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Unlock Your Potential and Elevate Your Career with Kent Adult Education's Writing Courses
Whether you're an aspiring author, a professional looking to sharpen your editorial skills or someone exploring creative expression for personal or professional growth, these courses offer a supportive and enriching environment to develop your writing abilities.
Kent Adult Education provides a diverse range of Writing courses designed to suit learners at all levels. From mastering the art of self-editing to exploring the nuances of travel writing or publishing your autobiography online, each course is crafted to help you build confidence, refine technique and achieve your writing goals. You'll gain practical skills that are not only valuable for creative pursuits but also highly transferable to the workplace - enhancing communication, critical thinking and storytelling abilities.
Courses such as Self Editing Your Writing - Editorial and Creative Writing - From Draft to Publication guide learners through the essential stages of writing, editing and preparing work for publication. For those interested in personal narratives, Creative Writing - Online Publishing - Autobiographies offers insights into sharing life stories with a wider audience. If you're drawn to travel and adventure, Creative Writing - Travel Writing helps you capture experiences vivid with detail and compelling structure. Meanwhile, Writing Skills - Step into Journaling and Creative Writing - Fiction or Non-Fiction provide opportunities to explore introspective and imaginative writing styles.
Delivered both online and in-person across Kent, these flexible courses are ideal for adults balancing learning with other commitments. Whether you're looking to publish professionally, improve your writing for work, or simply enjoy the creative process, Kent Adult Education's Writing courses are a gateway to personal and professional development.
Enrol today and take the next step in your writing journey. Discover how words can shape your future, enhance your career prospects and unlock new opportunities.
Writing Skills - Ace that CV
DOV/150934/Q/PF Location: Dover Discovery Centre, Dover Course hours: 6 hoursCheck your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the entry requirements below:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
Self Editing your Writing - Making it greater - Improvers
ONL/150974/Q/PF Location: Delivered online Course hours: 22 hoursCheck your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the entry requirements below:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
Check your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the entry requirements below:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
Creative Writing - From Draft to Publication - 1
DOV/150941/Q/PF Location: Dover Discovery Centre, Dover Course hours: 22 hoursCheck your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the entry requirements below:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
Self Editing your Writing - Making it greater - Improvers
CAN/150856/Q/PF Location: Canterbury Adult Education Centre, Canterbury Course hours: 22 hoursCheck your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the entry requirements below:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
Creative Writing - From Draft to Publication - 1
ONL/150909/Q/PF Location: Delivered online Course hours: 22 hoursCheck your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the entry requirements below:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
Creative Writing - Online Publishing - Autobiographies
ONL/150948/Q/PF Location: Delivered online Course hours: 22 hoursCheck your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the entry requirements below:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
Creative Writing - Travel Writing
TON/150859/Q/PF Location: Tonbridge Adult Education Centre, Tonbridge Course hours: 22 hoursCheck your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the entry requirements below:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
Creative Writing - From Draft to Publication - 1
CAN/150855/Q/PF Location: Canterbury Adult Education Centre, Canterbury Course hours: 22 hoursCheck your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the entry requirements below:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
Writing Skills - Step into Journaling
CAN/150853/Q/PF Location: Canterbury Adult Education Centre, Canterbury Course hours: 22 hoursCheck your eligibility to enrol online
You must meet the entry requirements below:
- You must be ordinary resident in the UK at the start date of the course - Ordinary resident means you live in the UK and have chosen to live here for a settled purpose
- You must be a British citizen
- You must be aged 19 or over as at the 31st August 2025 for courses in the 2025/26 academic year
- You must agree to commit to and complete an Individual Learning Plan in agreement with your course tutor
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