Why study in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences?

...for humanities and social sciences courses

Our BA (Hons) Philosophy ranked 3rd and our BA (Hons) Sociology 7th in the UK for student satisfaction in the The Complete University Guide 2018.
Our BA (Hons) Sociology and BA (Hons) Social Policy achieved 100% for overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2018.
Our History research was awarded world-leading status in the Research Excellence Framework 2014.
Many of our staff work with governmental organisations and public services to help inform future policy.
As well as learning from our teaching staff, you’ll hear the opinions of renowned speakers at our many events.
You’ll have the chance to study abroad in America, Canada or Sweden.
You’ll receive work placement opportunities and specialist careers advice, thanks to our links with the local community.
Every year, there's the chance to win one of our prizes for academic achievement: the Justin Wand Memorial Prize is awarded for the best performance in any degree with English or Philosophy in its title.

In The Guardian University Guide 2017, our English & Creative Writing courses ranked joint 6th in the UK for ‘Spend per student’.
We’ve taught English Literature at degree level for over 40 years and, over that period, have been considered one of the best departments in the country.
Your studies will be supported by a team of published writers, including Dr Tory Young (author of Studying English Literature, a text used on many other university courses as well as our own), Dr Una McCormack (Star Trek The Fall: The Crimson Shadow and Doctor Who: Royal Blood), Professor Eugene Giddens (Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: A Publishing History), and Dr Helen Marshall (Gifts for the One Who Comes After).
You can get feedback and support for your writing projects from our Royal Literary Fund Fellowship Scheme mentors.
If you join our MA English Literature course, you can apply for a two-week internship with Shakespeare and Company, a busy Paris-based literary institution.
As one of our students, every year you’ll have a chance of winning one of our prizes for academic achievement, all generously donated by various companies and organisations:

Ian Gordon Prize for the best dissertation in English
Skinner-Young Prize for the best performance on the module Shakespeare and his Contemporaries.