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or entire, programmes of study or services at any time without liability, even after students have registered at the Uni-
versity. Circumstances outside of the University’s reasonable control include, industrial action, over or under demand
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confer third party benefits for the purposes of the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
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Overview (School/University).................................................................................................................4
Overview of the University and School............................................................................................................................4
What are the benefits of studying English at Leeds..........................................................................................................4
Research Seminars........................................................................................................................................................4
The University’s Libraries...............................................................................................................................................4
Regional Libraries and Archives......................................................................................................................................4
Careers..........................................................................................................................................................................4
Mentor Support..............................................................................................................................................................4
Faculty of Arts Careers Events........................................................................................................................................5
Postgraduate Opportunities............................................................................................................................................5
The Graduate School......................................................................................................................................................5
Research Degrees...........................................................................................................................................21
Postgraduate research student specific facilities, opportunities and events....................................................................21
International.....................................................................................................................................................23
Supporting You............................................................................................................................................................23
Postgraduate Scholarships...........................................................................................................................................23
English Language Requirements..................................................................................................................................23
Life in Leeds......................................................................................................................................................25
University Life/Life in Leeds/City & Region/Useful Links.................................................................................................25
Accommodation...........................................................................................................................................................25
The Place (Life in Leeds)..............................................................................................................................................26
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The School of English
The journals Leeds Studies in English, Moving Worlds, Regional Libraries and Archives
The James Joyce Broadsheet and Poetry and Audience, Outside the University, the Leeds Library, England’s oldest
and the poetry magazine Stand were established here and surviving subscription library, has a remarkable collection
continue to thrive. Building on its distinguished past, the of nineteenth-century first editions, and contains books not
School remains at the forefront of innovative scholarship found in the British Library. The City Library also houses a
across the whole field of English studies. valuable collection of Victorian books and rare periodicals.
The British Library Document supply lending division and
The School also plays a vital interdisciplinary role in reading room (an invaluable resource, especially for periodical
several of the university’s leading research centres, material) is situated just outside Leeds at Boston Spa.
including the Institute for Medieval Studies, the Institute
of Colonial and Postcolonial studies, and the Leeds Centre
for Medical Humanities. Careers
Undertaking postgraduate study at Leeds enhances your
What are the benefits of studying career prospects. In addition to the skills, contacts and
English at Leeds? broad professional awareness you gain in a postgraduate
course at Leeds, we offer refined support and activities to
The School of English is a research-led school. Students help you achieve your career goals and make the most of
are taught and supervised by academics who are at your English skills in the world of work:
the cutting edge of research in their field. Our staff
are engaged in a wide variety of research activities,
many funded by external bodies such as the Arts and Mentor Support
Humanities Research Council, the British Academy and Leeds Graduate Careers Network gives you the opportunity
the Leverhulme Trust. to pair up with an experienced mentor from the world of
work to receive personalised support. You explore career
Research interests of current members of staff can be options, gain tips on entry into specific careers and receive
found in the individual staff profiles on the School of supportive advice on developing your career plans.
English website: www.leeds.ac.uk/english
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Faculty of Arts Careers Events
The Faculty of Arts hosts a number of careers events,
workshops, taster sessions and fairs which attract leading
graduate employers.
Postgraduate Opportunties
There are opportunities for second and third year
doctoral students to undertake some undergraduate
teaching as part of their career development, for which
support is offered both by induction sessions within the
school and by programmes run by the University’s Staff
and Departmental Development Unit (SDDU).
The SDDU offers a range of training opportunities for
postgraduate research students, under the umbrella
headings of: research degree process; managing
research projects; presenting research; writing and
publishing; academic integrity.
Graduate School
The Graduate School of the Faculty of Arts, housed in
the Leeds Humanities Research Institute (LHRI), was
established in 2007 to bring together postgraduates
working across the Faculty. It offers computing facilities,
social space and seminar rooms for our postgraduates to
mix, exchange ideas and create interdisciplinary networks.
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Introduction to Taught Masters Degrees
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Name: Georgina O’Toole
Course: MA English Literature (part time)
I am originally from Birmingham, and I completed my
undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature
at the University of Leeds. I took a year out to work before
beginning my Masters, and even though I had several
offers elsewhere, it was Leeds that I wanted to return to
for postgraduate study.
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MA in Critical and Cultural Theory (English Studies)
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MA in English Literature
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MA in American Literature & Culture
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MA in English Language
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NAME: David Wright
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MA in English Renaissance Literature
Course structure Please note that this is an indicative module list: our modules
You study one compulsory module (Research Methods/ change regularly and a different selection is available every year.
