Study Creative Writing Courses in UK Universities, quite different from traditional | Study Abroad

Rohan Swamy is the man who turned his career from engineering to journalism and then creative writing.  Rohan talks about creative writing studies from UK. To fulfill his passion of creative writing, Rohan Swamy arrived in Ireland to pursue a Research Masters in Creative Writing course from Trinity College, Dublin.

Rohan said that 'after doing research, I came to know that the school was a heritage. From the beginning, I felt intimacy with Samuel Beckett, Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde. All of them studied at Trinity College.  So it was natural for me to choose this college. He started his career as a Senior feature correspondent with a major English newspaper. He used to present the dull news with complete details with the background and ambience. Rohan has published two short stories in India, including Urban Shots: Crossroads; Urban Shots: The Love Collection.

Talking about the difference between masters degree and research masters degree, Rohan said that 'I never had to give any paper during my course. I had to discuss about stories, critically review the work of my colleagues. This gave me the freedom to write my own articles.' Apart from this, there was no tradition of submitting master's thesis here, but I had to submit my portfolio, which had my stories, which reflected my work experience.

During the course, I got the opportunity to gain experience through personal research instead of traditional knowledge of books. There is a misconception among the people that there are many jobs in IT and finance industry but the truth is that there is no shortage of creative jobs for the qualified person. After finishing his degree from Europe, he worked at Trinity College Dublin as the Chief Examination Investigator, after which he was appointed as the Executive Officer in the fees and payments team at the same institution.