Bachelor of Arts (hons) in Creative and Professional Writing with Foundation Year Global University Systems (GUS) - Canterbury Christ Church University - Canterbury Campus, UK

A foundation year helps you develop the study skills and self-confidence needed for higher education when you don’t reach the entry requirements for your subject.

If you love words and want to work with them, this is the course for you. Perhaps you want to be a published novelist, a screenwriter or a micro-publisher, or work in marketing, PR or journalism? Many of our alumni are doing just those things.

During the course you’ll dive into creative forms such as fiction, writing for stage and screen and game narratives. You’ll learn how to publicise yourself and your work, develop new and transferrable skills such as self-publishing, submitting to agents and writing for commercial markets, and gain confidence as you explore the wide range of job options open to professionally trained writers.

Our tutors are published authors with recent industry experience, and they will teach you the essential skills for good writing: control of language, precision, imagination and a deep understanding of the context in which you write.

You'll learn how to write literary and genre fiction, poetry and drama, and try your hand at experimental and environmental writing and writing for games. You'll also learn about marketing techniques and have the chance to meet a wide range of professionals through our industry network, including literary agents, publishers, writers and local business owners.

You’ll join a lively and energetic writing community and have opportunities to gain professional experience by volunteering to help run our Writing Comes Alive and Live Literature events or working on our student Creative Writing Magazine, Readable.

You can also submit your best work and help design and publish our Graduate Anthology or become a member of our Writing Circle, designed to support student wellbeing throughout your degree, and accompany your peers on our annual residential Writing Retreat.

We know employers are looking for dynamic, open-minded graduates who can adapt, innovate, and collaborate. This is why we have designed a new way of teaching and learning to ensure that you are work-ready for when you graduate. Our 2026 course will reflect this new approach. The 2026 course page will be made live shortly.