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Creative Writing Courses – University of Glasgow

Have you ever fancied writing a novel, compiling a collection of short stories or completing a portfolio to enter a degree course at Glasgow University?

Degree Level courses in Creative Writing are offered at Levels 1, 2 and 3 are taken by undergraduate and international students and are also open to the public.

What the courses entail

Courses include group critiques, reading published works and writing. Students typically study a novel and short story collection, write a literature essay (focusing on writers’ techniques) and compile a portfolio of original fiction with the assistance of an experienced tutor.

Who can apply

The courses are open to adults of all ages and level of experience, whether you’ve been writing since you were a child or interested in trying something new. The courses can be used for admission to certain degree courses at GU depending on grades achieved.

All the Creative Writing courses are robust and are great for those seeking to compile a portfolio to enter university, or for those who just want to pull together a collection of short stories or write a novel. Invariably the courses make students better readers.

School leavers (or anyone) who didn’t obtain the necessary grades for university might also consider these courses, and full funding is available

Courses Include:

Writing Prose Fiction: an introduction (Level 1)

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Writing Fiction: Intermediate (Level 2) 

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My work email address should anyone wish to contact me is  There is the possibility that funding for degree level courses can be obtained through the Student Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS)

Email Alan McMunnigal, Tutor, for further details

Creative Writing Students

Pamela Banchetti

Pamela Banchetti  – Italian Student

Pamela studied Creative Writing and gained entry to degree course at University of Glasgow.

See also: Pamela Banchetti Five Reasons Never To Leave Glasgow

Frankie Gault

Frankie Gault talks about his experince studying Creative Writing 

Student at Creative Writing Department of Open Studies University of Glasgow

(See short courses in Creative Writing)

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