What is involved?

• 3 days of workshops led by professional writers, journalists and academics.
• Exposure to a range of writing styles and formats.
• Support in producing your own piece of writing with extensive 1:1 feedback from an academic or professional writer.
• Celebration event with certificates and prizes, including the opportunity for the winner of the best piece of writing to see their work published in the University of Warwick's Lacuna Magazine and gain a paid internship with the magazine in Summer 2025.
• Speak to current students about university life.
• Make your university application for Law, English or Social Sciences stand out.

The programme is free to attend.

Eligibility criteria

Currently in Year 12 or 13 in a state school/college in the West Midlands. We particularly welcome applications from students in Coventry.

Passionate about writing and social justice issues.

Priority will be given to students who meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Eligible for free school meals
• Attend a school with a lower-than-average progression to Higher Education, or a higher-than-average proportion of students who qualify for Free School Meals*
• Live in a neighbourhood with a low rate of progression to higher education or a high level of socio-economic deprivation*
• Have been looked after, in care or a young carer
• Come from a home where neither parent attended university

*check your school and postcode on our eligibility checker (this is used for contextual offers, the Writing Wrongs programme uses the same data)