A highly successful and fast-growing discipline at Huddersfield, where the degree programmes are some of the most diverse in the country.
Our staff are actively involved in writing and publishing in their own specialist areas of expertise, and teaching quality was highly commended in an externally assessed subject review in 2005.
Chris Butler, who was last year appointed Visiting Professor in the School of Music, Humanities and Media, is to give his professorial lecture on Tuesday 3 May, on the subject of ‘Structure and function in molecular biology, language and music’... more info>>
Our staff and students are contributing to this year’s Research Festival in a number of different ways... more info>>
English Literature students recently took part in a graphic workshop designed to help support their module ‘Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory’... more info>>
English Lecturer Michael Stewart has recently released his new debut novel King Crow... more info>>
As the 2011 Huddersfield Literature Festival approaches, Ruth Inglis, who graduated from the English and Creative Writing BA(Hons), writes about her experiences as a volunteer at the event... more >>
English recently joined forces with Nick Payne, a professional graphic recorder. He ran a couple of hands-on workshops for second year English Literature students to back up work they do on their Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory module... more >>
Conference to be held at the University of Huddersfield 2 -3 September 2011...more details>>
English Research Seminars are held every Wednesday at 4.30pm in West Building WG/27. Please click here for details of the next Research Seminar.
We invite teachers of English at A-level to a free one-day conference focusing on recent developments in stylistics and how these might be implemented at A-Level. more details
"[University of Huddersfield is] an excellent place to study, meet people and prepare for the future".... read more from Katherine >>
"I cannot praise the English department enough for the efforts they put in to making you feel welcome and to delivering fantastic classes. ".... read more from Melissa >>
Download a copy of the reading list for English modules