Resume
A note from J.P. Priestley...
On this page, I detail my higher education journey since 1996−most recent education first.
2024 to 2026
(24 months, part-time)
Aberystwyth University
MA, Creative Writing.
Description:
A balanced programme of reading, analysis and writing workshops, with exposure to a range of contemporary writers of both prose and poetry, providing:
+ Comprehensive training in advanced methods of creative writing.
+ Development of my creative vision and writing skills to the highest levels.
+ Detailed and constructive critique of my work.
+ Immersion in a dynamic and supportive environment as I produce a portfolio of creative writing.
Degree pathway:
- Writer as Practitioner: 1
- Writer as Scholar
- Queer and Now: 100 Years of Queer Writing
- Research & Project Planning
- Writer as Professional
- Writer as Practitioner: 2 (15k-word dissertation).
2024/2025: Writer as Practitioner 1; Writer as Scholar
2025: Queer and Now: 100 Years of Queer Writing
2026: Research and Project Planning; Writer as Professional; Writer as Practitioner 2 (Dissertation).
Activities & Societies:
Academic Representative for MA Creative Writing students (part year); 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:
A balanced programme of reading, analysis and writing workshops, with exposure to a range of contemporary writers of both prose and poetry, providing:
(Additional description to follow)
Degree Pathway (grades in parentheses):
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).
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).
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).
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).
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:
2024: XE14010, Focus on Philosophy: Metaphors, Allegories, and Thought Experiments (Grade: 94/100)
2023: XER14410, Novel Writing 1: Beginning the Novel, 10 Credits.
2022: XE10510, Writing as a Creative Process, 10 Credits; XM19310, Writing Detective and Thriller Fiction, 10 Credits.
2021: XE10705, Writing for Social Justice, 5 Credits; XE10905, Editing and Shaping Your Work, 5 Credits.
1996
British Hypnosis Research
Diploma in Ericksonian Clinical Hypnosis, Cognitive Psychotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (Dip.EH.P.NLP).
