Creative Writing, BA (Hons)

Join our dedicated and diverse writing community within a vibrant arts university to explore and refine your creative skills. This three-year degree programme is stimulating, experimental, and industry-oriented, supporting you through enthusiastic lecturers and professionals to develop your unique voice in prose, poetry, script, and beyond. You'll build a strong portfolio via contemporary approaches, critical thinking, and real-world collaborations across arts disciplines, such as visual communication and music. Engage with Leeds' lively literary scenes through events like open mic nights and festivals, while gaining career insights, feedback from industry experts, and opportunities for awards and networking.The programme progresses through structured years: Year one focuses on collaborative workshops to enhance critical vocabulary and technical skills in drafting and editing. Year two builds your writing direction with tutorials, masterclasses, and outward-facing projects, including software use and mentoring. Year three allows you to complete a major original project that reflects your personal philosophy and professional aspirations.

Year one – Writing workshops play a central role as a collaborative method to accelerate and consolidate student learning. It will expand your critical vocabulary and develop technical skills in the drafting and editing work required of a professional writer. Tutorials, lectures, seminars, masterclasses, and cross-disciplinary project work also feature in year one. Year two – You will now be developing a clear sense of your writing direction and favoured mode of production and will produce work that responds to outward facing briefs and opportunities. Tutorials, masterclasses, and collaborative project work help you to focus on technical skills, which may include the use of screenwriting, editing, and publishing software. Hands-on learning and mentoring by professional writers as well as visits, online forums, and blogs will develop and challenge your writing breadth and skills. Year three – The final year gives you the opportunity to negotiate, develop, and complete a major writing project. This culminates in the production of a substantial body of original work, contributing to your chosen writing platform. It will reflect your individual philosophy and career aspirations as a talented new writer.