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Creative Writing (MA) - Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge)

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• Our MA Creative Writing will help you prepare for a career as a creative writer or in related areas such as publishing and the media, but will also give you critical and analytical skills valued by many employers.
• You might also decide to continue on to a research degree.

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Cambridge Writing Centre

Events    people   creative writing ma    podcast , the cambridge writing centre is a research centre based at anglia ruskin university, dedicated to sharing knowledge in the field of creative writing., pinned event — writing, community, three poets: carmen bugan, tamar yoseloff, anne berkeley, short stories, creative nonfiction, writing drama for stage, screen and audio, writing with technology, speculative fiction, writing for children and young adults, dr. tim jarvis — writer.

Tim Jarvis is a writer of supernatural fiction. He has research interests, as a practitioner and critic, in the fields of genre fiction, the Gothic, experimental and innovative writing, fictocriticism, and Creative Writing pedagogy.

Dr. Sarah Gibson Yates — Teaching and Research

Sarah’s current teaching and research practice draws on careers in art curatorship, cultural film programming, film production and community arts education. She is currently involved in narrative making projects across a range of media including screenwriting, narrative games, and children’s literature.

Dr. Jon Stone — Poetry and Research

Jon is a poet, researcher and editor with a specialism in hybrid and ludic literary forms, interactive fiction and collaborative writing. He is a co-director of Sidekick Books, a small press which focuses on multi-author mixed-genre anthologies.

Dr. Colette Paul — Writer

Colette Paul is particularly interested in short fiction, both theory and practice, and has published a book of short stories, Whoever You Choose to Love; these were serialized on Radio 4. Although her publications are in short fiction, she is interested in all types of prose fiction and has supervised many novel projects.

Katharine Reeve — Lecturer

Katharine Reeve is Course Leader MA Publishing and Senior Lecturer Practitioner teaching BA and MA Creative Writing and Publishing. Her creative practice is in nonfiction writing with a focus on the environment, cultural history and memoir, specifically the Norfolk Broads.

Lisa Farrell — PhD Researcher

Lisa Farrell is a postgraduate researcher exploring interactivity in fiction and producing a collection of speculative short stories.

Nancy Pardo — PhD Researcher

Nancy is a fiction writer, researcher, and community advocate. Her research explores women’s experiences of nature through themes of legacy and inheritance, family, connection and disconnection, patriarchy, and male violence.

Maria Sanger — PhD Researcher

Maria is writing a cycle of short stories that interweave historical and fantastic fiction. The thesis will explore the challenges of writing a collection of stories spanning different times, places, and cultures, how to create uncanny effects in historical fiction.

Mark Galvin — PhD Researcher

Mark is a fiction writer researching approaches to collaborative storytelling via social media.

Carol Saville — PhD Researcher

Carol Saville's writing and research focuses on ecology and eco-criticism in the fantasy genre. She is an Open University tutor with 21 years' experience.

Karl Fisher — PhD Researcher

Karl's research explores death and death-metaphors through magical realism, surrealism, absurdism and postmodernism.

Jan Casey — Creative Writing.

Jan Casey graduated from our MA Creative Writing course in 2010, and has since established herself as an author of historical fiction, publishing four novels through Aria Fiction and now working on a fifth.

Sam Millar — Writing and English Literature.

Sam Millar graduated from our BA (Hons) Writing and English Literature degree in 2019. His first poetry collection 'Retail Park' was published in 2022 by Querencia Press.

Education, English Language, and Creative Writing

Learning today to teach tomorrow

Key Information

Cambridge is a city that is famous for its language teaching, and with our pre-master’s course in Education, English Language, and Creative Writing you can kickstart your career in teaching, creative writing, and beyond.

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Postgraduate course.

• Full Time (15-19 months)

Education, English Language, and Creative Writing overview

Our Pre-masters Pathway in Education, English Language, and Creative Writing will help to prepare you for studying these subjects at postgraduate level. You will develop a range of academic and communicative skills such as, research theory and practice, independent learning, psychology and ethics, qualitative and quantitative research, and scientific/ social sciences research methods.

With an Education related master’s degree, you will develop and enhance your skills and understanding of professional practice. Working in partnership with recognised bodies, mental health trusts and hundreds of schools, ARU are accredited and well connected. You’ll benefit from those connections, along with opportunities to go on placement, and pioneering research that feeds into our teaching. With content relating to policy and practice in schools, reflecting contemporary theories, a master’s degree in Education provides scope for exploring key issues in school settings and refining personal professional practice and your research skills.

If it’s English Literature that you’re interested in studying, rest assured that ARU is the place to do so! Our English Literature BA concentrates on three periods of literary history, focusing heavily on politics and social change and ARU were judged “world-leading” in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021). If you’re looking to advance your teaching career or move into academia, then MA English Literature could be the perfect choice for you as the skills you will learn will provide new directions for your future career and form the basis for your future study. Cambridge is a city famous for language teaching and MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL will help you to improve your theoretical understanding of language learning and develop professional teaching skills. Furthermore, with our Creative Writing MA you will be given the opportunity to study the most acclaimed writers of the past 200 years and discover the techniques they used, as well practising and sharing your writing skills with a group of fellow writers.

Pathway progression

• MA Education with Early Childhood 
• MA Education 
• MA Education with Montessori
• MA Education with Leadership and Management
• MA Education with Special Educational Needs and Disability

Please see our  International  and  UK  Course Matrix for intake information.

