
Creative Writing (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Creative Writing (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons)
Join our vibrant writing community, supported by award-winning authors and creative practitioners.
• Wide choice of fiction, performance poetry and graphic novels to scriptwriting, nature writing and memoir.
• Industry focused with an emphasis on developing your professional practice and employability.
• Your projects, your way, with our support. Literary festivals, publications, podcasts - we’ll help you find your voice.
Join us at Bath Spa University where writing is the thing we love to do and...
<strong>Join our vibrant writing community, supported by award-winning authors and creative practitioners.</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Wide choice of fiction, performance poetry and graphic novels to scriptwriting, nature writing and memoir.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Industry focused with an emphasis on developing your professional practice and employability.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Your projects, your way, with our support. Literary festivals, publications, podcasts - we’ll help you find your voice.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Join us at Bath Spa University where writing is the thing we love to do and the thing we love to talk about. In our workshops, you’ll find friends for life who, like you, want to spend time in a writing world of imagination, creativity and experimentation.<br/><br/>You’ll enjoy working on our unique campus, surrounded by wildlife and a beautiful 18th-century landscape, perfect for creative inspiration. You might experiment with nature writing or discover poems and stories you’re driven to write as a response to climate change and environmental issues.<br/><br/>Creative Writing at Bath Spa University is a challenging, exciting and flexible programme, designed to help you develop your writing craft and find your writing path. You’ll be taught by exceptional published writers with years of industry experience and knowledge to share with you.<br/><br/>It’s not just about writing craft - you’ll also learn vital professional skills. Well help you gain experience in industry and meet writers and creative practitioners from the professional literary world. Through your modules, projects and student society activities, you’ll leave with a portfolio of work that demonstrates your skills and abilities. Like so many of our graduates, you’ll be ready for a career in the creative industries or postgraduate study.<br/><br/><strong>More about the Professional Placement Year</strong><br/>A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in multiple placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team.
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
14/09/2026
Campus
Main Site
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Course Code
W801
Institution Code
B20
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2, Year 4
Entry Requirements
Access to HE Diploma
M:45
Typical offers for applicants with Access to HE will be the Access to HE Diploma or Access to HE Certificate (60 credits, 45 of which must be Level 3, at Merit or higher). Applicants will need to demonstrate a strong interest in Creative Writing in their personal statement.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DDM
DMM
Extended Diploma grades from Distinction Distinction Merit (DDM) to Distinction Merit Merit (DMM) in any subject. Applicants will need to demonstrate a strong interest in Creative Writing in their personal statement.
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T Level
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year | |
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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,535 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |
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