The Department is known for its teaching and research excellence particularly in such areas as drama and performance, life writing and argumentative writing, metaphor and semiotics, critical discourse and digital literacy. Therefore, graduates have the chance to enter a range of careers where the combination of communication skills, language ability and cultural awareness is important. This includes sectors like financial services, the legal profession and education.
Many graduates have also gone on to postgraduate studies in English literature, linguistics or language studies and have a track record of research excellence.