English King's College London

Overview

During the English degree at King's College London you will discover a range of theoretical and historical approaches to literary study and develop essential skills in critical thinking, expression and research.

Studying English at King’s you will encounter literature that stretches back through the centuries and reaches out across the globe. We pride ourselves on the range and diversity of the modules we offer, ranging across genre, period and place and including creative writing. We embrace diverse approaches, combining contemporary literary theory, close textual examination and historical scholarship. Our aim is to offer open and imaginative approaches to classic English texts together with newer and less familiar developments in the discipline.

The Department has an international reputation for the quality of its scholarship and all members of staff are actively involved in research. We aim to connect research and teaching, both in the classroom and at the many extra activities and events we offer.

Key benefits

• One of the oldest English departments in the country, with an international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research.

• Central London location offers opportunities to work with Shakespeare's Globe as well as an exciting range of other sites and archives.

• Ours is a department committed to teaching English literatures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries written in America, Anglophone Africa, Australia, Ireland and South Asia as well as within the UK.

• Personal attention is given to each student, creating a vibrant intellectual atmosphere and a network of support.

• Graduates develop transferable analytical and communications skills making them highly desirable to employers across a range of sectors.

• With several research centres at King's, including the Centre for Modern Literature and Culture, Queer @ King's and the London Shakespeare Centre, you will be working alongside cutting-edge research across a range of fields.

Career destinations

Graduates from our English BA possess skills in written and spoken communication, independent thought and judgement, and critical thinking and research, all of which are highly valued by employers. Our students are often interested in a career in the creative and cultural  industries, and in education and research. Equally, many of our graduates also go into general management, consultancy and the public services, or take conversion courses to begins careers in professions such as law.

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

• Librarian, London Borough of Barnet

• Marketing Executive, Ensphere

• Charity Fundraiser, Gogen

• Content Editor, Thomson Reuters UK Professional

• Corporate Affairs Intern, Cadbury Plc

• English Teacher, St Giles College

• Graduate Management Trainee, Sotheby's

• Junior Script Reader, Altered Image