This degree offers you the opportunity to learn from award winning internationally respected novelists, short story writers, poets, songwriters and performers, scriptwriters, editors, publishers, and new media writers.
You'll be taught in small supportive groups, utilising key examples from the greatest writers to inform your work. Through supervised workshops, seminars and tutorials, you'll develop your skills, creativity and confidence. This course will give you a thorough grounding in the art, craft and processes of writing. You'll study key themes in contemporary writing - representation, narratives and responsibility - which will deepen your knowledge of writing, both critically and creatively.
You'll also study key themes in contemporary writing - representation, narratives and responsibility - which support the academic side of the degree, deepening your knowledge of writing, both critically and creatively.
Many of the skills you'll develop on this course - writing, editing, group work and presentations - are essential in today's job market, since employers always need people who can write and communicate well.
There are several in-house publications at Derby, where you can get involved and learn more about the processes of writing, editing and marketing your work. Many of our students have also won prizes for their creative writing and have had their work published or produced on BBC TV, radio or on stage.