BA Creative Writing and English Literature
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and English Literature and Creative Writing. Core topics include Communication & Writing, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Teaching is delivered mainly through small-group seminars and workshops. The programme includes work-based project modules. In the final year, students undertake either a creative writing project or a literary dissertation.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff points: 104 A-level: BCC BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM T-level: Merit
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What students say
Based on about 34 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 89%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 86%
- Learning resources: 94%
- Student voice: 82%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 35 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 15%
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: 60%
- Working and studying: 25%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 30%
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 75%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 30 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 5%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 55%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 20%
- Wales: 5%
- Scotland: 5%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 85%
- Other HE qualification: 15%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Literary Forms and Genres
- Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
- Writing Worcester Past and Present
- Introduction to Writing
- Writing Poetry
- Writing Fiction
- Exploring the Canon: Literary Theory and Practice
- Writer as Researcher
- Movement and Migration
- Politics, Sex and Identity in the Early Modern World
- Shakespeare: Stage, Page and Screen
- Gothic and Romantic Literature
- Spaces of Modernity
- Children’s Literature
- Work Project
- Writing for Children
- Slam, Spoken Word and Performance Poetry
- Genre Fiction
- Collabowriting
- Work Project Module
- Justice and Revenge: from Tragedy to the Western
- Postcolonial Encounters
- Writing and the Environment
- War and Conflict
- Gendering Voices
- Literatures and Cultures: International Explorations
- Queer Bodies, Queer Texts
- Metamorphoses: Literature and Adaptation
- Extended Writing Project
- Hypermedia - Creative Writing in a Digital Culture
- Contemporary Poetry
- Creative Non-Fiction
- Writing Witchcraft
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Creative Writing and English Literature at University of Worcester earn?
The median salary is £15,500 after 3 years, £22,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £15,500 and £25,000. The £22,500 median after five years is £5,500 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA Creative Writing and English Literature at University of Worcester do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Creative Writing and English Literature at University of Worcester?
93% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Creative Writing and English Literature at University of Worcester?
The typical offer is BCC at A level. The average entrant had 111 UCAS points.
Does BA Creative Writing and English Literature at University of Worcester include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Creative Writing and English Literature at University of Worcester?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.