The School of English at Leicester is internationally renowned for research and teaching:
All of our lecturers publish on their specialist subjects meaning that your teaching will be informed by the very latest in ground-breaking research.
We rank among the highest university English departments in the UK on the National Student Satisfaction survey, and have done since the survey began in 2005. This year 93% of our students were satisfied with their courses.
Our teaching methods mean you will be taught in small seminar groups of about 12, an ideal size for detailed discussion of texts.
Our English degrees allow you to study literature and language from the early medieval period to the present. With 30 full-time lecturers, we have experts across the spectrum of English studies.
You will have regular opportunities to hear from and meet prize-winning novelists and poets through events such as our annual Literary Leicester Festival.
We offer careers-related modules in subjects such as publishing, along with a range of careers support and events specifically tailored to English students.
The School of English has a thriving postgraduate presence at both MA and PhD Level. The School has a vibrant research culture at PhD level, encompassing Literature, Linguistics and Creative Writing. We cover a wide range of topics, from Charles Dickens to Christopher Marlowe, from Caribbean Literature to Middle English lyric, from Contemporary American Writing to Gender Studies, and from the Pre-Raphaelites to the 18th-Century Novel.