Stage 1: Pre-Masters in Education, English Literature, and Creative Writing

You will do the following modules during your pre-masters with ARU College:

This module aims to help students develop a range of academic and communicative skills necessary for successful study at postgraduate level.

Students will be taught and will practice a range of transferable communicative skills (written and oral) to prepare students for professional life. Students will be encouraged to find useful ways to develop independent learning and encourage students to take responsibility for their personal, academic and professional development.

This module has been designed to present some of the fundamental aspects of Law and Governance to students seeking to progress to one of the prescribed postgraduate degree pathways at Anglia Ruskin University.

The key features of the English legal system will be examined, including the creation and development of the law, as well as issues of judicial interpretation and parliamentary sovereignty. The impact of Human Rights legislation on all aspects of English law will also be discussed.

The syllabus will then focus directly on company law, in particular, reference to the various types of business entity and associated advantages and disadvantages, including: limited liability and unlimited liability organisations, lifting the veil of incorporation, duties of various bodies and posts within a company, liquidation, ethics and corporate governance. Employment law will be discussed with specific reference to identifying an employee, obligations of employer and employee, various types of dismissal and associated remedies and reparation. Issues of discrimination in the workplace will form the underlying basis for discussion.

Students will be introduced to fundamental ICT skills that will be necessary to utilise throughout University level studies. This course will address ICT software and topics as they currently exist, bridging the knowledge gap between various versions of software. Students will use common productivity software as well as internet-based applications.

This module introduces students to the interesting challenges that ICT presents today and covers many anchor points that may serve as a bridge to their interests and lifestyles. These bridges include the technology in their mobile telephones, computing equipment, and entertainment software.

This module takes into account that we will be dealing with students from a wide range of cultures and experience with computers, and successful completion indicates that students have obtained a good understanding of and ability to apply common applications (Ms Word, Excel and Power Point) to document creation, data collation and presentation whilst students will also be made aware of the benefits of using web based applications for information presentation and will be expected to use IT to communicate information effectively in a variety of forms.

This module aims to present some of the fundamental aspects of management.

Students will be taught the basic elements of business strategy and management to explore its uses in real-world contexts. This course will focus on the UK economic system and its place within broader context. Students will be taught how UK economy interacts with international trade to function in our global environment. Students will learn about economics and basics of marketing and financial accounting including its application and interpretation. This course will overview economic policy and its influence on modern economies.

To complete the postgraduate courses listed below at ARU, you will do the following modules during your pre-masters at ARU College:

• English Literature – MA
• Creative Writing – MA

This module aims to provide you with a good understanding of research theory and practice, enabling you to understand different qualitative and quantitative research methods.

The development, nature, scope and organisation of research is discussed in the module. You will be taught to define research questions, formulate objectives (organise hypothesis testing where relevant), and set decision criteria. The requirement for underpinning research with theory, using tertiary sources in conducting literature research is discussed. The methods and sources of primary and secondary data are introduced including: survey techniques, assessing data quality, and methods of analysis.

The basic principles and practices of qualitative and quantitative research are analysed. Students will be introduced to a range of scientific and social sciences research methods and be taught to identify which methods are most relevant to meet research objectives.

This module aims to introduce you to Psychology and Ethics. Students will learn why knowledge of risk management and ethical approval are important for research studies and good professional practice. This module will overview key psychological approaches and current psychological theorists along with an overview of ethical principles and standards developed in the context of psychological theory. Real-world applications of these approaches will also be discussed along with current debates and trends in practice.

You will be required to pass all modules (75 credits) in order to successfully complete the pre-masters course.

Stage 2: Masters Degree

Chelmsford/ Cambridge

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Creative Writing

Entry requirements.

MPhil or PhD with progression from MPhil: You’ll need a Bachelor degree or equivalent with first or upper second class honours, in a related subject area.

PhD: You’ll need a Master degree or equivalent in a related subject area.

Please note we consider candidates for PhD with progression from MPhil in the first instance. If you want to be considered for direct entry to the PhD route then this can be discussed at interview if you are shortlisted. Please note you’ll also need to provide academic justification for this request.

Months of entry

January, April, September

Course content

Our PhD research programmes will allow you to explore your own interests in creative writing, supported by the expertise of our staff.

You’ll be allocated two supervisors, with additional staff members available if necessary. Our supervisors are experienced in most areas of creative writing, with a focus on the short story; engagement with science and technology (all genres); experimental poetry; and screenwriting.

You’ll develop your writing in a collaborative research environment with strong links to local research and creative networks, including Cambridge Literary Festival , Menagerie Theatre , Writers' Centre Norwich , CB1 Poetry , Women's Word at Lucy Cavendish College , and University of Cambridge’s Faculty of English and Department of History and Philosophy of Science .

We host many informal workshops and discussions for staff and postgraduate students in creative writing, as well as regular research seminars, allowing you to present your creative practice as research in a safe and supportive setting. These events, along with our online environment, will help you connect with other research students from a range of creative disciplines.

You could also benefit from financial support. We allocate a substantial sum every year towards postgraduate travel and conference expenses, as well as some bursaries.

All your subject-specific studies will be enhanced and supported by our University-wide training sessions, where you’ll gain important research expertise in areas like ethics, presentations, intellectual property and digital scholarship.

Information for international students

If English is not your first language, you'll require a minimum IELTS score of 6.5, with a minimum of 5.5 in each component (or equivalent test). If you don't meet our English language requirements, we offer a range of courses which could help you achieve the level required for entry.

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