Professional Writing

The Professional Writing MA degree at University of Westminster will give you the skills, motivation, networks and connections to work across a wide variety of industries – in publishing, journalism, public relations, advertising, as literary agents, copywriters and copyeditors.

It will also allow you to explore the history and future of writing and the writing industries from a variety of perspectives, and to develop your own interests and specialisms.The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

Careers

• Graduates will have the knowledge, skills and experience to work in a variety of positions within and beyond the literary and arts sectors, including in publishing, journalism, public relations, advertising, as literary agents, or as copywriters and copyeditors.

• You'll graduate from the course ready to enter or re-enter the job market with a wealth of experience and knowledge, equipped to challenge and diversify the literary and creative industries and shape the future of writing.

Job roles

This course will prepare you for a variety of roles, including:

• Copywriter

• Copyeditor

• Proofreader

• Journalist

• Literary agent

• Public Relations Practitioner

• Advertising Professional

• Publishing Professional

Courses include:

• The Story and the Book

• The Writing Business

• Working with the Words of Others

• English Worldwide

• Digital Magazine Publishing

• Mapping and Imagining the City: Non-Fiction and Poetic Writing

• Multi-Media Journalism Skills