All teaching is directly related to our researchWe are one of the UK’s leading centres for teaching and research in French, German, Hispanic, interdisciplinary, Italian, Medieval, Russian, film, and sexuality and gender studies. We offer excellent MA programmes and boast a Foreign Language Centre with state-of-the-art study facilities.
Our wide range of research and teaching expertise spans the fields of literature, linguistics, film studies, history, philosophy, visual arts, sexuality and gender, and literary and applied translation, from the Middle Ages to the present day. All teaching is directly related to our research. We attach particular importance to the quality of research supervision and training along with the integration of postgraduates into our academic and research community. Modern languages postgraduates benefit from the regular research seminars and scholars of international repute are frequent visitors.
- 6th for Russian in The Times Good University Guide 2011
- Ranked 9th in the UK for world leading research in French1
- 9th in the UK for Overall Satisfaction in German in the National Student Survey (2010)2
- Recent investment in academic facilities with the latest language lab equipment
- Flexible, interdisciplinary taught and research degrees including options in film, literature, history, and sexuality and gender
- MA Translation providing an industry-recognised qualification and skills specified in European standard for translation
1 RAE 2008 based on the percentage of research categorised as 4*
2 based on responses to ‘overall satisfaction’ for full service universities
