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The Creative Writing MA course at Southampton is a lively and dynamic programme, allowing students to focus on four exciting areas of contemporary writing: international fiction, scriptwriting, poetry, and writing for children and young people. We encourage a high level of critical self awareness, collaborative work where appropriate, and the knowledge and skills to draw widely from modern literature, theory and cultural history, as contexts for your writing.
Our programme offers the chance both to specialise and to work in a friendly academic environment with other writers. You can also choose from a variety of stimulating MA modules offered by Humanities.
English at Southampton is a forward-looking discipline with a long record of encouraging contemporary writing. Visiting writers often speak at our postgraduate seminars, and several of our teaching staff are researchers in the contemporary field. The MA programme has close links to the Centre for Contemporary Writing, which runs conferences, readings, and other literary events.
About our course
All MA students will attend the Creative Skills workshop, a weekly forum to discuss your writing. You will be encouraged to develop skills in critical reading and listening to the work of your peers, as well as to test your own developing abilities as creative writers through the presentation of your own work and supportive critical engagement with the work of others. You will be also able to choose from three specialist fields of creative writing, and a wide range of course modules from the English MA.
The MA will not only encourage you with your writing, but also teach you:
* how to set up a small press and get published
* how to organise readings and literary events
* how to write in and for different media, including collaborative work
As well as the taught aspects of the course, you will have the opportunity to hear and meet invited writers and poets, publish your own anthology, organise your own reading series to promote your work, and initiate new projects and performances. You will be encouraged to use your creative initiative to the maximum and push literary and disciplinary boundaries as actively as possible both inside and outside the University.
The programme consists of a core Creative Skills Workshop (40 credits, taught over both semesters), plus two option modules in each semester. From the following list of optional Creative Writing modules, you should choose three or four modules. You may substitute one of these modules with an optional module from the MA English and/or MA Film programmes; you should contact your convenor if you want to take an optional module from any other MA programme.
Part-time students will complete the same number of modules but over 24 months. You will attend the Creative Skills workshop in your first year.
Semester One
You may also consider taking ENGL6032 - Individually Negotiated Project
Compulsory:
ENGL6071Creative Skills Workshop Optional:
ENGL6082Writing For Children and Young PeopleENGL6083The Art and Craft of Fiction Part 1 Semester Two
You may also consider taking ENGL6033 - Individually Negotiated Project
Compulsory:
ENGL6071Creative Skills WorkshopENGL6072Creative Project Optional:
ENGL6075ScriptwritingENGL6084The Art and Craft of Fiction Part 2 Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if s/he takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided. More detailed information can be found in the programme handbook (or other appropriate guide).
We offer a large variety of postgraduate studentships, bursaries and sponsorship for which UK and EU students may be eligible.
Financial support
There are several sources of funding to help you through your studies
For details, see the Key Facts for each taught course or research programme, or browse through the Postgraduate Studentships and Bursaries offered by each Academic School or Research Centre.
PhD Studentships
Details of current PhD studentships are advertised on the Universitys current job vacancies page.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship is available for some masters and doctoral programmes.
* Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) can provide the opportunity to study for a higher degree (masters or doctorate) while working in a company, managing a project of strategic significance. Find out more about KTPs.
* Our Engineering Doctorate (EngD) is a four-year doctoral programme, with an enhanced stipend and research which is directly relevant to industry. For more information, see * Many of our masters programmes offer bursaries, a number of which are course-specific. Find out more about postgraduate bursaries.
Research Council Funding
Many postgraduate students are funded by one of the UK Research Councils. Successful UK applicants receive fees and maintenance support while EU students receive a fees-only grant. If your programme is eligible for Research Council funding you will need to contact the relevant Council directly.
Competition for these awards is intense and you should apply as early as you can. For some of our postgraduate programmes you may need confirmation that you have been awarded funding before you can register as a postgraduate.
Career Development Loans
A Career Development Loan (CDL) can help fund up to two years vocational training or education, plus up to one further year if the course includes practical work experience. A CDL is a delayed repayment loan offered in partnership with the Learning and Skills Council and three high street banks (Barclays, The Co-Op and Royal Bank of Scotland).
Loans are available for between £300 and £10,000 and no repayments are made during the period of study and for up to one month afterwards. The Learning and Skills Council pays the interest during this time after which the student is responsible for repaying the loan and any further interest to the bank. Find out more about Career Development Loans.
Other sources of funding
It is also worth researching alternative sources of funding if none of the above are applicable.
International Scholarships
We offer some subject-specific scholarships and bursaries to international students. In addition to these, many international organisations offer financial assistance. Eligibility criteria vary depending on the scholarship scheme.
Scholarships for international students may cover all or part of the full cost of studying abroad. You will usually need to provide an offer letter from the University when applying for a scholarship. For this reason, it is very important to start all the arrangements at least one year prior to the start of your studies.
International scholarship details
* Scholarships for Masters students
* Scholarships for Research students
* Scholarships for Undergraduate students
Further information
* Our individual country pages include information on country-specific scholarships
* Other sources of international scholarships are listed below: * British Council
* Community of Science UK Funding Opportunities
* Studentmoney.org
* The Association of Commonwealth Universities
* Science Without Borders
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