UniversityofBirmingham

EnglishLiteraturePhD/MAbyResearch(On-CampusorbyDistance
Learning)

OurprincipalareasofresearchexpertiseincludeMedievalEnglish(forexample,OldEnglish,Chaucer,Langland,Lollardwriting,Reformationwritingandmedievalist
writerssuchasTolkien)EarlyModernEnglish(forexample,Brown,Daniel,Donne,Johnson,Marlowe,Middleton,Shakespeare,Spenser)Restoration,18th
centuryandtheRomantics(forexample,Swift,Goldsmith,Johnson,Wordsworth,Pope)and19thand20thcenturyresearch(forexample,J.G.Ballard,Conrad,
Dickens,T.S.Eliot,MichaelField,WyndhamLewis,ZadieSmith).
StudyhereandfindoutwhytheUniversityofBirminghamwasawardedTheTimesandTheSundayTimesUniversityoftheYear2013-14
(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/09/20-sep-Birmingham-announced-as-University-of-the-Year.aspx)

Coursefactfile
TypeofCourse:Distancelearning,doctoralresearch
StudyOptions:Fulltime,parttime
Duration:PhD3yearsfull-time6yearspart-timeMLitt-2yearsfull-time,4yearspart-timeMAbyResearch1yearfull-time2yearspart-time
Startdate:JanuaryorSeptember

Contact
DrRexFerguson,AdmissionsTutor
Tel:+44(0)1214144996
Email:r.ferguson@bham.ac.uk(mailto:r.ferguson@bham.ac.uk)
SchoolofEnglish,DramaandAmerican&CanadianStudies(/schools/edacs/index.aspx)
DepartmentofEnglishLiterature(/schools/edacs/departments/english/index.aspx)

Details
TheMAbyResearchprogrammerequiresyoutoprepareadissertationofupto40,000wordsonatopicofyourchoice,forwhichanacademicstaffmemberwillprovide
expertsupervision.
TheMLittinvolvesundertakingresearchonachosentopicleadingtothepreparationofathesisof60,000words.
ThePhDthemostadvancedresearchdegreeleadstoadissertationofupto80,000wordsonasubjectofyourchoiceandundertheexpertsupervisionofan
academicmemberofstaff.

YoucanstudyanMAbyResearchorPhDprogrammeoncampusorbyDistanceLearning(/students/courses/postgraduate/research/arts-law-inter/distancelearning.aspx).

(/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/postgraduateresearch/index.aspx)

AtBirminghamyoualsohavetheoptionofstudyinglanguages(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/personal-development/languages.aspx),freeofcharge.
AlmostnootherUKUniversityoffersyoutheopportunitytolearntheintensegraduateacademiclanguageskillswhichyoumayneedtopursueyourresearch.

Feesandfunding
Wechargeanannualtuitionfee.Feesfor2015/16arecurrentlyasfollows:
Home/EU4,052full-time2,026part-time
Overseas:13,195full-time6,597.50part-time
Forpart-timestudents,theabovefeequotedisforyearoneonlyandtuitionfeeswillalsobepayableinsubsequentyearsofyourprogramme.
Tuitionfeescaneitherbepaidinfullorbyinstalments.
EligibilityforHome/EUorOverseasfeescanbeverifiedwithAdmissions.Learnmoreaboutfeesforinternationalstudents
(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/International/students/finance/fees.aspx).
Learnmoreaboutpostgraduatetuituionfeesandfunding(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/dr-fees/index.aspx).

Scholarshipsandstudentships
Scholarshipstocoverfeesand/ormaintenancecostsmaybeavailable.TodiscoverwhetheryouareeligibleforanyawardacrosstheUniversity,andtostartyourfunding
application,pleasevisittheUniversity'sPostgraduateFundingDatabase(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/fees/funding/FundingFilter.aspx).
Internationalstudentscanoftengainfundingthroughoverseasresearchscholarships,Commonwealthscholarshipsortheirhomegovernment.

Scholarshipsandstudentships
Scholarshipstocoverfeesand/ormaintenancecostsmaybeavailable.Tobeeligiblefortheseawards,candidatesmustholdeitheranofferofaplacetostudyorhave
submittedanapplicationtostudyattheUniversity.TodiscoverwhetheryouareeligibleforanyawardacrosstheUniversity,andtostartyourfundingapplication,please
visittheUniversity'sPostgraduateFundingDatabase(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/fees/funding/FundingFilter.aspx).
Internationalstudentscanoftengainfundingthroughoverseasresearchscholarships,Commonwealthscholarshipsortheirhomegovernment.

