Creative Writing BA (Hons)

We welcome students who are enthusiastic about their creative writing, committed to developing existing strengths and excited about cultivating new ones. You will learn from successful published writers and join a creative and passionate community of writers.

Our programme is practice-based: students learn by doing. Workshops involve collaborative learning, giving and receiving feedback, drafting, revision and critical reflection. Industry-focused skills are embedded throughout the curriculum. We support our students to become confident writers with the tools to professionally promote, present and publish their work. 

The course will equip you with a broad range of transferrable skills for careers within and beyond the creative industries including creative thinking, critical analysis, problem solving, research, independent study, editing, digital writing, publishing and proof reading. We will encourage you to think more widely about employability, and to recognize – and articulate to employers – the rich skills you bring to any workplace. 

Key features

You can select a route through this degree in Drama, Education, English Literature, Film, History, Journalism or Media.

You’ll learn from successful published writers and become part of a creative and passionate community of writers.

We’ll encourage you to join regional writing networks, participate in spoken word events, and perform and publish your work through book fairs and festivals, including DMU's annual State of Independence book festival.

You’ll work beyond classroom boundaries in a variety of stimulating settings to promote creativity, including Leicester Gallery at DMU, local museums and landmarks, DMU’s Special Collections archive and ghost story workshops in a deconsecrated chapel.

Benefit from block teaching, where most students study one subject at a time. A simple timetable will allow you to really engage with your learning, receive regular feedback and assessments, get to know your course mates and enjoy a better study-life balance.

Entry criteria 

Pass Access with 30 Level 3 credits at Merit (or equivalent) and GCSE English (Language or Literature) at grade 4 or above.

We will normally require students have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.

We also accept the BTEC First Diploma plus two GCSEs including English Language or Literature at grade 4 or above.

Our graduates go on to careers in a variety of areas such as writing, teaching, publishing and PR, while others undertake further studies such as the Creative

Writing MA at DMU.

Graduate, Konnie Colton, is undertaking her master's at DMU whilst working as an intern at an independent publisher says:

"The course, the people, the campus everything is brilliant and I have had so much support. I always knew I wanted to do a master’s degree and there was no way I was leaving DMU to study for it anywhere else."