Professor of Creative Writing

We are seeking a Professor of Creative Writing to provide strategic leadership, shape the future direction of undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes, and undertake teaching and research in creative writing. The successful candidate will help define and realise the distinctive vision of the Creative Writing MA course, fostering connections between creative practice, literary culture, publishing, public engagement and interdisciplinary research. It is essential for the appointee to have experience in an area of creative writing and have the ability to develop and teach modules in the practice and study of creative writing at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

It is expected the postholder will lead a number of modules on the Creative Writing MA and the Creative Arts and Humanities BA and will contribute to curriculum development for both programmes. In addition, they will be required to undertake world‑leading research and provide internationally recognised research leadership in creative writing, including: publishing high quality outputs, leading and participating in gaining grants;

developing research cultures (including conference participation, utilising networks, participating in membership bodies and other similar); shaping national and international debates in creative writing and/or creative writing studies; and undertaking doctoral student supervision and recruitment. The postholder will also be required to act as a Personal Academic Tutor and supervise doctoral students. The post is based at the Bloomsbury, but some travel will be required to the UCL East campus in Stratford for departmental activities and to contribute to teaching on the Creative Arts and Humanities BA programme.
The postholder must be educated to Doctoral level or have equivalent professional experience in any area relevant to creative writing. Previous experience of teaching creative writing and curriculum development is essential. In addition, the postholder must have proven experience and internationally recognised distinction in creative writing demonstrated through a sustained body of published work and evidence of significant influence on the discipline or literary culture.

The ability to provide strategic academic leadership in the creative writing discipline is essential, along with the ability to initiate, sustain and lead strategic partnerships with publishers, literary organisations, cultural institutions and external stakeholders.

Experience of successful mentoring and development of academic colleagues and postdoctoral researchers, as well as working with individuals or organisations outside of academia is desirable.
University College London (UCL) is a multi‑faculty college of the University of London with a population of over 52,000 students, from more than 150 different countries. Degree programmes are provided in Arts and Humanities, Social and Historical Sciences, Education, Architecture, Building, Environmental Design and Planning, Laws, Life Sciences and Clinical Sciences (including Medicine), Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Engineering Sciences. UCL is among the world's top universities, as reflected in performance in a range of rankings and tables, and is ranked 9th in the world, 5th in Europe and 2nd in London in the QS World University Rankings 2025.

The department is the home for the which is the UK's leading interdisciplinary degree, covering arts, social sciences and sciences degree. BASc combines the breadth of interdisciplinary study across the arts and sciences with the opportunity to specialise in one or two key subject areas. There is also postgraduate taught sister programme to UCL's Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BASc), the new which combines the…