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PG Cert Creative Writing and Publishing at Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

Develop your creativity and publishing industry knowledge with a focus on editorial, imaginative and professional writing, and marketing across print and digital. Develop your creativity and publishing industry knowledge Focus on editorial, imaginative and professional writing, and marketing across print and digital.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences  |  Department: School of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 12 months full-time; 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Supported by your personal tutor, you’ll design your own path through this Masters course choosing to focus the flexible assignments on areas that are most relevant to you and your future career. Each module will give you space for self-directed learning and your choice for project work and individual research. Whole course: Creativity and Content in Publishing, Patterns of Story: Fiction and its Forms, The Business of Publishing, Independent Research Project; options include Workshop: the Novel, Special Topic in Creative Writing/English Literature, Master's Project in Creative Writing, Major Project Publishing.

Career pathways

Our Masters degree in Creative Writing and Publishing will prepare you for employment in whichever aspect of the writing and publishing industries most interests you. You’ll develop transferable academic and professional skills, including self-reflection, critical analysis and working to briefs and deadlines.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A good honours degree, typically 2.2 or above (or equivalent), normally in a related subject. Applicants with professional experience are also encouraged to apply. If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 ( Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,800 a year (2027/28). Tuition fee: UK students starting 2027/28 (full-time, per year) Source

International applicants: GBP 19,750 a year (2027/28). Tuition fee: International students starting 2027/28 (full-time, per year) Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 12 months full-time; 2 years part-time

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