The English Department at Swansea offers you a friendly environment at one of the best campus locations in the whole of the UK. Our courses cover the entire range of the subject, from Beowulf to postmodern fiction, from applied linguistics to creative writing, and all our teaching is informed by our research (in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, 60% of our research activity was judged ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’). We emphasize choice and diversity in our degree schemes, as well as the development of the key critical and communication skills valued by employers.

Graduates from the Department have entered a wide variety of careers, including education, creative and professional writing, communications and the media, publishing, global marketing and advertising, global business, heritage and tourism.

We pride ourselves not only on our research activity, but on our high-quality teaching and the care and attention we offer our students. Our web pages give you information about our undergraduate and postgraduate schemes, about the Department, its staff, and their research interests and publications.

The English Language and Literature Student Society is dedicated to providing an all around experience for students and organise events, workshops and creative groups which are also supported by our academic staff.

The Department is home to five distinct research centres and groups, all with strong and growing international reputations: the Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales (CREW), the Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society (GENCAS), the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Research (MEMO), the Wales and the West Romanticism Research Group (WAWR), and the The Language Research Centre (LRC). Students are encouraged to attend the regular research seminars and lectures run by these groups and by the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH). 

Professor Neil Reeve, Head of Department 

The Department of English Language and Literature
Keir Hardie Building - Singleton Park
Swansea University
Swansea  SA2 8PP
UK