Dissertation) along with four option modules, two of For a complete listing of available modules see the School website
www.leeds.ac.uk/english
which can be a module outside of the programme and
one of which can be a module taken outside of the
School of English.
“Sir
Anthony
Van Dyck,
Sir John
Suckling
(1632),
Copyright
The Frick
Collection,
New York.
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Medieval Studies
The School of English at Leeds has been a leader in medieval studies since
its foundation, providing expert teaching in Old English, Middle English,
Anglo-Norman and Old Norse.
The School is also home to the UK’s oldest journal in this Within the Institute for
field, Leeds Studies in English http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lse/
Medieval Studies
Medievalists in the School also teach in the Institute for n Research Methods module (15 credits, pass required)
Medieval Studies (IMS). The School also takes an active n 9,000-10,000-word dissertation (45 credits)
role in the International Medieval Congress – Europe’s
biggest medieval congress. Medieval research and teaching in the School of English
includes texts ranging through the corpus of Old English,
You can undertake medieval studies as part of your Middle English, Old Norse and Anglo-Norman; the
English Literature MA or undertake an MA in Medieval modern reception and construction of the Middle Ages;
Studies through the Institute of Medieval Studies. medieval health, illness and healing; multiculturalism,
multilingualism and translation; gender studies; Arthurian
MA in Medieval Studies has a greater emphasis on literature; and traditional beliefs and Christianisation.
learning key research skills, such as medieval languages. Modules offered in the School of English include:
n Arthurian Legend: Medieval to Modern
MA in English Literature emphasises flexibility. You can n Old and New Beliefs in Medieval Scandinavia:
choose from medieval modules offered within the School From Pagan to Christian
and up to two modules on offer within the IMS. You also
Modules offered in the Institute for Medieval Studies,
have a choice of research methods and dissertation
with participation from medievalists in the School of
components pathways; either:
English, include:
n Men Writing Women Writing Men
Within the School of English Please note that this is an indicative module list: our modules
n Research Methods module (0 credits, pass required) change regularly and a different selection is available every year.
n 12,000-15,000-word dissertation (60 credits) For a complete listing of available modules see the School website
www.leeds.ac.uk/english
Or
See http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/study/degrees/ma/modules.html for
current modules offered within the IMS.
Medieval
images
are from
the Book
of Hours,
Brotherton
Collection
MS 1,
Brotherton
Library
Special
Collections
Destruction
of Troy,
Brotherton
Collection
MS 100,
image 10.
Image ©
University
of Leeds
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MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature
A range of option modules represent the School’s to be submitted at the end of the programme in
significant expertise in the period, and students are also September.
welcome to take two modules from the full list of those
offered for the MA in English Literature. In its concentrated Course content
attention on a single period, this degree programme In addition to the compulsory module, you choose at least
provides an excellent basis for students who wish to two option modules from a selection, for example:
pursue further research in the area. n Caribbean and Black British Writing
n Culture and Anarchy: 1945 – 1968
Course structure n Ecocriticism and its Environments
n Enigmatic Body of Modernism
You study one compulsory module (Research Methods/
n Global Indigeneity
Dissertation) along with four option modules, two of which
n Graham Greene
can be a module outside of the programme and one of which
n Imperial Designs
can be a module taken outside of the School of English.
n Modernism and Mass Culture
n Reading (with) Psychoanalysis
Semester One Semester Two
(September – December) (January – May) Please note that this is an indicative module list: our modules
change regularly and a different selection is available every year.
Option Module 1 Option Module 3
For a complete listing of available modules see the School website
Option Module 2 Option Module 4 www.leeds.ac.uk/english
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NAME: Brittney Coker
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MA in Postcolonial Literary & Cultural Studies
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MA in Romantic Literature and Culture
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MA in Theatre & Global Development (Full-Time Only)
Course structure
You study three compulsory modules and one option
module, to be taken from the list of options available from
the School of Politics and International Studies.
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MA in Victorian Literature
‘Self-
portrait of
Branwell
Bronte in
despair
and in a
tavern’,
pen
and ink
cartoon,
held in
Brotherton
Library
Special
Collections.
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Research Degrees
The School offers the following research degrees: School also has a flexible learning space for students
PhD (normally 3 years full-time; 5-7 years part-time) which can be used to hold conferences and seminars.
