Writing Courses

The two main providers of writing courses in South Yorkshire are:

1. The WEA - The Workers' Educational Association (WEA) is the UK's largest voluntary provider of adult education. They provide courses on all styles of writing such as short story, poetry, writing for children and novel writing and they are aimed at writers of all abilities.

You can obtain full details of all courses in your local area by accessing their web site: www.wea.org.uk/yh

You can also obtain brochures for the WEA from most libraries or by contacting them directly at the following address:

The WEA
Workers' Educational Association
6 Woodhouse Square
Leeds
LS3 1AD

Telephone: (0114) 2423609
Email: yorkshumber@wea.org.uk

2. The Institute of Life Long Learning (Till)
(Sheffield University Adult Education) - The Institute makes the resources of the University of Sheffield available to the wider community. It does this in many different ways, including a number of writing courses which are open to the public.

The Institute for Lifelong Learning (TILL) offers a wide range of part-time Degrees and Certificates in a variety of subjects which includes many writing courses, as well as courses for general interest.

For more information have a look at their web site: http://www.shef.ac.uk/till/about.html

Contact details for the Institute of Life Long Learning are:

The Institute for Lifelong Learning
School of Education
The University of Sheffield
196-198 West Street
Sheffield
S1 4ET

Telephone: (0114) 2227000
Email: till@sheffield.ac.uk

Other providers of writing courses are:

Sheffield Hallam University
City Campus,
Howard Street,
Sheffield
S1 1WB

Telephone: (0114)7nbsp;2255555
E-mail: enquiries@shu.ac.uk

MA/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate Writing Full-time and part-time

The MA Writing is a professionally focused course. It is intended to appeal to graduates in arts and to teachers with a professional interest in writing. It is also of interest to practising writers who need contact with their peers in an environment that pays attention not only to the craft but to the business of writing, editing, manuscript preparation and marketing.

Dearne Valley College
Manvers Park
Wath upon Dearne
Rotherham,
S63 7EW

Telephone: (01709) 513333

Doncaster College
The Hub
Chappell Drive
Doncaster,
DN1 2RF

Telephone: 01302 553553 Email: infocentre@don.ac.uk

Writing Groups

There are many writing groups throughout the South Yorkshire area but there is no one source of information about them. A number of groups are "closed" to the general public but there are many more which are open to all regardless of ability or experience.

The best way to find out about writing courses in your area would be to go along to one of the Writers Resource Centres in Sheffield, Barnsley or Rotherham Central Library where you could discuss your needs with our advisor.

For more details of the Writers Resource Centres please look here - Writers Resource Centre

If you live in the Sheffield area there is a database of writing groups on the Sheffield Information Services "Help yourself" database.

The contact details are here:

http://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk/

If you type in "Writers" you'll be taken to a list of groups, go through them and then go back to the start and type in "Writing" and you will be shown some different ones.

If you would like to discuss any of the groups before you go along you could always drop into one of the Writers Resource Centres in Sheffield, Barnsley or Rotherham It's a drop in service, there's no need to book just drop in. Writers Resource Centre