- Hi, I'm Dr. Richard Meek and I'm the programme director
for the MA in English Literature.
Now, this is an exciting
and popular programme that will introduce you to a range
of exciting modules
that reflect cutting edge themes in English studies,
and help you to become an independent researcher
and thinker in the process.
The modules on the programme look at exciting themes,
including gender and popular culture, water literature
and climate change literature
and the emotions, a particularly innovative
and exciting topic within English studies, and adaptation
and intertextuality in relation to the works of Shakespeare
and his contemporaries.
Now, alongside those modules,
all students take the core module,
which is called Research, Creativity, and Engagement,
and that's very much about employability
and enhancing a range of skills,
as well as the academic and research ones.
And that module includes a student conference
and some innovative assessments including presentations,
book reviews, and self-reflection.
Now, towards the end of the programme,
all students take an independent dissertation,
and that can be on any topic within English studies.
So it's really up to you, what you are passionate about.
You get to set the agenda
for that particular part of the programme.
But of course, alongside that, you'll be supported
by an expert supervisor who's a specialist in the field.
So it's an independent project,
but we give you support in how you execute it.
Students on the programme go on to do further study,
as in they go on to do a PhD or doctoral study,
but others go into teaching
or working in heritage, publishing or journalism.
So the course is not only about making you
into a better researcher, thinker, and writer,
but it also equips you with a range of transferrable skills
and competencies in problem solving, team working
and creative thinking.