MA by Research (1 year full-time; 2 years part-time)
The Faculty of Arts Graduate School, housed in the
We currently have around 90 research students working in Leeds Humanities Research Institute, brings together
all areas of English literature and culture, including English postgraduates working across the Faculty. It offers study
Language and Theatre Studies. The School of English facilities, a shared social space and opportunities for
has around 50 academic staff which means we have a interdisciplinary exchange specifically for postgraduates.
very broad research profile, and can offer supervision The Graduate School also runs a professionalisation
for research degrees across the whole range of expertise training session on ‘Organising and running conferences
of our staff, including Medieval English literature, Early and workshops’ and provides funding for conferences
Modern literature including Shakespeare, Eighteenth- and workshops run by postgraduates. Full information
century literature, Romantic literature, Victorian literature, about the Graduate School can be found on their website:
Modern British literature, Contemporary British literature, http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lhri/postgraduates.htm
American literature and culture, Commonwealth and
Postcolonial Literature, English Language, Theatre
studies. A full list of our academic staff and their research
Funding for conference attendance
interests can be found here: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/ and research trips
people/20040/school_of_english/ The School offers financial support to PhD students who
wish to make research trips or attend conferences during
We strongly encourage you to discuss your project with us their studies. Students can apply for a grant each year of
before you make a formal application. You are welcome up to £250.
to contact any member of the School whose research
interests seem appropriate and they will be happy to advise
you, or you can contact the Postgraduate Research Tutor The Postgraduate Seminar
who will match your interests to a suitable staff member. The Postgraduate Seminar is an opportunity for all
Email: research-english@leeds.ac.uk postgraduates – MA and PhD – to meet, give papers,
or discuss someone else’s paper. It is run by the
postgraduates themselves, and convenes every other
Assessment Thursday evening. All students are encouraged to attend.
Research students are examined exclusively by thesis, It is a social event as well as an academic one. There
with a viva voce examination. The thesis should not are also many other specialised, inter-disciplinary and
normally exceed the following maximum length: cross-Faculty research seminars run by the staff and
PhD: 300 pages or 100,000 words postgraduate students of the School.
MA by Research: 100 pages or 30,000 words
Teaching in the School of English
Research Postgraduate Facilities The School is committed to the professional development
The School has a dedicated research students’ common of its PGR students and is keen to facilitate students
room and two study rooms with a number of networked acquiring teaching experience wherever possible. This
computers to which students have 24 hour access. The experience will provide valuable skills whether you pursue
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a career in academic teaching or take up employment Graduate Training and Support Centre
elsewhere. In the second and third years of research,
http://www.sddu.leeds.ac.uk/sddu-post-grad-research_
postgraduate students will be invited to participate in
students.html The GTSC offers a wide range of training
undergraduate teaching. The School runs an Induction
and development opportunities designed to enable
Day for new teachers at the beginning of each year, and
research students to develop their research performance,
the University’s Staff and Departmental Development Unit
employability, professionalism and engagement with
(SDDU) also offers courses in teaching methods. There is
society. Courses cover a broad range of skills, including:
no requirement to undertake teaching, should students
research methodology and ethics, managing your research
not wish to do so.
degree, attracting research income, planning and
managing research, presenting and publishing research,
‘Starting Your Research research career development.
Degree’ workshops
This one-day workshop helps new research students plan Information Systems Services
what they need to do during the first few months of their (ISS) Training
studies, addressing such issues as the practicalities of
The University’s ISS department offers a range of free
doing a research degree, working with your supervisor,
training courses and online modules. These range from
planning and time management, monitoring progress,
introductory modules on how to use Microsoft Office
gathering and managing information.
packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook) to
more advanced IT skills for researchers.
LEAP Research Training Hub
The LEAP Training Hub (http://www.leaptraining.leeds. http://iss.leeds.ac.uk/info/260/itis_training/884/online_
ac.uk/) provides access to transferable skills training and learning/
development opportunities for research students. The
programme for PhD students is continually evolving and
covers a wide range of topics; for example, in the areas
of research management and personal effectiveness
skills, professionalisation, communications skills, research
methodologies, networking, and career management skills.
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International
*correct at time of publication, please check the website for latest requirements: www.leeds.ac.uk/english
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NAME: Ashraf R. Abdullah
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Life in Leeds
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The City of Leeds Victorian and Edwardian arcades and more than a
thousand commercial outlets. People from around the
As a postgraduate student at the University of Leeds
region regularly visit Leeds to shop in a centre, which
you will be part of a vibrant student community situated
includes everything from designer boutiques to the historic
in the heart of a cosmopolitan and student-friendly city
Kirkgate market for local produce. The city offers an
located in the centre of the UK, which offers a diversity
extensive choice of places to eat and drink no matter what
to suit all budgets.
your taste or budget.
