Department of English Menu

Department of English»Courses»Professional Development & Short Courses»Creative

Creative Courses

Professional Development & Short Courses

Courses

Manchester Writing School: Creative Writing Summer School

Manchester Writing School- Creative Writing Summer School

About the course

This two-day intensive course is designed to give participants a taste of life in the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University, one of the UK’s most successful literary centres, and home to one of the country’s largest postgraduate English and Creative Writing community.

The course will introduce you to tutors and current students and offer opportunities to develop your own writing – and reading – in a lively and supportive environment. The programme will include a choice of in-person or online masterclass workshops, seminars and talks, delivered by practising writers and critics, with input from special guests.

Sessions may include fiction, poetry, writing for children & young adults, scriptwriting, creative non-fiction, how to present your work for publication, performance skills, and talks/Q&As with industry experts. The full programme will be confirmed and circulated in advance, and you will be asked to choose which sessions you would like to attend each day, which are all subject to availability. You will also be asked to let us know, when confirming your session choices, if you have any specific learning or accessibility needs.

Further details and course contacts

Our 2024 Creative Writing Summer School will run on 20th and 21st June 2024 with a choice of in-person and online sessions. Core sessions will run between 9.30am and 5.30pm both days, with comfort breaks scheduled throughout, and optional evening events. Further details for 2024, including timetables, delivery modes and booking options, will be confirmed in early June.

The cost of attending is £250 per person. You can book your place on eStore.

Find out more about the Manchester Writing School or contact postgradenglish@mmu.ac.uk with any queries, including if you’d like to see copies of example Summer School programmes from previous years.

Teaching Creative Writing

Teaching Creative Writing

About the course

Teaching Creative Writing is for teachers and practitioners wishing to enhance their creative writing classroom skills, and writers interested in sharing their experience in schools and colleges, or contributing to creative work in community settings or with arts and culture organisations. Writers gain valuable insight into working in classrooms and say that the workshops have helped develop their own writing. Teachers enjoy the creative aspects of the course but say that the ultimate gain is for pupils. The course comprises practitioner-led workshops exploring creative teaching ideas for areas such as prose, poetry, journalism, creative non-fiction and drama and demonstrates models that can be adapted to suit individual teaching situations and styles. Students participate in a series of sample workshops, collect a portfolio of ideas and materials, reflect on some of the theories of teaching practice, and begin to develop original lesson plans. Those submitting assessed work for accreditation will complete a 1,000-word lesson plan and a 500-word critical commentary.

Further details and course contacts

This course will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams. It will run in the spring semester of the 2023/24 academic year with fortnightly classes from 6-8pm on 22nd February, 7th and 21st March, 18th April and 2nd May. For further information, including course dates, timetables and delivery modes, please contact postgradenglish@mmu.ac.uk.

This course is worth 15 Masters-level credits. For details of fees please see Postgraduate tuition fees. You can apply to bring credits gained from our CPD short courses into our full Masters programmes via the University's Recognition of Prior Learning process. Please note that bringing prior learning credits into a full Masters programme may affect your eligibility for a Postgraduate Loan.

To apply, download our application form. For further details, contact postgradenglish@mmu.ac.uk or +44 (0) 161 247 6969.

What students have said about this course

  • “I have already started applying what I learned on this course in school.”
  • “Heightened my level of observation, which is crucial for a writer.”
  • “Had an immediate impact in the classroom.”
Courses