Why did you choose MA Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham?
Having grown up in Birmingham, I’d always been aware of the University’s excellent reputation and so it was an obvious choice for me when I decided to pursue a Masters. It was important for me to find an MA that had a reputable and proven way of teaching Creative Writing, and this is something I could see mirrored in the modules offered and their accompanying reading lists. I also looked into recent publications by the department, both creative and academic to determine whether research for my dissertation could be supported. I really admired the work of Dr Isabel Galleymore and her approach to teaching ecopoetics, and this was something I was able to explore later when working with her as my supervisor. As well as this, I really valued how staff described their own ways of teaching the arts as a craft to be finetuned, and this for me was the deciding factor, I realised I wouldn’t be getting the same approach anywhere else.