BA English and Creative Writing
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and English with Creative Writing, combining literary study with creative writing practice. Core topics include Research Methods and Historical Research. The programme offers an optional Industry Placement Year and a Study Period Abroad at a partner institution. The curriculum is taught in small workshop-style groups with published writers and researchers.
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Entry requirements
A level: BCC to BBC IB: 29 points overall.
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What students say
Based on about 11 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 87%
- Learning opportunities: 82%
- Assessment and feedback: 91%
- Academic support: 88%
- Organisation and management: 73%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 85%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 9 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 45%
- Working and studying: 25%
- Further study: 15%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 65%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 75%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 65%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 150 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 3%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 17%
- East Midlands: 42%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 22%
- London: 6%
- South East: 5%
- Wales: 1%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 95%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Introduction to Writing Formats
- Texts in Time: Medieval to Romantic
- Texts in Time: Victorian to Contemporary
- Writing Narrative
- Writing Poetry
- Writing Portfolio
- Dis-Locations: the Literature of Late Capitalism
- Story and the World
- Theory Wars
- American Literature I
- American Literature II
- Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Lincoln School of Creative Arts Industry Placement Year
- Literature of the Fin de Siècle
- Medieval Literature
- Reading the 'Global'
- Renaissance Literature
- Restoration Literature
- Romanticism: Literature 1780-1830
- Study Period Abroad - English and Creative Writing
- The Arthurian Myth
- The Craft of Creative Non-Fiction
- The Craft of Fiction
- The Craft of Poetry
- The Craft of Scriptwriting
- Victorian Worlds: Literature 1830-1914
- Writing and Enterprise
- The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
- A Dream Deferred: Class in American Literature
- Contemporary American Fiction
- Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Final Major Project (Creative Writing)
- Global Literatures and Health
- Gothic in Literature and Film
- Growing Up and Growing Old: Youth and Age across the Nineteenth Century
- Independent Study: English
- Literature and the Visual, 1770–1900
- Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing
- Poetry and Innovative Form
- Shakespeare I
- Shakespeare II
- Single Author Study A
- Single Author Study B
- The Literature of Childhood
- Twenty-First Century British Fiction
- Writing Contemporary and Historical Fiction
- Writing for Children and Young Adults
- Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English and Creative Writing at University of Lincoln earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £21,000 after 3 years, £26,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £21,000 and £32,000. The £26,500 median after five years is £1,500 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English and Creative Writing at University of Lincoln do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English and Creative Writing at University of Lincoln?
87% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English and Creative Writing at University of Lincoln?
The typical offer is BCC at A level, or 29 points in the IB. The average entrant had 105 UCAS points.
Does BA English and Creative Writing at University of Lincoln include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year.
How many students continue on BA English and Creative Writing at University of Lincoln?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.