Develop your creativity and sharpen your critical abilities with this course that will equip you with valuable skills as both a reader and a writer. You’ll produce creative work across various genres, such as fiction, poetry, life writing, and travel accounts.
Youll also learn how writers of the past and the present have used words and literary forms to express their ideas and engage with their times’ social and cultural issues.
You’ll encounter historical and modern texts in English from around the globe, which explore themes relevant to how we live today, inclu...
Develop your creativity and sharpen your critical abilities with this course that will equip you with valuable skills as both a reader and a writer. You’ll produce creative work across various genres, such as fiction, poetry, life writing, and travel accounts. <br/><br/>Youll also learn how writers of the past and the present have used words and literary forms to express their ideas and engage with their times’ social and cultural issues. <br/><br/>You’ll encounter historical and modern texts in English from around the globe, which explore themes relevant to how we live today, including race and ethnicity, gender, climate change and nature, social class, disability and wellbeing. <br/><br/>Learn how to shape language to convey your ideas and experience, work in groups, discuss your writing with other students, and build an individual portfolio of work that will set you on track for a creative or cultural industries career.<br/><br/>The School of English supports a vibrant community of researchers and creative practitioners. It is home to the Leeds Poetry Centre, and we regularly host readings and talks by well-known and emerging contemporary writers. <br/><br/>The School also produces a literary magazine, Stand, and publishes the best in new creative writing.<br/><br/>The School has hosted many inspiring writers over the years, as staff or students. These include the novelists Storm Jameson and JRR Tolkien, poets Geoffrey Hill and Jon Silkin, and the distinguished African writers Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Our Professor of Poetry, Simon Armitage, is also the Poet Laureate.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
24/09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Application deadline
Provider Details
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Course Code
Q3W8
Institution Code
L23
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2
Scottish HigherAA in Advanced Highers including English and AABBB in Highers or A in Advanced Highers English and AAABB in Highers. Access to HE DiplomaPass diploma with 60 credits overall, including at least 45 credits at level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher. The Access course must follow a Humanities pathway and/or include English modules. An interview and a piece of written work may be required. International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme35 35 points overall with 17 at Higher Level including 6 in English at Higher Level. Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)We will consider this qualification in combination with other qualifications. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information. Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)H2,H2,H2,H2,H2,H2 including H2 in English. Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - PrincipalD3,D3,M2 including D3 in English. Extended ProjectWhere an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be AAB at A Level including A in English and grade A in the EPQ. A levelA,A,A including A in English (Language, Literature or Language and Literature). T LevelMight be accepted as in combination with other qualifications, please contact admissions teams for further advice & guidance. Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)The Welsh Baccalaureate is not typically included in the academic conditions of an offer made to you for this course. If you choose to undertake the Welsh Baccalaureate we would strongly encourage you to draw upon these experiences within your personal statement, as your qualification will then be taken into account both when your application is initially considered by the selection panel and again when reviewed by the admissions tutor at the time your A-level results are passed to us. |
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