As well as gaining the tools to express yourself eloquently and effectively, you’ll also learn about managing yourself as a freelancer, getting your work in print and marketing yourself. You will gain a broad education in a variety of writing modes. The forms in which you could specialise include short stories, biography, speeches, scripts, travel writing, journalism, children's literature and poetry. You can choose to try out a range of forms or focus your program of study on one specific mode.

Our online writing courses offer subjects to help you refine your technical skills, helping to take you to the next level. Depending on the course you select, you could hone your editing skills or develop your fiction style by focusing on characterisation, point of view and dialogue. Our postgraduate courses also enable you to really develop your research and bibliography skills.

Our online courses are designed to give you a good balance of theoretical understanding and practical application of writing techniques. You will receive support from experienced tutors as well as detailed and valuable feedback on your work.

All writing courses are available online so you can study when and where you want. Online and correspondence learning options will free up your time to focus on doing what you love as you practise and perfect your style.   read less