Our undergraduate degree teaches the development of the English Language and Literature from the time of Shakespeare to the present, and we teach a range of poems, plays, and novels from representative periods of history. We also offer modules that concentrate on the language of English in some detail, and our use of corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics and the area of applied linguistics in general, allow students to see how words and meaning evolve in the context of normally used words in discourse. 

We also offer modules in English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and English for Academic Purposes. Students who take the TEFL elective modules receive a formal TEFL qualification.

At postgraduate level, we have graduated:

• 57 PhD students over the last 16 years
• 161 students in the Taught MA in English Language and Literature
• 36 students in the Taught MA in Applied Linguistics

We have set up a Structured PhD in Applied Linguistics, which began in 2016, in which 19 students are currently enrolled.

Our Taught MA in Modern English Literature; Taught MA in Applied Linguistics and Structured PhD in Applied linguistics are now fully online.