School of Creative Industries

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The School of Creative Industries puts creativity and innovation at the heart of teaching. Whether it’s writing a novel, directing a film, designing a game or publishing a children’s book, we help our students to be creative on multiple platforms, using all media.

From day one, we prepare our students to develop their creativity and to learn how the industry works. By the time our students graduate, they are ready to compete for jobs in the UK’s booming Creative Industries sector.

Our courses work directly with big names such as Pinewood Studios, IBM, Penguin/RandomHouse and TedX, to name just a few.

The School’s honorary doctorates include Roger Deakins (Director of Photography on Skyfall and Bladerunner), Lord Puttnam (eight-time Oscar winner) and Col Needham (CEO of IMDb).

Creative Computing

Creative Computing combines the study of human creativity with innovative new digital technologies, helping you to use computer based software to tell stories, build apps and immersive game worlds, and more.

Diversify by studying on one of three dedicated pathways - Animation, Gaming, and Web Technologies.

Creative Computing

Creative Writing

Join our nationally acclaimed Creative Writing programme. Our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees are taught by award winning authors such as Naomi Alderman, Nathan Filer, and Fay Weldon. Agents and publishers often look to Bath Spa for new talent.

We will help you tell your story, whether you're a poet, scriptwriter or a novelist. Take a look at the incredible list of publications from our staff and students - could you be among this list?

Creative Writing

Film and Media

Make films, learn studio production skills, shoot on location and explore immersive content. If theory is your thing, you can study Hollywood cinema or the role media plays in a world of fake news and Youtube.

Or if you're a budding director or editor, we will give you the hands on skills to succeed - whatever your interests.

Film and Media

Publishing

Our Publishing courses offer innovative industry-informed learning and work experience. We will individually tailor your course to your career goals, enabling you to develop a hit-the-ground-running attitude with creative problem solving skills that work across hand made, print, and digital content.

Get hands on experience on projects such as Milk Magazine, a publication created by our students in their third year.

Publishing

Hall of fame

"The course had a fantastic reputation, the tutors all had successful writing careers themselves or were industry professionals, and the campus looked like an inspiring place to learn and write, surrounded by beautiful trees and peacocks."
Jess Butterworth, MA Writing for Young People graduate

Creative Computing

Connecting you with industry

Our students work directly with industry. We help you develop a regional and national nework to connect you to employers through work experience and real life projects.

We work with the best: from Pinewood Studios to TedX, from IBM to HarperCollins, from Bath Literature Festival to the Children's Global Media Summit at BBC Salford.

Publishing

Our networks

Projects

Partnerships

Film and Media

"The course enabled me to develop my manuscript, experiment with ideas in a safe environment and gain insight into the publishing industry - all with the encouragement and advice from the great tutors who have direct experience of the publishing industry."
Gill Lewis, MA Writing for Young people graduate

Creative Writing

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