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Goldsmiths, University of London: Creative Writing
| Institution | Goldsmiths, University of London View institution profile |
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| Department | English and Creative Writing |
| Web | https://www.gold.ac.uk/ |
| Study type | Research |
Summary
The inter-relationship between theory, scholarship and the creative process is key to the Goldsmiths MPhil/PhD in Creative Writing.
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You'll be expected to combine your own creative writing – whether poetry, fiction or life writing – with research into the genre or area of literature in which you are working, to gain insight into its history and development, and to engage with relevant contemporary debates.
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This might be genre in the more traditional sense, for example satire, fictional autobiography, verse drama, or particular traditions to which you feel your work relates, for example projective verse, postmodernist fiction, or Caribbean poetics.
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This element of the PhD – the critical commentary – will constitute around 30% of the final work; the major part – 70% – will be a creative work of publishable standard: a novel, memoir, book of poems or collection of stories, for example.
Goldsmiths creative writing students and alumni Former and current PhD students include the following published writers and poets:
2019 Booker Prize-winning Bernardine Evaristo, whose Jerwood Fiction Uncovered-winning book Mr Loverman was written, in part, at Goldsmiths Season Butler Tom Lee Benjamin Woolley Linda Buckley-Archer Wendy Jones Justin Hill Sophie Ward Francis Gilbert Emma Darwin Virginia Peters Thomas Sykes Aoife Mannix Katrina Naomi Kate Miller (winner of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize) Kathryn Maris Jack Underwood Abigail Parry Matthew Gregory Jenny Lewis
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
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| Entry requirements | You should normally hold a first or upper second class BA Honours degree (or equivalent) and have either a good MA in Creative Writing or a track record of relevant publications with a reputable company. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 7.0 with a 7.0 in writing with no element lower than 6.5 to study this programme. |
| Location | Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW |
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
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| Entry requirements | You should normally hold a first or upper second class BA Honours degree (or equivalent) and have either a good MA in Creative Writing or a track record of relevant publications with a reputable company. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 7.0 with a 7.0 in writing with no element lower than 6.5 to study this programme. |
| Location | Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW |
Master of Philosophy - MPhil
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | You should normally hold a first or upper second class BA Honours degree (or equivalent) and have either a good MA in Creative Writing or a track record of relevant publications with a reputable company. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 7.0 with a 7.0 in writing with no element lower than 6.5 to study this programme. |
| Location | Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You should normally hold a first or upper second class BA Honours degree (or equivalent) and have either a good MA in Creative Writing or a track record of relevant publications with a reputable company. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 7.0 with a 7.0 in writing with no element lower than 6.5 to study this programme. |
| Location | Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW |
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