Author boosts Manchester University applications |
03 2007 |
| The possibility of having a best-selling author as a teacher is the latest reason why increasing numbers of arts students are considering a move to Manchester. According to the university, applications for its MA creative writing course have gone up by 50 per cent since Martin Amis was appointed professor and placed in charge of two modules - one covering the art of the novella and another on Vladimir Nabokov and Saul Bellow, two of his own favourite writers. The arrival of the author has "improved the quantity and quality of the applications", attracting students to the city who may otherwise have looked elsewhere, spokesman Ian McGuire told the Manchester Evening News. Professor Amis will be taking two one-and-a-half hour long seminars every fortnight on the main university campus. However, demand for the course, as well as for the other attractions of the city, not least vibrant nightlife, thriving arts scene and a good cost of living and accommodation, means that just one in four of all applications will be successful.  |
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