English including Foundation Year (4yrs) BA (Hons) BA (Hons) BA (Hons)

Reasons to choose Kingston<br/>- Through our Writers’ Centre, Kingston, you’ll have opportunities to get involved in a huge range of professional and creative activities, including poetry festivals and readings by guest authors.<br/><br/><br/>- You’ll be taught by a diverse range of professional, creative and academic experts.<br/><br/><br/>- Many of our graduates have had their work published. Recently, Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut novel My Sister, The Serial Killer, was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019.<br/><br/><br/>- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the frameworks two new student experience and student outcomes categories. <br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>This degree gives you the critical and creative freedom to experiment with reading and writing in a wide variety of genres and media. It’s an exciting, diverse, and stimulating programme that invites you to think about the world differently.<br/><br/>Year-long modules, interactive lecture workshops, small group seminars, and individual supervisions are designed to support all your needs and abilities. There’s also a range of assessments that will empower you to achieve your best work; this includes traditional essays and dissertations, alongside blogs, critical definitions and creative pieces.<br/><br/>Throughout your course, you’ll enjoy many extracurricular events and activities, including those organised by the Race/Gender Matters research group, Kingston Language Scheme, and the Writers’ Centre, Kingston.<br/><br/>**Future Skills** <br/>Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. <br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, youll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. <br/><br/>At Kingston University, were not just keeping up with change, were creating it. <br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>Graduates have gone on to work in public relations, publishing, journalism, advocacy and campaigning, advertising and marketing and management. Many have also been published.