Overview
What you will study
This Writing for Social Impact course offered by City, University of London might include charity and third sector professionals, people working on the frontline of public services (youth workers, nurses, teachers), or those with lived experience of injustice.
The workshop will cover:
- How to conduct interviews
- How to execute ethical and impactful storytelling
- How to provide a call-to-action for your readers
- How to discover different types of social impact.
By the end of the course, you will be clearer on the different types of social-impact writing and how you can achieve these within your own writing projects.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Be encouraged to think about what ‘social impact’ means - and how it might be achieved through storytelling
- Learn how to build empathy with, and communicate facts to, your readers
- Discover new ways of planning and executing a story
- Discuss the ethics of writing about injustice
- Convert your personal and professional experiences into confident narratives.
- Enjoy practical in-class writing exercises
- Take away top tools, tips and insights
- Plus, enjoy live expert feedback and highly recommended resources.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- 10th November
- 15th December
- 12th January
- 9th February
- 8th March
- 12th April
- 10th May
- 7th June
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Creative Writing View 81 other Short Courses in Creative Writing in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This Writing for Social Impact course is open to anyone who wants to learn how to write impactfully, which might include charity and third sector professionals, people working on the frontline of public services (youth workers, nurses, teachers), or those with lived experience of injustice.
- Fluent written and spoken English is essential.
Tuition Fee
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International
130 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 130 GBP for the full programme during 2 days. -
National
130 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 130 GBP for the full programme during 2 days.