Hello, My name's Dr Ed Hurst.
I'm Programme Director for Creative Writing and English.
And the reason that you should come to us and study Creative Writing
in English is because first and foremost, this is a practical course.
You join us not just as a student of literature, but as a writer as well.
And in all of your modules
you'll be engaged with writing prompts, writing exercises
and workshops in order to get the best out of your sense of storytelling.
Now, this combination of English and Creative
Writing gives you a real focus on the literature.
You spend a lot of your time reading and using that knowledge that you gain
in order to create new stories that people haven't seen before.
You'll be working with tutors
who are writers and experts in the fields that they'll be teaching you in,
so you'll be learning about things like script writing from script writers
who can invest themselves in teaching you how to write for stage,
how to write for the screen, and how to write video games.
Or, you could join us in our genre modules
where you'll be looking at things like science fiction, fantasy and horror.
And of course, you won't be doing this alone.
And one of the things we're most proud of here is our students
and the creative community that they've built, not just in the classroom,
but in the extracurricular HU Writes society that we formed as well.
You can get involved in this and you can be a part of our
termly showcases expressing and sharing your work,
the magazine that we put on every year as well as our podcast
to share your thoughts on the creative subjects of the day.
I think it really sums up our ethos here at the University of Hull,
this real focus on a community built of individuals.
My responsibility as your tutor is not to tell you what to write,
but instead to find out what it is
that you're interested in writing and make you the expert at that.
So if you be interested, it'd be wonderful to see you an Open Day.
I'm always around and we're always happy to answer any of your questions.