PhD in English - Creative writing

PhD (Doctorate), normally of three years duration leading to a thesis of no more than 80,000 words and an oral examination.St Andrews was one of the first universities in the world to teach English literature and is consistently ranked as one of the United Kingdom's pre-eminent universities. The Creative Writing research group works with students on developing their prose or poetry skills. The group, which includes John Burnside, Robert Crawford, Oliver Emanuel, Lesley Glaister, Zinnie Harris, Oli Hazzard, Emma Jones and Don Paterson has produced a range of widely-reviewed and prizewinning work, not only in the UK, but also through Europe, the United States and the Far-East.

A good Masters degree related to your area of research.