Course: Creative Writing with English Literature
Level: Third Year
Hometown: Kingston Upon Thames
Other information: I came to Kingston after doing A Levels. I am a member of the Kingston University Anime, Gaming and Sci Fi society and am also a Kingston University Student Ambassador.
I chose Kingston because... aside from allowing me to take Creative Writing, it was the university in my hometown - allowing me to stay at home and save money on accommodation. Kingston itself is also a decent place in my opinion, with something for everyone and easy access to London.
I have got to where I am now.... I came to Kingston to do English after spending the latter years at school aiming towards doing a science degree. I did the first year of one up in London, and discovered it really wasn't me after all. So I did some thinking and came back home and took a year out to take English A-Level in order to get onto this degree.
My plans for the future are... to become a writer of some sort! I'm not sure of what kind precisely though - I'd quite like to write for magazines or do professional reviewing, but at the moment I'm still seeing where my degree is taking me.
Out and about: Kingston Market
Posted 12 May 2013 by Abigail
We're beginning to see the first real signs of spring now - at least it's warm enough that it doesn'...
The beginning of the end...
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Abigail
I'm a month in to my final semester before graduation, with just over three months left to go now - ...
Open Days at Penrhyn Road
Posted 31 Oct 2012 by Abigail
The past few weeks saw two successful open days here at uni for people still deciding on where to ap...
Drag myself out of bed and walk over to campus for lectures, then usually go into town for coffee afterwards (or before depending on my timetable), or hang about with friends after lectures. I'm not into the club scene so evenings either involve staying in or going down to one of the pubs in town/SU bar, or going over to a friend's place for drinks.
Going to the pub and having not very serious discussions about life and philosophy, or asking odd questions like "Would you rather be a rock or a piece of cheese?"
Meeting new people. The variety of people you find at uni is really great, and generally people tend to be a lot more accepting too.
"When making my choices I looked at any degree that was at least in part Creative Writing, preferably with English Literature, though I could have done other combinations like Journalism. In the end I went with Literature because I felt it was the most complimentary."
"Get your application done early so you can get the stressing out of the way!"
"I came into Higher Education because I wanted to get motivated to write, and taking a Writing and Literature course has done just that."
Find out more about Kingston
Favourite this student
Ask Abigail a question
View all students
