Dundee University has launched a new course combining crime writing with forensic science.

Due to start in September, the course is designed for anyone who has wanted to write a crime novel.

The programme is a first for the UK and will provide students with modules in creative writing, the history of forensic science and the inner workings of a crime investigation.

Students will learn from experts from the School of Humanities and the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID).

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.

"This 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."