Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
New course for budding crime writers
A NEW course that combines crime writing with forensic science will be officially launched at the University of Dundee next week.
The MLitt i n Crime Writing and Forensic Investigation course will start in September and is designed for anyone who has always wanted to write a crime novel. Experts from the School of Humanities and the Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification (Cahid) will come together to share their expertise and guide students through key aspects of crime, science and the law.
This programme is unique to the UK and will provide students with modules in creative writing, the history of forensic science and the inner workings of a crime investigation.
Lecturer Dr Aliki Varvogli said: “This is a course like no other. Students with a passion for all kinds of crime writing will benefit from the world-leading expertise of our colleagues in forensic science, while they will also learn about the history of policing and forensic technologies. The crime genre is becoming more accepted as serious literature by critics and the most borrowed books from libraries are crime novels.
The course is for anyone who has ever wanted to write a crime novel.
“If I wasn’t teaching on it, I’d like to take it myself.”
Professor Tracy Wilkinson, from Cahid, said: “We’re really looking forward to working with our colleagues in humanities to offer this exciting new programme, which combines the expertise in creative writing and forensic science at our university.”
There will be a launch event at the Dalhousie Building on Wednesday June 14 at 9.45am. As well as introducing the course, the event will also have Professor Ian Burney, from the University of Manchester, talking about his book, Murder and the Making of English CSI.