PhD Creative Writing
Course Overview
This PhD in Creative Writing at Swansea offers a rigorous, apprenticeship-style programme for developing your craft within a supportive community of writers. You will undertake a substantial, original creative project of up to 100,000 words, led by your own interests and supervised by an award-winning writer-teacher. The programme is designed to provide high-level research skills and critical thinking, culminating in a viva voce examination, to prepare you for a successful career in academia, writing, and beyond.
Key Program Highlights
- One-to-one supervision from an award-winning, specialist writer-teacher, with meetings every four weeks.
- A vibrant research community with monthly Methodology Workshops for dialogue across poetry, fiction, and screenwriting.
- Development of a substantial, original creative work (a thesis of up to 100,000 words) that contributes to the field.
- Acquisition of advanced research and critical thinking skills for careers in academia, writing, and other sectors.
- Opportunities to present your work at seminars and develop teaching skills through undergraduate tutorials.
Course Overview
This PhD in Creative Writing at Swansea offers a rigorous, apprenticeship-style programme for developing your craft within a supportive community of writers. You will undertake a substantial, original creative project of up to 100,000 words, led by your own interests and supervised by an award-winning writer-teacher. The programme is designed to provide high-level research skills and critical thinking, culminating in a viva voce examination, to prepare you for a successful career in academia, writing, and beyond.
Key Program Highlights
- One-to-one supervision from an award-winning, specialist writer-teacher, with meetings every four weeks.
- A vibrant research community with monthly Methodology Workshops for dialogue across poetry, fiction, and screenwriting.
- Development of a substantial, original creative work (a thesis of up to 100,000 words) that contributes to the field.
- Acquisition of advanced research and critical thinking skills for careers in academia, writing, and other sectors.
- Opportunities to present your work at seminars and develop teaching skills through undergraduate tutorials.
