Career relevance
If you wish to pursue a freelance writing career, this Masters degree will equip you with necessary writing and editorial skills, as well as providing you with a raft of highly valued transferable communication and collaborative skills necessary to the modern writer’s portfolio of occupations.
If you are aiming for an academic career in higher education, this qualification will provide a route towards a higher level research or writing practice degree (e.g. PhD), which is essential for such a career. A Masters degree can help to enhance your career prospects as a teacher in secondary and higher education (HE); most HE creative writing teaching now demands an MA in the subject. An MA can also strengthen your credentials for teaching in non-academic (public or community) settings.
If your aim is to enter professions associated with the media, culture, creative or knowledge industries, or if you already have a career in one of these areas and are seeking a further qualification as a means of career development, then a Masters degree can prove invaluable. This degree is pertinent to careers that call upon knowledge of the craft of writing, editing or critiquing (for instance, journalism, publishing, copywriting, communications, public relations, arts administration). It may also be relevant for careers that demand skills in the creative use and analysis of texts of various sorts, critical thinking and organisation, independent researching and problem solving, or an understanding of culture in a broad sense.
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