Domain_7hamton University Phd Creative Writing

Creative Writing

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Run by	Faculty of Arts
Awards available	PhD, MPhil
Programme length	MPhil: one year full-time; two years part-time PhD: Four years full-time (minimum period of study three years); seven years part-time
Location of programme	Clifton campus
Part-time study available	Yes
Start date	January 2022 September 2022 January 2023 The MPhil and PhD can be studied via distance learning.

Programme overview

MPhil: a standalone, one-year (full-time) research degree. Students will undertake their own research or creative project, concluding in the submission of a 25,000 word dissertation/project (normally 17,000-18,000 words of creative writing and 7,000-8,000 of critical writing). Students may have the option to audit units from our taught master's programmes if they are relevant to their research.

PhD: a research project undertaken across four years (full-time, minimum period of study three years), culminating in an 80,000 word thesis/project (normally 50,000 words of creative work – often an extract from a longer project – and 30,000 words of a critical investigation). As well as having the option to audit taught units where appropriate, there may be the potential for PhD students to teach units themselves from their second year of study onwards.

A postgraduate research qualification in Creative Writing consists of an original body of work - normally a novel, or a collection of poetry/short stories - with an accompanying critical element. The critical element will place the creative work in an informed and theorised analytical context.

The total assessed word count will be 25,000 words for our MPhil and 80,000 words for the PhD (or equivalent for poetry). The proportion of the creative to the critical work will be agreed by the supervisory team, but in total will usually consist of around 65-70% of creative text and 30-35% of critical text.

All postgraduate research students are supervised by two academics, one of whom will normally be a creative writing academic and the other from English literature or a related discipline relevant to the creative and critical work. As with the traditional research degrees, the final submission will be expected to make 'a substantial and original contribution to knowledge'. For Creative Writing, this means a body of work that contributes in individual, significant and demonstrable ways to current discourses in literature.

The relation to such discourses will be articulated in the creative work and conceptualised and explored in the critical element; both are intended to address the same research questions, generating dynamic interplay between creative and critical practice.

Fees for 2022/23

We charge an annual tuition fee. Fees for 2022/23 are as follows:

UK: full-time

£4,565

UK: part-time

£2,283

Overseas: full-time

£19,500

Following the recent changes to fee assessment regulation, Channel Islands and Isle of Man students will no longer be charged a separate tuition fee. From the 2021/22 academic year they will be charged the same fees as Home students.

Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to a five per cent increase in fees each year. Find out more about tuition fees.

Alumni scholarship

University of Bristol students and graduates can benefit from a ten per cent reduction in tuition fees for postgraduate study. Check your eligibility for an alumni scholarship.

Funding for 2022/23

The University of Bristol is part of the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP), which will be offering studentships for September 2022.

For information on other funding opportunities, please see the Faculty of Arts funding pages.

Further information on funding for prospective UK, EU and international postgraduate students.

Entry requirements

MPhil: An upper second-class degree or international equivalent. Please note, acceptance will also depend on evidence of your readiness to pursue a research degree and previous study or achievement in Creative Writing.

PhD: A master's qualification, or be working towards a master's qualification, or international equivalent. Applicants without a master's qualification may be considered on an exceptional basis, provided they hold a first-class undergraduate degree (or international equivalent). Applicants with a non-traditional background may be considered provided they can demonstrate substantial equivalent and relevant experience that has prepared them to undertake their proposed course of study. Acceptance will also depend on previous study or achievement in Creative Writing.

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.

English language requirements

If English is not your first language, you need to meet this profile level:
Profile A
Further information about English language requirements and profile levels.

Admissions statement

Read the programme admissions statement for important information on entry requirements, the application process and supporting documents required.

Admissions statement

Research groups

• Faculty of Arts Creative Writing Research Cluster
• Brigstow Institute
• Centre for Material Texts

Careers

People who are awarded a Creative Writing PhD go on to a variety of careers. Many are published writers who also teach, either in the academy or in community settings. The intensive training in examining texts is transferable to roles in publishing, broadcasting and media. Others organise literary and other cultural events or work in research. Like many creative people, graduates of this type of degree often have portfolio careers, where they work between several roles and their writing is one of several simultaneous ways in which they are employed.

Staff profiles

Creative Writing

Billy Kahora BA, MA, (Lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing), creative non-fiction; creative writing; fiction; narrative voice

Joanna Nadin BA, MA, PhD, (Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing), How the brain processes fiction; The novel; Writing for young readers

Professor Ralph Pite BA, MA, PhD, (Professor of English), Contemporary poetry; Romantic literature, especially Coleridge, Keats and contemporary responses to Dante; Thomas Hardy; Victorian fiction; writing and the environment

Dr Mimi Thebo BA, MA, PhD, (Reader in Creative Writing), Children' s Literature; Creative Writing; Creative writing and eco-criticism ; Creative writing and issues of representation, including postcolonial theory

Dr William Wootten BA, MA, PhD, (Senior Lecturer in English), Bristol (modern and contemporary poetry); creative writing; history of Penguin publishing; poetry

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Application deadline

January 2022 start: 1 December 2021
September 2022 start: 1 August 2022
January 2023 start: 1 December 2022

REF 2014 results

• English Language and Literature:
• 11% of research isworld-leading(4*)
• 57% of research isinternationally excellent(3*)
• 25% of research isrecognised internationally(2*)
• 7% of research isrecognised nationally(1*)

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Results are from the most recent UK-wide assessment of research quality, conducted by HEFCE. More about REF 2014 results.

Domain_7hamton University Phd Creative Writing

Source: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/2022/arts/phd-creative-writing/

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