From free online mini courses to residential writing breaks, here are the writing courses we rate.

Minicourses
BBC Writing www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/minicourse
Site no longer allows you to post work, but the very good mini courses are still online. Offers options for beginners to advanced practitioners in everything from having an idea to preparing for publication.

Residential courses
The Arvon Foundation www.arvonfoundation.org
Any writer at any level and working in any medium should find something to tickle their fancy at one of The Arvon Foundation’s four writing houses dotted around the countryside: in Scotland, Devon, Yorkshire and Shropshire. Journalism, novel-writing, short stories, song-writing, poetry, autobiography, radio scripts, crime fiction are just some of the genres covered through the year. The Arvon Foundation’s tutors include award-winning writers, industry experts and university writing lecturers, ensuring an exceptionally high standard of course.

Ty Newydd www.tynewydd.org
On the coastal edge of Snowdonia, Ty Newydd is the National Writers’ Centre for Wales and since 1990 has attracted writers from all over the world both as tutors and course participants. Week-long courses in all aspects and genres of writing - including in the Welsh language and Welsh literary traditions - are run throughout the year with high-profile tutors chosen for expertise in their field, including university-level teachers and award-winning writers.

Higher education courses
University College Falmouth www.falmouth.ac.uk
MA Professional Writing (one year full-time and two-year part-time)

UCAS www.ucas.ac.uk/students/coursesearch
The organisation responsible for managing applications to higher education courses in the UK. Do a course search for undergraduate courses in writing.

Prospects www.prospects.ac.uk
Postgraduate study site. Offers a list of PGDip. PGCert, MA, MFA and MLitt courses in Creative Writing and Professional Writing.