Challenging Gaming Culture
Challenging Gaming Culture is a new module created for third year students wanting to enhance and develop their understanding of the video gaming world and is accessible to all students, regardless of how experienced they are when it comes to the gaming culture.
A poets journey back to education
Years after leaving education, Shona Marshall shares with us how she reconnected with her love of music and poetry, which led her to study BA (Hons) Creative Writing in Contemporary Culture at Leeds Beckett University.
Harrogate Film Festival Reviews
Chelsea Hallal, Media Communication Cultures student, shares her reviews of some of the films showcased at the Harrogate Film Festival, of which the university’s Northern Film School is a key partner.
Getting more out of University
University life can be very hard. But the trick is in the old saying – you can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Jozef Ashley
How To Curate A Blog
In this blog post I have the inside scoop on how to articulate creative writing ideas, story and character development with the extremely talented yet humble Dr. Rachel Connor, Course Director for the English with Creative Writing degree at Leeds Beckett University and published novelist, radio scriptwriter and poet.
Sam
Leeds Beckett Writers ‘Writing on Air’ ’19 Festival
Every year, Chapel FM hosts numerous writers and readers On Air for this four-day writing festival. This year, three hundred writers, readers and performers from the ages of eight to ninety-four took part in this legendary event.
Jay Ali
Intro to me: Tess Cullinan
I am a writer and a student. For years now, my passion has been Creative Writing, but it is only after being able to study this at Leeds Beckett that I have given myself the label of writer.
Tess
Intro to me: Sam Smith
My name's Sam Smith, no not the singer or the Beer, the creative writer extraordinaire! I'm a mature student of 31 and a Mum to three crazy boys. Although I'm probably the most immature student in year two, as I feel I'm allowed to find my youth again everyday at Leeds Beckett.
Sam
Goodbye France, Hello England
Today, for my first article I am going to talk about my first month at Leeds Beckett University, why I came to this university and a bit about my journey to come here.
Lucie
A Guide to Cats and Moths
My name is Cat, I study English Literature and Creative Writing and as I sit here wiping butter of my rabbit’s face (it’s a whole toast story) I wonder what to tell you about myself.
Cat