It is increasingly important for academic philosophers to be able to write well for non-academic audiences. Furthermore, the precarity of the academic job market means that learning the skills of public writing could be essential in a career beyond academia. If you are a PhD student in philosophy or the humanities and have never written for a non-academic publication, this class is open to you. 

Over the six sessions, our editor Anthony Morgan, along with some other guests from the world of public philosophy, will help you to develop and write an essay from initial idea to completion. All essays written by students of this course will be published on The Philosopher's website during 2023. 

This class is only open to six students, so there will be an application process and a place is not guaranteed. If it proves to be popular, we will do our best to run the course several times in order to allow for as many people as possible to participate.