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A little about my background...

Education Profile

I could say a good deal about my creative life as a copyeditor, proofreader, and book formatter—and perhaps I shall in time. For now, though, I am content with documenting, on this page, my higher education journey since 1996, and hope that will prove satisfactory for now.

Of far more interest to me—and hopefully to you—is what I write. At some point, I will begin sharing curated examples of my work on my blog page.

In the meantime, you can learn something about what I am currently reading by visiting either my LinkedIn or Goodreads pages.

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Education

2024 to 2026
(24 months, part-time)

Aberystwyth University

MA, Creative Writing.
 

DESCRIPTION

Planned Modules:

  • Writer as Practitioner 1

  • Writer as Scholar

  • Writer as Professional

  • Research & Project Planning

  • Queer and Now: 100 Years of Queer Writing

  • Writer as Practitioner 2 (15k-word creative piece)​.​

2024/2025: Writer as Practitioner 1; Writer as Scholar.

Activities & Societies:

Academic Representative for MA Creative Writing students; Student Social Lead team member for first-year undergraduate students on single or joint honours pathways, with a complete or part focus on English Literature or Creative Writing.

2020 to 2024

Aberystwyth University

BA (Hons), Creative Writing.
Grade: Second Class Honours, Division 1 (68.6).

​DESCRIPTION
Degree Pathway (grades in parentheses):

​2020/2021 (Foundation Year): Foundation in Liberal Arts (75); Critical Thinking and Research Skills (79); Academic Skills Foundation 1 and 2 (71 & 78); Foundation-Dialogue (78); Learning Experience (72).

​2021/2022: Re-imagining Nineteenth-Century Literature (64); Critical Perspectives on Creative Writing (68); Creative Practice (82); Greek and Roman Epic and Drama (60); Contemporary Writing (68); Reading for Writers (62).

​2022/2023: Contemporary Queer Fiction (71); Beginning the Novel (68); Telling True Stories: Ways of Writing Creative Non-Fiction (69); Effective Academic and Professional Communication (72); Reading and Writing Fantasy Fiction (66); Shaping Plots (75).

​2023/2024: The Writing Project (66); Writing Horror (63); Humour and Conflict in Contemporary Writing (65); Haunting Texts (78); Big Ideas: Writing Popular Science (64).

Activities & Societies:
Academic Representative and Peer Guide for Foundation Year students; Peer Guide for third year Creative Writing students.

2021 to 2024

Associated with Aberystwyth University

Dysgu Gydol Oes - Lifelong Learning

​DESCRIPTION

​2021: XE10705, Writing for Social Justice, 5 Credits; XE10905, Editing and Shaping Your Work, 5 Credits.

​​2022: XE10510, Writing as a Creative Process, 10 Credits; XM19310, Writing Detective and Thriller Fiction, 10 Credits.

​2023: XER14410, Novel Writing 1: Beginning the Novel, 10 Credits.

​2024: ​XE14010, Focus on Philosophy: Metaphors, Allegories, and Thought Experiments.

1996

British Hypnosis Research

Diploma in Ericksonian Clinical Hypnosis, Cognitive Psychotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (Dip.EH.P.NLP).

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