What is the Open Futures – MA in Creative Writing Scholarship?
The Open University offers a select number of students the opportunity for a full fee waiver scholarship to study for an MA in Creative Writing.
Three scholarships are available in 2025/26. A scholarship will cover the full tuition cost of your qualification, up to 180 credits in total.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the scholarship, you’ll need to meet all the following criteria:
- Be ordinarily resident in the UK and eligible to pay a UK fee.
- Identify as being from a Black background; applicants must have one of the following ethnicities:
- Black African
- Black Caribbean
- Black Other
- Mixed – White and Black Caribbean
- Mixed – White and Black African
- Other mixed background (to include Black African, Black Caribbean or Black Other)
- Be intending to study the MA in Creative Writing starting in the 2025/26 academic year.
- Have a personal annual income of not more than £25,000 per year or receive a UK qualifying benefit.
- Fulfil the entry requirements for the MA in Creative Writing.
- Be able to demonstrate your experience of, and a passion for, creative writing.
Full details about the scheme can be found in the scholarship terms and conditions.