English and Creative Writing

English and creative writing is a discipline that asks you to engage with literature as both reader and writer, developing critical understanding alongside the practical craft of producing your own work. Critical study of English texts across different periods, forms, and cultural contexts sharpens your analytical thinking and your understanding of how writers make choices. Creative writing asks you to apply that understanding in practice, experimenting with form, voice, and structure in fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction.

Together, they develop a distinctive kind of intellectual and creative agility.

At Teesside University, this three-year full-time programme is delivered through distance learning, making it accessible without the need to study on campus. You will develop your critical skills by applying close reading techniques to a range of texts and voices, deepening your understanding of writing and reading through engagement with novels, poetry, and drama, as well as through creative production and workshop feedback. The online format is designed to give you flexibility without sacrificing academic rigour or the collaborative element of creative development.

Entry typically requires around 104 UCAS tariff points.

Graduates of English and creative writing go on to careers in writing, editing, publishing, journalism, copywriting, communications, marketing, teaching, and broadcasting. The analytical and expressive skills developed through the programme are valued across a wide range of sectors, not just those traditionally associated with literature and writing. Many graduates also continue to postgraduate study in creative writing, English literature, or education, or pursue further teaching qualifications.