Leeds, home to 700,000 people, is the capital of the
Nightlife in and around the city is well known for its
Yorkshire and Humber region, and the social and cultural
diversity and popularity. The clubs in Leeds offer a
hub of the North. The city’s roots lie firmly in the textile
sophisticated and relaxed experience with a variety
industry but more recently it has become a centre for
of music to suit all tastes. Leeds also offers a unique
trade and commerce, and one of Britain’s most important
selection of commercial and independent cinemas,
financial, banking and legal centres outside of London.
hosting the annual Leeds International Film Festival.
Leeds has all you can expect from a major city yet is
surrounded by the beautiful and accessible Yorkshire The city has a proud sporting tradition and is home to
Dales. The city centre is a mere 10-minute walk from the famous teams such as Leeds United FC and the Yorkshire
campus with fast and frequent transport links to all other Cricket Club. Located throughout the city are numerous
major UK cities. gyms and health clubs offering the opportunity to keep fit
or unwind, and to participate in sport at all levels, as well
Leeds is unrivalled in the north of England as a major
as at the University’s own extensive sports facilities.
shopping destination and centre for entertainment,
nightlife, the arts and leisure. The city boasts stunning
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Admissions & Funding
*correct at time of publication, please check the website for latest requirements: www.leeds.ac.uk/english
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Fees and funding (AHRC). At the University of Leeds, the English subject
area has been allocated 2 MA and 3 PhD awards per
Full information about this year’s fees can be found on the
year, as part of the Block Grant system. All awards pay
website www.leeds.ac.uk/english
full fees (for home/EU students only) and a substantial
maintenance payment (home students only). For more
There are three categories of postgraduate scholarships
information, see www.leeds.ac.uk/english
available to you:
1. School of English Scholarships
The Research Degrees and Scholarships office of the
2. University of Leeds Scholarships
University can be contacted for further information:
3. External Scholarships
www.leeds.ac.uk/rds/ a booklet setting out details of the
central University awards is published in November each
School of English Scholarships year and can be obtained by telephoning:
We offer a number of scholarships paying full home/EU +44 (0)113 343 4007
fees plus a maintenance contribution: or faxing: +44 (0)113 3433941
n 2 – 4 MA scholarships (for the exact number on offer or via the web: http://scholarships.leeds.ac.uk
this year, see the website), open to both taught and by or email: scholarships@leeds.ac.uk
Research MA applicants
n 2 PhD scholarships Open day
We hold one open day a year for both MA and research
In addition the school will offer the following awards for
degrees, usually in January/February. Information about
which no application is required.
our open day can be found on the School website. If you
n A variable number of Alumni Bursaries for University of
have missed the open day, or are unable to make the date,
Leeds graduates (10% reduction of tuition fee)
we would be very happy to arrange an informal visit. Please
n A variable number of Excellence Scholarships for UK/
get in touch (see contact details below) to arrange this.
EU applicants in receipt of a First Class BA degree
(5% reduction of tuition fee)
n Two Purvis scholarships (£1000) for the best two Contact details
Taught Postgraduate students (UK/EU/International) as For information on MA degrees:
judged on academic merit Taught Postgraduate Administrator
School of English
Please see the School’s website www.leeds.ac.uk/english University of Leeds
for information on how to apply. Early application is Leeds LS2 9JT
essential if you are applying for funding. Tel: +44 (0)113 343 4738
Fax: +44 (0)113 343 4774
University of Leeds Scholarships Email: postgrad-english@leeds.ac.uk
For a complete listing of the awards offered by the
For information on research degrees:
University, together with details on how to apply, see
Postgraduate Research Administrator
http://scholarships.leeds.ac.uk/
School of English
University of Leeds
External Scholarships Leeds LS2 9JT
The major external scholarship provider outside the Tel: +44 (0)113 343 4229
University is the Arts and Humanities Research Council Fax: +44 (0)113 343 4774
Email: research-english@leeds.ac.uk
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School of English
University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds
LS2 9JT Leeds, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 4738 LS2 9JT
Email: postgrad-english@leeds.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)113 243 1751
www.leeds.ac.uk/english www.leeds.ac.uk