For the English part of your degree you will have the opportunity to study modules in language, poetry, literary theory, creative writing, and literature from the Renaissance period to the 21st century. Our tutors are recognised for their expertise in areas such as contemporary texts and theory, culture and communication, creative writing, and literature from the 16th century to the present day. Their knowledge of subject areas and enthusiasm for their research and teaching makes this a vibrant and supportive place for you to study in, and to learn transferrable skills for your future employment. In the Business Studies component of your degree you will be taught specialist modules in human resource management, finance, marketing, strategic management and entrepreneurship. While each discipline has its distinctive subjects and approaches, you will discover productive connections and overlaps between them. The English component of your studies allows you to construct a course covering literature and language within a broad range of fields and approaches, so providing a stimulating environment for your degree work. The modules we offer grow out of the current research interests and publications of our academic staff, making it possible for you to study the latest thinking in areas as diverse as the staging of Shakespeare, Film Studies, the Analysis of Poetry, Writings of Intimacy, and Language in Society. There are also modules in Creative Writing, with tuition across the discipline, enhanced by teaching from visiting professional authors.

Our students develop excellent transferable skills because of the range of topics studied on our courses and the diversity of teaching and learning methods we use. Graduates from this course go on to many different kinds of career including arts administration, accountancy, advertising, the civil service, local Government, the City, creative arts, journalism, marketing, management, the media (both TV and radio), personnel work, business and finance, publishing, teaching, law, social and youth work.