Courses

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation Year

Develop the key transferable skills and subject-specific knowledge to join degrees in the subject areas of business and management, education, English, geography, history, media or sociology at Edge Hill University.

Creative Writing and English Literature

BA (Hons)

We’re 12th in the UK for Creative Writing, and 11th in the UK for English (The Guardian University Guide 2025).

Combine your passions for reading and writing great literature with our joint programme. Dive into genres, topics and periods, strengthen your mastery of literature, then transform your own writing with your new understanding as you tap into your creative potential.

Education and English

BA (Hons)

Education and English go hand-in-hand. Explore education across all age ranges while expanding your knowledge of the expressive resources of the English language and examine literary texts with a critical eye.

English

BA (Hons)

We’re 2nd in the North West and 11th in the UK (The Guardian University Guide 2025 – English).

Ready to immerse yourself in language, critical thinking and linguistic discovery? Want to explore new worlds in the pages of celebrated works of literature? Sharpen your skills in communication, research and self-expression in language and literature on our English degree.

English Literature

BA (Hons)

We’re 2nd in the North West and 11th in the UK (The Guardian University Guide 2025 – English).

Lose yourself in the pages of great works of literature. Explore other worlds and periods of time. Fuel your love of the written word in all its forms on this degree, from Victorian fiction, Renaissance drama and Romantic poetry to American fiction and crime novels.

Doctor of Philosophy

PhD

Focus on a research area in depth, receive substantial training in a range of research approaches and write a thesis that will demonstrate your understanding of how to develop a critical academic argument.

Masters by Research

MRes

Receive substantial training in a range of research approaches, developing an appreciation of their theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, before completing a research-based dissertation that focuses on a topic in-depth.