| Programme details | |
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| Degree: | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (BA (Hons)) |
| Discipline: |
Creative Writing
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| Duration: | 48 months |
| Study modes: | full-time |
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This degree offers you the chance to strengthen your skills, knowledge and confidence before you advance to stage one of your honours degree.
The first single honours degree of its kind in the UK, this exciting course combines authorship and publishing to open up a world of opportunities in the creative industries and beyond.
The UK market for written information and creative content of all types is of enormous significance to cultural and political life, as well as to economic growth; in 2018 alone, the publishing industry in the UK generated £3.2bn of revenue and supported 70,000 jobs.
In a fast-changing society where consumers are bombarded with fake news and a flood of information, carefully curated and diverse content is more important than ever.
The publishing industry is undergoing an exciting and unprecedented time of change and is rapidly adapting to an evolving digital marketplace. It is a resilient, creative and global industry that continues to grow year-on-year. It requires professionals who are commercially and digitally aware, and who feel passionate about books, writing and reading.
A foundation year provides you with a firm grounding in the skills and knowledge you need and introduces you to the subject of writing, enabling you to achieve your full honours degree in four years.
Whether you aspire to make your living as an author, editor, lliterary agent, freelancer, or book or magazine publisher, you will find this course to be stimulating, innovative and wide-ranging.
In today's publishing ecosystem, authors, editors, literary agents, publishers and professionals across the industry have never worked more closely together. Even the rising number of self-published writers work with editors, cover designers and marketing experts to bring their work to readers.
If you are looking to pursue a career as a writer, you will need to collaborate with fellow professionals to an unprecedented degree. This course will help you to understand not only the theoretical and practical skills of writing, but also the commercial realities and opportunities from the perspective of the more business-oriented world of publishers and editors. It offers an excellent introduction that ensures you will have a thorough understanding of the marketplace for your work.
Equally, as an aspiring publisher, this course will give you valuable insight into the creative processes, aspirations and concerns of authors.
The literary creative industries have a longstanding tradition of accepting interns on work experience in a wide variety of roles. We encourage you to make the most of such opportunities and give you guidance on how to secure an internship.
There may also be opportunities for you to undertake voluntary work with our own in-house publishing imprint, Peregrine Books, which has been set up to publish books, eBooks and periodicals on a commercial basis.
The BA (Hons) Writing and Publishing equips you for many different career paths in and beyond the creative industries of today. You will attain extensive transferable skills, a high level of employability and a full and nuanced understanding of the rich world of writing and publishing.
You can look forward to a wide range of possible post-graduation opportunities, from employment to freelancing, to getting your writing published or even setting up your own business.