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City, University of London: English

Institution City, University of London View institution profile
Department Department of English View department profile
Web https://www.city.ac.uk
Study type Taught

Summary

City’s MA English will appeal to graduates from backgrounds in English, the Humanities, Creative Writing and other aligned disciplines who wish to develop their skills further at postgraduate level. The programme allows you to focus solely on English Literature, or to combine English Literature with Creative Writing and/ or Publishing. You will gain both academic and transferable skills, preparing you for a diverse range of graduate careers. You will benefit from City’s reputation as a provider of academic excellence for business and the professions and from London’s outstanding research, cultural and creative facilities.

City’s MA English aims to produce graduates who are versatile researchers, effective communicators and active, reflective learners with a range of subject-specific, transferable and employability skills. Underpinned by the conviction that English is an academic subject that makes a significant contribution to cultural life, this distinctive degree enables you to combine literary scholarship with creative and/ or professional writing.

The programme brings together:

  • Theoretical and research training in English

  • A predominantly modern and contemporary module diet centred around identity and genre that views literature as an active participant in social and cultural debates

  • A varied assessment regime that fosters your subject-specific, research and transferable skills

  • Access to elective modules in Publishing and Creative Writing that will enable you to develop additional, aligned skill-sets

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City University of London

City’s School of Communication & Creativity is a socially engaged and politically conscious centre of educational excellence and world-changing interdisciplinary research which shapes and influences professional practice. 

We support and develop the next generation of practitioners and entrepreneurs who work across, the cultural, creative, music, heritage and media sectors. We are deeply committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we are working to transform these sectors by educating and empowering students from under-represented backgrounds, and supporting them to excel. 

The School brings together our renowned Department of Journalism, with two new Departments: The Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries; …

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