Level 7 (30 credits) Writing Workshop - single module
- Part-time study available
- International students can apply
- Based at MediaCityUK
Previous graduates have gone onto further study and training and participated in literary culture through organising competitions and publishing in magazines. Two of the 2010-11 cohort are studying for PhDs in Creative Writing and three students have undertaken internships at local publishers The Knives Forks and Spoons Press and Carcanet.
Industry Links
The course benefits from a regular programme of visiting writers to the English Subject Group through the ‘Vital Signs’ and ‘Drama Workshops’ series. In addition, at least two workshops per academic year are convened by key figures in innovative writing. Past visitors have included: Robert Sheppard, Phil Davenport, Allen Fisher, Camille Martin, Carrie Etter, Philip Kuhn and Tony Trehy. These events create opportunities for local, national and international networking.
Other local links include the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester, Bury Art Gallery’s Text Festival (curated by Tony Trehy); Community Interest Group arthur+martha (directed by Phil Davenport and Lois Blackburn), The Knives Forks and Spoons Press (Alec Newman) and The Other Room poetry series (co-run by James Davies, Tom Jenks and Scott Thurston). These links benefit students through creating opportunities to engage with the latest contemporary practices, to network with established writers, to perform and publish their work and to learn about teaching and publishing creative writing.
Further Study
- PhD Creative Writing
- PhD English Literature