Entryrequirements
Learnmoreaboutentryrequirements(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/requirements/requirements-pg/index.aspx)

Internationalstudents
Academicrequirements
Weacceptarangeofqualificationsourcountrypages(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/international/students/country/index.aspx)showyouwhatqualificationsweaccept
fromyourcountry.
Englishlanguagerequirements
YoucansatisfyourEnglishlanguagerequirementsintwoways:
byholdinganEnglishlanguagequalification(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/requirements/requirements-pg/international/index.aspx)totherightlevel
bytakingandsuccessfullycompletingoneofourEnglishcoursesforinternationalstudents(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/requirements/requirementspg/international/english-courses.aspx)

Howtoapply
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Youmaywishtoregisteryourinterestwithus(https://bham.hobsons.co.uk/emtinterestpage.aspx?ip=postgraduate)toreceiveregularnewsandupdateson
postgraduatelifewithinthisDepartmentandthewiderUniversity.
Makingyourapplication
WhenclickingontheApplyNowbuttonyouwillbedirectedtoanapplicationspecificallydesignedfortheprogrammeyouwishtoapplyforwhereyouwillcreatean
accountwiththeUniversityapplicationsystemandsubmityourapplicationandsupportingdocumentsonline.Furtherinformationregardinghowtoapplyonlinecanbe
foundontheHowtoapplypages(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/courses/postgraduate/apply-pg/index.aspx)

Applynow(https://pga.bham.ac.uk/lpages/CAL049.htm)

Relatednewsandevents
CollectingtheeighteenthcenturyatWinchesterCollege(/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/winchester-college.aspx)

Researchinterestsofstaff
Thefollowingsummaryindicatesourprincipalareasofresearchexpertise.Pleaseviewourstaffprofiles(/schools/edacs/departments/english/staff/index.aspx)forfurther
possibleresearchtopics.
OurworkinMedievalEnglish(forexample,OldEnglish,Chaucer,Langland,Lollardwriting,OlderScotsliterature,Reformationwritingandmedievalistwriterssuchas
Tolkien)extendsthroughmedievalliteratureintoconcernswithediting,printproduction,bibliography,manuscriptstudies,andnon-manuscriptverbalculturesofthe
MiddleAgesandalsowithrelationsbetweenmedievalverbalandvisualcultures.
IntheEarlyModernarea(forexample,Daniel,Donne,Johnson,Marlowe,Middleton,Shakespeare,Spenser,Milton)ourspecialismsindramaticandnon-dramatic
writingextendintothereceptionofearlymodernwritersinlaterperiodsandtoday,andrunalongsideourworkonculturesofmanuscript,printand17thcenturywomens
writing.
InRestoration,18thcenturyandRomantics(forexample,Rochester,Behn,Swift,Pope,Richardson,Fielding,Sterne,Johnson,Wordsworth,Goldsmith)wefocuson

readingliteraryworksintheirhistoricalandculturalcontexts,withspecialinterestsintheeditingoftexts,inprosefiction,inlanguageandlexicography,inthereception
ofShakespeare,earlymodernandmedievalliterature,andingender.
In19thcentury,20thcentury,andcontemporary(forexample,James,HarrietWilson,HarrietBeecherStowe,Conrad,Ford,WyndhamLewis,Woolf,Dorothy
Richardson,T.S.Eliot,Kerouac,J.M.Coetzee,ZadieSmith,DonDelillo)weareparticularlyinterestedinthelateVictorianperiod,Modernismandthecontemporary
andweutiliseanumberofthematicandtheoreticalapproaches(includinghistoriography,culturaltheory,postcolonialism,culturesofreading,digitaltheory).
Theresearchthemesofmaterialityofthetext(forexample,textualediting,historyofthebook,mediahistory)andgender(forexample,womenwriters,relevant
theoreticalapproaches)canbepursuedacrossalltheseperiods.

Employability
TheUniversityofBirminghamhasbeenranked8thintheUKand60thintheworldforpost-qualificationemployabilityinthelatestglobalsurveyofuniversities
commissionedbytheInternationalHeraldTribune.
YourdegreewillprovideexcellentpreparationforemploymentandthiswillbefurtherenhancedbytheemployabilityskillstrainingofferedthroughtheCollegeofArtsand
LawGraduateSchool.

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Birmingham?sEnglishLiteraturepostgraduatesdeveloparangeofskillsincludingpresentation,communicationandanalyticalskills,aswellastheabilitytowork
independently,thinkcriticallyanddevelopopinions.
Overthepastfiveyears,over90%ofEnglishLiteraturepostgraduateswereinworkand/orfurtherstudysixmonthsaftergraduation.Manyofourgraduatesgoonto
furtherstudyoracademia,whileothersusetheirtransferableskillsinawidevarietyofoccupationsincludingaccounting,thecharitysector,teaching,localgovernment,
law,publishingandmedia.Employersthatgraduateshavegoneontoworkforinclude:BirminghamMuseumsTrustBloomsburyPublishingCivilServiceCoventryArts
andHeritageTrustHouseofCommonsandUniversityofKent.

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