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University degree

Creative Writing with Professional Placement Year

William College Ltd
Qualification
Degree
Length
4 yrs
UK fees / yr
£9,535
Study
full-time
Worth knowing: about 20% of students don't make it past first year here - ask the uni what support they offer.
Robin · your guide
Here's the honest picture on this course - what you'd study, whether you'd likely get in, what it pays, and where it leads. Everything's real data.
About this course

Join us at Bath Spa University where writing is the thing we love to do and the thing we love to talk about. In our workshops, you’ll find friends for life who, like you, want to spend time in a writing world of imagination, creativity and experimentation.

Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
80-95 pts10%
112-127 pts10%
128-143 pts25%
144-159 pts25%
160-175 pts10%
192-207 pts10%
How they qualified
80% got in with A-levels. The rest came in a mix of ways:
A-levels80%
the IB15%
another degree5%
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
70%
In work or further study after
80%
Continue past first year
85%
Student satisfaction
What graduates earn over time
£23,500
After 15 months
£18,000
3 years on
£22,500
5 years on
What graduates actually go on to do % of leavers
Media ProfessionalsHighly skilled15%
Administrative occupations20%
Elementary occupations10%
Teaching ProfessionalsHighly skilled15%
Skilled trades occupations5%
Managers, directors and senior officialsHighly skilled10%
Business and public service associate professionalsHighly skilled10%
Web and Multimedia Design ProfessionalsHighly skilled5%
What students say National Student Survey
85%
of students are satisfied with the course overall
Teaching90%
Assessment & feedback83%
Academic support88%
Well organised88%
Learning resources86%
Student community86%
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Where this degree can lead
Like the look of it?
When you're ready, the full entry requirements and application are on William College Ltd's own site.
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Careermash · real course data from HESA / Discover Uni, in plain English.

Career data: role, pay and progression profiles built for Careermash's careers engine; AI-impact estimates from Anthropic's observed AI-usage telemetry and OpenAI's AI Jobs Transition Framework. Course data: HESA / Discover Uni, including Graduate Outcomes, LEO and the National Student Survey. Apprenticeships: IfATE-published standards, approved only.

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