The English Literature and Creative Writing degree at Warwick offers you the opportunity to study English Literature alongside an intensely practical course centred on the development of imagination and creative reading and writing skills. Practising writers deliver teaching through workshops and work placements; writers and publishers visit and work with you in our Writers’ Room. Students follow the main core modules of the English degree alongside. Writing Programme modules which combine reading and critical discussion with practical work overseen by our resident, established writers. The Warwick Writing Programme bridges ‘academic’ and ‘creative’ approaches to literature in a fully integrated range of activities. We aim to promote research into the teaching of academic writing across the curriculum, and to make the University a literary centre of value to the United Kingdom as well as to the Midlands community. For module information please visit the English Literature and Creative Writing website. How will I be taught? You will experience small group teaching – the traditional weekly seminar – and central lectures on core modules. You will also encounter Warwick’s uniquely developed ‘open space learning’ that uses performance-based and creative techniques to transform your learning experience. How will I be assessed? Assessment combines the traditional (essays and written examinations) with the innovative (creative projects, portfolios and performance). For example, in our ‘Shakespeare and selected dramatists of his time’ module, student creative work has recently included film and radio adaptations, musical compositions, painting, sculpture and photography inspired by Shakespeare’s texts. What opportunities are there to study abroad? Our students have the opportunity to spend a year abroad at one of the University’s partner institutions in Europe, America or Asia.

Studying English and Comparative Literary Studies gives you the opportunity to study texts from a variety of different national, cultural and linguistic groups and to develop advanced literacy and communication skills. An English degree from Warwick will equip you with a broad set of skills – skills of writing, argument, critical analysis and debate, independence of thought and creativity – that are highly valued in many employment sectors. Recent employment secured by our graduates includes jobs in theatre marketing, copywriting, TV documentary research, journalism, advertising and teaching. Many graduates join our large and thriving postgraduate community.