Creative Writing at Brunel is a leader in the field, which has for many years now ranked in the top 10% of Creative Writing degrees in the UK. We have some of Britain’s most celebrated, talented, original, and experienced writers actively publishing in the industry today, including Banjamin Zephaniah, Will Self, Bernardine Evaristo, Christopher Fox, Geoff King, Fiona Templeton and many more, having published over 80 powerfully diverse books between them and written for all the national newspapers. Our particular areas of strength include modern and contemporary literature, Shakespeare, Renaissance studies, Victorian literature and culture, and world literature in English. Research opportunities for students Research students are welcomed to Brunel as valued members of our thriving, research-intensive community. Browse PhD opportunities below and find out about the funding available for students. Doctoral research information How to apply for a PhD View list of PhDs in this area Research in English and Creative Writing Find people, projects, groups and publications in English and Creative Writing and read more about related research to this area. Browse research projects Meet our experts Creative Writing Research Archive Browse our collection of research outputs including PhD theses 64% of our English research is world leading or internationally excellent Centre for Comedy Studies Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing Hillingdon Literary Festival ENTERTEXT An interactive interdisciplinary e-journal for cultural and historical studies and creative work. Courses Comedy Studies PhD Contemporary Writing PhD Creative Writing PhD English PhD Journalism PhD Theatre PhD View all courses Fully-funded studentships AHRC Funded Studentships in College of Business, Arts & Social Sciences via the TECHNE2 Doctoral Training Partnership. Our funded studentships become available at different times of the year. Please keep checking our page regularly to see the latest funded opportunities. We also advertise all our funded studentships as soon as they become available on the @BrunelResearch twitter account. View all studentships