Introduction:

Throughout the ages, the written word has been a powerful force for political action, historical documentary, creative expression and transformation. At NTU, we share your passion for English, and on the degree we bring this passion to enhancing, interrogating, and challenging  your understanding, while also developing your talents and strengths.

Why Study English at NTU?

English at NTU gives you the opportunity to travel across literary genres and contexts, living different lives and stepping into different shoes. We’re interested in everything: what Literature tells us about race, gender and sexuality; climate emergency; politics and society. We research what Literature represents of the past, shows us about the present, and predicts for the future.

You will develop a rich blend of skills and talents to draw on, every day of your life. You’ll be able to write, analyse, publish, curate, evaluate, assess, record, anthologise, summarise, call out nonsense and appreciate beauty. You’ll work out the strange truth in fiction, and the strange fictions in truth. Responding to texts in articles, podcasts, blogs and creative and critical writing, we will equip you for a future in which you have more than one way to shine. Our graduates are interesting, knowledgeable, adaptable – and extremely employable.

The course is very flexible, offering a broad range of optional modules that allow you to pursue your passions and interests. Not only will you study traditional topics and texts, but you also explore innovative literatures and exciting new approaches to old and new texts and movements. Importantly, throughout the course you will develop a wide range of transferable skills that are highly valued by employers.

What’s Different About Us

Approachable and accessible, we are proud of our consistently high student satisfaction score and our range of modules and teaching methods. We are a relatively small course – we know our students and they know us! Year 1 is a shop window, year 2 gives you a chance to explore different concessions, with more optionality; and in year 3, as well as having a passion you want to explore in a dissertation, you will know the exact modules you want to choose to finish your degree.

Careers and employability

Your career development

As one of our graduates you will possess a wide range of academic and transferable skills.

Academically, you’ll have an extensive knowledge of a wide range of literary texts. You’ll gain an understanding of the complex nature of literary languages, and the ability to evaluate and debate theoretical viewpoints, which is an important life skill as well as being of benefit to a whole range of employment activities.

However, the major transferable skill of all English graduates is the ability to communicate effectively both in speech and in writing. These skills are invaluable for a wide range of occupations and settings.

Graduates have gone on to develop their careers within large well known organisations (such as Marks & Spencer, BBC etc.) and many graduates are forging successful careers in small to medium sized companies, reflecting the nature of the UK economy. Graduate roles include: publishing, marketing, PR, retail, finance and recruitment.

Some students choose to progress to further study, either to continue their research within English, or to gain more directly vocational qualifications such as journalism, teaching, law and social work.

Entry requirements

You will need the equivalent to:

• 120 UCAS tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent including A-level English grade C); or
• BTEC Extended Diploma – DMM.
• GCSE English and Maths grade C / 4.

Fees and funding

International fees for 2022 entry onto a full-time undergraduate course are:

• £15,600, or
• £16,200 (for courses in the Nottingham School of Art & Design and Nottingham Business School).

Tuition fees are payable for each year that you are at University. Tuition fees for the second and subsequent years of your undergraduate course may increase in line with inflation and as specified by the UK government.

If you choose to do a work placement as part of the undergraduate course the fee for the work placement will be £1,385.

Late Applications

If you missed the UCAS January deadline, it’s not too late to apply to join us in September 2022.

Applying to university after the January deadline isn’t anything to worry about – we accept applications for most of our undergraduate courses until Thursday 30 June 2022.