Why choose this course?

• no. 13 in the UK for English (2023 Guardian League Table)

• Build your own portfolio using a variety of platforms

• Join our vibrant student media club and write for BlueMoon magazine

 

All journalists use language to convey facts, emotions and stories. Linguists analyse texts to understand the meaning of language. That’s why this course offers a unique opportunity to study both together, enhancing your employability in fields such as in advertising or social media, where both disciplines will be useful. 

 

Within English language, you’ll?learn from lecturers who specialise in a wide variety of linguistic areas of study. This?includes?for example language and society, psycholinguistics and language and gender. The English language team will share their expert knowledge in?the study of sound (phonetics) and language structure (grammar)?which are the building blocks that make up human communication. You’ll learn to analyse real life data, transcripts and texts to understand the way we see the world.?Many of the?modules?you can choose?are optional so you can specialise in the areas you like most. You?could?take modules in Teaching English as a Foreign Language or use this?chance to explore how language is used to solve crimes?in forensic linguistics. Another exciting field is sociolinguistics. You’ll get to explore how people use language differently depending on the context they are in. Is there a difference between male and female language use? Learn about how people make judgements on people’s personalities based solely on their accents and dialects.?? 

 

Our journalism team are highly experienced practitioners, who’ll help you develop the skills to produce work in different styles for different platforms such as radio and video and for different websites, magazines and news sites. You’ll?produce a showcase of work on a variety of platforms from blogs to print and report on international stories and ones guided by your interests. Want to write on fashion? You can do that. Want to write on sport? No problem. Many students also develop their journalistic interests as they go through the course, often because they have learnt from our former students who come back to give talks about their own professional experience.?You’ll learn how to source stories, write in different styles, work as a team member and have the opportunity to take up a work placement in journalism or related areas.