BA English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year
About this course
BA (Hons) BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year, an English and Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree centred on writing, textual analysis and creative expression. Core topics include Communication & Writing. The course begins with a full-time foundation year designed to build academic confidence and study skills before progressing to the main degree. The foundation year covers core material through Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence, Project, Communication: Introduction to Modern Media, and Image: Introduction to the Humanities. The first year introduces foundational concepts through English Skills and Employability, Writing and Expression, Writing, Performance and Persuasion, and Understanding Literary Genres. The second year examines specialized areas through Literature, Empowerment and Employment, Life Writing, and Writing and Theme, alongside optional modules such as Language: Gender and Sexuality and Medieval to Modern Literature. The final year focuses on advanced study through Writing Project, Writing: Breaking the Rules, Experiments: Modernism and Postmodernism, and English: Professional Learning Through Work, with further optional modules including Austen, the Brontës and Woolf and Multilingualism and Identity.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 48 UCAS tariff points Applications are welcome from mature students with few formal qualifications. Any previous relevant work experience and learning will be assessed and, where appropriate, we may offer an alternative way to assess suitability to study. This course is not available to students on a Student Route Visa.
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What students say
Based on about 10 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 97%
- Learning opportunities: 100%
- Assessment and feedback: 93%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 100%
- Learning resources: 100%
- Student voice: 96%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 75%
- Left higher education: 25%
What graduates do next
Based on about 7 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 95%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 20%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 15%
- Customer service occupations: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 60%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 60%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 65 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 6%
- North West: 9%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 71%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 4%
- South East: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 65%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Access course: 5%
- Other qualifications: 15%
- No formal qualifications: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence
- Project
- Communication: Introduction to Modern Media
- Image: Introduction to the Humanities
- English Skills and Employability
- Writing and Expression
- Writing, Performance and Persuasion
- Understanding Literary Genres
- Literature, Empowerment and Employment
- Life Writing
- Writing and Theme
- Language: Gender and Sexuality
- Medieval to Modern Literature
- Writing Project
- Writing: Breaking the Rules
- Experiments: Modernism and Postmodernism
- English: Professional Learning Through Work
- Austen, the Brontës and Woolf
- Multilingualism and Identity
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year at Leeds Trinity University earn?
The median salary is £24,000 after 15 months, £18,500 after 3 years, £22,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £18,500 and £26,500. The £22,500 median after five years is £6,500 less than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year at Leeds Trinity University do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2022-23).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year at Leeds Trinity University?
97% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2024-25.
What grades do I need for BA English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year at Leeds Trinity University?
The average entrant had 91 UCAS points.
Does BA English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year at Leeds Trinity University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year at Leeds Trinity University?
75% of students continued into their second year, and 25% left higher education.