Your English and Creative Writing Offer Holder Day

Your Offer Holder Day is a great opportunity to experience our impressive classroom facilities for yourself. You can also find out about your module options, meet your tutors, chat to our students and meet other applicants.

Find your degree programme to learn more about the dates and the sessions available for you below.

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BA (Hons) English Language

Wednesday 15 February, 1.30pm – 6.00pm

‘Discourse Analysis’ with Costas Gabrielatos

During this interactive tutorial, you’ll be introduced to Discourse Analysis – the contextual study of written and spoken language beyond the sentence.

Saturday 4 March, 11.30am – 4.00pm

‘What’s in a word?’ With Kath Morgan

2022 saw the birth of many new words – ‘whataboutism’, ‘fluffernutter’, ‘influencer’, ‘metaverse’ – proving that English is an ever-evolving and creative language. In this student-centred, practical session you’ll focus on ‘morphology’ – how words are structured and how new ones can be created.

BA (Hons) English Literature

Wednesday 15 February, 1.30pm – 6.00pm

‘Global Shakespeare’ with Karen de Souza

In this taster session you’ll consider the global reach of Shakespeare’s work. You’ll be able to apply literary theory to the plays which will allow you to uncover new interpretations. This will show you how the sixteenth century author remains relevant in the diverse cultural contexts of our contemporary world.

Saturday 4 March, 11.30am – 4.00pm

‘Loathly Ladies’ with Olivia Colquitt

This session traces the evolution of the ‘loathly lady’ trope – a female character’s transformation from hideous to beautiful – across literature, from medieval myth to modern-day fairy tales.

BA (Hons) Creative Writing

Wednesday 15 February, 1.30pm – 6.00pm

‘What’s your story?’ With Zayneb Allak

In this interactive session you’ll use a range of techniques to think about the story you would like to tell and begin to discover ways to write it.

Saturday 4 March, 11.30am – 4.00pm

‘Desert Island Five: an exercise of creative survival’ with Helen Harrison

During this session you’ll imagine that you’re going to live on a deserted island for one year and can only take five things with you. What will they be? If they belonged to another character, who would that be and what scene would the items appear in?