Journalism & Creative Writing, BA (Hons)

Become a multi-skilled, passionate and ethically-driven journalist and writer.This degree is for writers and audiovisual content creators who want the freedom to develop a broad skillset ready for a career as a multi-faceted professional; learning the craft from lecturers with real-world industry experience. On this course, you’ll blend hands-on digital journalism practice with your creative writing skills for a range of fictional and non-fictional contexts: from screenwriting and poetry through to writing for games and children’s fiction, you’ll have the opportunity to elect options which suit your emerging interests and specialisms. You’ll stretch your analytical skills researching national and international publications and multimedia to better understand the social, economic and cultural contexts at play, and thread this learning into your own work as an ethical and enterprising practitioner. You will:Develop the craft and critical skills to make you an adaptable multimedia writer, reporter and digital creative – with a professional portfolio to prove it Learn the professional, craft and business skills to set you up for career success whether as a freelancer, employee or founder of your own company Take part in challenging projects working on live briefs from our partners, and have the opportunity to take up work placements in media or publishing Have access to well-equipped studios and creative spaces to give you hands-on production skills Benefit from exposure to the complete spectrum of writing and audio-visual expertise; including active journalists, PR specialists, published authors, documentary makers, screenwriters, game writers and poets through our guest lectures and workshops