MA in Writing, in association with NAW
The Academy supports a two-year, part-time course at Birmingham City University for up to 50 students. Students attend classes to develop skills in different disciplines across varied media. Students are encouraged to develop a strong awareness of the business side of being a writer, and have opportunities to expose their work to public criticism.
The MA in Writing, in association with Birmingham City University, welcomed its first students in January 2007. Core modules are available in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Scripting and Staging, and Screenwriting. Academy patrons visit throughout the course, and the course tutors are practising writers.
Applications for the next MA course should be submitted before 31 May 2010 to the School of English at Birmingham City University on the standard BCU form. Applicants should also send a short sample of writing; not more than ten pages of script or prose. Successful applicants are admitted to an intensive, one-week course in the last week of July, after which there are two weeks for students to compile a portfolio of work for assessment. On the basis of this portfolio, students may then be admitted to the full diploma course.
For an application pack contact the School office on 0121 331 5675 or email Samantha.Malkin@bcu.ac.uk
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