A Level Creative Writing

Chair Susan Bruce writes in defence of Creative Writing A Level in the Times Higher: ‘Creative writing is an increasingly important player in a suite of humanities disciplines that train our young people in the arts of communication and persuasion.’

Barbara Bleiman of the English & Media Centre on why the DfE decision to turn down the AQA submission for Creative Writing A Level (2017) is misguided: “The DfE’s rationales for axing it – that it is too close to English Literature and that it is too skills-based – both fail to understand its contribution as a subject and show little respect for its growth in H.E. and the respect with which it is regarded as a valid subject for study.”

Jonathan Taylor argues that the decision seems to be “based on an outmoded and prejudiced interpretation of the subject, on its (mis-)perception (by ministers and, potentially, the media), rather than on actual evidence.”

You can sign Maggie Butt’s petition to Nicky Morgan here