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London Metropolitan University: Creative, Digital and Professional Writing

Institution London Metropolitan University View institution profile
Department School of Art, Architecture and Design
Web https://www.londonmet.ac.uk
Email courseenquiries@londonmet.ac.uk
Telephone 020 7133 4202
Study type Taught

Summary

Why study this course?

Do you want to earn a living from your love of writing? London Met’s Creative, Digital and Professional Writing MA will help you develop your creative writing abilities and train you in the multimedia and digital skills required by professional writers working in the creative industries. You'll be taught by award-winning professionals with the skills, contacts and industry profiles to help you develop your own distinctive and individual writing voice that will be attractive to employers.

More about this course

On our Creative, Digital and Professional Writing MA, you’ll develop an advanced variety of writing skills suitable for a wide range of professional settings and literary modes.

We’ll help you develop your own creative ideas so you can thrive in creative roles such fiction and nonfiction writer or editor. It will also open up career opportunities in industries including media, journalism, film, publishing, e-books, marketing and communications.

Making use of the University's £100,000 newsroom and with the support of our award-winning staff and guest lecturers from the world of digital writing and editing, you'll develop an understanding of the demands and opportunities of a professional writing career.

You'll also benefit from field trips that will fire your imagination, as well as work placements in some of the prestigious media organisations based in London. Our students have gained work experience at Harper Collins, The Sunday Times, Harper's Bazaar UK, BBC, leading health magazines and websites and many more. This flourishing course is part of the internationally recognised School of Art, Architecture and Design at London Met, a thriving hub of the creative arts; you will have access to the rich array of exhibitions, talks, installations, lectures and performances that take place regularly in the School. We're based in central London and students are encouraged and helped to make full use of the city's remarkable range of cultural and artistic events and programmes. Our students come to us from around the world, as well as the UK – we currently have students from the USA, India, Ireland, Italy and South Africa; this diversity creates a rich creative mix.

What makes the course unique is its equal emphasis on creative work and professional employability. Independent external reviewers have judged our Creative, Digital and Professional Writing MA "innovative and versatile", praising its "exciting and varied content" and calling its focus on professional skills "up-to-date and outstanding". The quality of personal feedback that students receive has also been singled out. The work of our Creative, Digital and Professional Writing students will be showcased in a new magazine devoted to their creative fiction and nonfiction being published in 2020. They will also participate in the University's new Centre for Research into Life Writing and Oral History (CLiOH), to be launched in March 2020.

What our students say

"Staff are very passionate about their subject matter and course communication is excellent." Graduate of the Creative, Digital and Professional Writing MA

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About London Met

Whether you’re looking to improve your job prospects, pursue a passion or take your career in a whole new direction, find your postgraduate degree and join London Met’s real London community today. This is the real London.

Based in one of the world's most exciting capital cities, London Metropolitan University is home to an inclusive community of inspiring and determined learners, teachers and innovative thinkers.

 By putting the emphasis on work-related learning, London Met’s courses are designed to ensure you’ll have the knowledge and skills needed for a successful career.

London Met is comprised of six …

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