Creative Writing Summer Research Project

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In this course you will pursue an independent practice as research project in Creative Writing guided by a supervisor with group workshops in creative writing methods. Projects will draw on the dynamic artistic and creative writing scene in the city of Glasgow as well as the resources of the University of Glasgow, including Special Collections, Hunterian Art Gallery and Hunterian Museum.

You will work with your supervisor to develop a research project in creative writing and you will present your work through a creative writing symposium at the end of the course.

Research Projects 2026:
All of these options will involve you responding to materials based in the city of Glasgow, and responding creatively by writing and realising creative work in your own form, genre or style. We are open to research projects relaised in alternative formats such as video, sound, performance and object-based, as well as in fiction, poetry, non-fiction and hybrid forms.

More information on each project can be found on our website.

1. Creatively respond to the Edwin Morgan Collection at Special Collections, University of Glasgow
2. Creatively respond to the House of Fraser Archive at Special Collections, University of Glasgow
3. Creatively respond to the Collections and Displays of the Hunterian Museum
4. Creatively respond to The Hunterian Art Gallery, including their exhibition 'Through a Mirror, Darkly' by Naeem Mohaiemen
5. Creatively respond to Glasgow's Public and Community Parks and Gardens
6. Creatively Respond to the City Archives and The Mitchell Library
7. Creatively respond to the collections of The Glasgow Women's Library
8. Creatively respond to the collections of The Glasgow Zine Library

Target group

- GPA of 3.0 (or equivalent).
- You should be currently enrolled at an international higher education institution.

Ideally students will have completed one year of an arts/humanities degree.

If your first language is not English, you must meet our minimum proficiency level:

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training) overall score of 6.0, with no sub test less than 5.5  (if English is not an applicant’s first language) and a GPA of not less than 3.0
We also accept equivalent scores in other recognised qualifications such as ibTOEFL, CAE, CPE and more.

Course aim

This course aims to:

- Provide an opportunity to undertake an independent creative writing practice as research project under supervision.
- Introduce approaches to creative writing craft and practice-oriented methods
- Develop professional skills and knowledge of the publishing industry through invited industry speakers, lectures and workshops

By the end of this course students will be able to:

- Plan and implement an ambitious creative writing research project
- Critically analyse texts from the perspective of a writer
- Express advanced creative ideas through writing and/or performance

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