BA English with Creative Writing
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Creative Writing, combining literary study with creative practice. Creative writing is embedded throughout the course, starting in the first year and progressing to advanced work in prose fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, screenwriting, comic writing, and a creative dissertation. The degree is connected to the Centre for New Writing, which hosts lectures, masterclasses, and workshops by staff and visiting authors.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB at A-level including English (Language, Literature or combined)
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What students say
Based on about 11 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 71%
- Academic support: 90%
- Organisation and management: 87%
- Learning resources: 89%
- Student voice: 67%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 100%
What graduates do next
Based on about 10 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 55%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 15%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 40%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Customer service occupations: 10%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 60%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 55%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 45%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 155 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 11%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 25%
- West Midlands: 11%
- East of England: 12%
- London: 21%
- South East: 9%
- South West: 3%
Who gets in
Based on about 40 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 85%
- Access course: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Renaissance Literature from Utopia to Paradise Lost
- Victorians: from Oliver Twist to The Picture of Dorian Gray A
- Science Fiction: Exploring Space and Time
- Writing Prose Fiction
- The Living and the Dead in Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture
- Watching the Detectives: Crime on the Page and Screen
- Love and Death: The Novel in 19th Century Russia and France
- Literatures of Protest: Reading and Political Action
- The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
- The Thatcher Factor: The 1980s in Literature
- The Other in American Fiction and Film
- Jane Austen: The Novels, their Contexts and their Adaptations
- Tragedy
- Writing for Laughs
- Twenty-First Century Global Literature
- Sustainability Enterprise Partnership Project
- Writing Matters
- The Novel Around the World
- Introduction to Writing Creatively: Part 1
- Reading Poetry
- Renaissance Drama: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
- Introduction to Writing Creatively: Part 2
- Using Stories
- Critical Perspectives 1
- Advanced Creative Writing Skills
- Romantic Literature from Blake to Shelley
- Eighteenth-Century Literature from Restoration to Revolution
- Modern Literature from Conrad to Orwell
- Contemporary Literature from 1945 to Now
- Arts Journalism
- Global Voices and the Publishing Industry
- English and Education
- Your Career and Other Stories
- Critical Perspectives 2
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English with Creative Writing at University of Leicester earn?
The median salary is £28,000 after 15 months, £22,000 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £34,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £1,000 more than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English with Creative Writing at University of Leicester do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English with Creative Writing at University of Leicester?
92% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English with Creative Writing at University of Leicester?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 121 UCAS points.
Does BA English with Creative Writing at University of Leicester include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English with Creative Writing at University of Leicester?
100% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.