Creative writing can be a valuable skill to practise for personal development, but it can also help you progress academically. It’s an opportunity to delve into your imagination, challenge your creative potential, and explore your thoughts and feelings. Creative...
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Benefits of a Creative Writing Programme at the Oxford Scholastica Academy
Creative writing can be a valuable skill to practise for personal development, but it can also help you progress academically. It’s an opportunity to delve into your imagination, challenge your creative potential, and explore your thoughts...
A Day in the Life of an English Literature Student at Oxford
Are you considering studying English Literature at university? Do you want to find out more information about what courses at different institutions are like, to find out which might be best for you? It's true that the content of courses can differ significantly...
A Day in the Life of a Writer
Eleanor graduated in 2013, and is now writing her first novel, which is set in Oxford. She works at Heywood Hill bookshop in London's Mayfair during the week, mostly on the shop's Year In Books service, a bespoke monthly book subscription that is...
How I became a Journalist
How I Became a Journalist Francesca Nicholls studied English Literature from 2013 to 2016. Since graduating, Francesca has worked her way up through journalism internships at magazines and broadcasters. She now works as a Script Assistant at Sky News in...
How to Become a Journalist
Being a journalist involves communication, information, and a little entertainment. Journalists research and write topical stories about current affairs, reacting to world events around them and presenting an interesting and informative piece to the public....
How to become a Writer
We tend to think of a writer as someone who writes books, probably fiction books that tell a story. Given that many children grow up having storybooks read to them, and that the novel is such a large part of western literary culture, it is understandable to see the...
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