3-Term Pathway - International Foundation Year in Social Sciences and Humanities - Continue to Bachelor of Arts - English Literature and Creative Writing (Placement Year)

This program will prepare students for entry to Year 1 of an undergraduate degree in a wide range of subjects, including many based at the £10m LICA building. Popular subjects include law, film studies, sociology, linguistics and politics.

Lancaster was one of the very first universities to teach creative writing. Today they continue to lead the way in the discipline with their celebrated novelists, poets and playwrights.

From Poetry to Digital Media

Creative Writing at Lancaster began in 1970, with a radical move to student-centred learning. This emphasis continues so that the focus in all students' creative modules will be on developing their own writing.

Students will pick from a wide range of modules and spend half their time on creative writing. They’ll explore traditional forms such as the short story, the novel, poetry, or theatre, as well as non-traditional forms such as digital media, life-writing, fantasy, rom-com, place-writing, and writing for young adults.

Supportive Community

Lectures will be supplemented by regular small-group workshops, and students are encouraged to meet one-to-one with their tutor to discuss their work. Students will also have an academic advisor who will provide one-to-one advice.

Many of the evening literary events, such as readings by visiting authors, take place close to the campus in historic Lancaster. Some modules involve fieldwork, for example, at Lancaster’s Duke’s Theatre and in the Lake District.