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Welcome to the Department of English & Creative Writing

Our Department has a reputation for excellent teaching and internationally recognised research. In the 2009 National Student Survey, the Department of English & Creative Writing (a subdivision of English-based studies) was ranked nationally as joint first in overall student satisfaction, with a rating of 97%. Extensively published, experienced and flexible staff teach across a range of literary periods and specialisms. Our joint degrees give you the chance to take courses in English Literature whilst at the same time writing fiction, poetry and scripts under the supervision of prizewinning creative writers. The Department's postgraduate community includes over a hundred students from all over the world, and our high quality intake at all levels ensures a lively and stimulating environment for both undergraduates and postgraduates. Read more about us.

Centres, Programmes & Projects

Shakespeare ProgrammeCentre for Transcultural Writing and ResearchislamismWordsworth CentreEarly Quakers in the NorthwestRuskin Centre

Reading Groups & Student Magazines

Contemporary gothic Reading GroupLong Poem Reading GroupSalon reading groupCake literary magazineLuminary Postgraduate Journal

Postgraduate

MA Pathways in English Literary StudiesMA in Creative WritingMA in Creative Writing Distance LearningPhD English LiteraturePhD Creative WritingTerry Eagleton postgraduate seminarspostgraduate_funding

Forthcoming Events

Postgraduate conferenceafter_atheismLiterature LiveTrans-Scriptions seminarNorthern Renaissance Seminar

Highlights of Recent Conferences

Global Imaginaries conferenceMonstrous Media conferenceRegarding war conference

 

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