman, 2010). I have published interviews with the poets Allen Fisher, John Wilkinson, Adrian Clarke, Ira Lightman, Maggie O'Sullivan, Ulli Freer and Tony Lopez. I edited The Salt Companion to Geraldine Monk and I am currently working on an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project to interview the poets Karen MacCormack, Jennifer Moxley, Caroline Bergvall and Andrea Brady.
For more information on my work: Co-editor of the Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry, Co-organiser of The Other Room, Interviewed at 3am Maintenant, Pages at The Archive of the Now and Poetry recordings at Penn Sound