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English Studies in numbers: data on student enrolment and trends
This page provides an overview of current data on student enrolments for English studies. Drawing on published data from external sources, and our own research, the English Association aims to offer a snapshot of current trends to inform practitioners, policy-makers and other interested parties.
Subject Benchmark Statement: English
Subject Benchmark Statements describe the nature of study and the academic standards expected of graduates in specific subject areas. They show what graduates might reasonably be expected to know, do and understand at the end of their studies.
Mapping English Studies
A list of subject associations, learned societies and other organisations across all areas of English Studies With thanks to Dr Andrea Macrae (Oxford Brookes University) National Subject Associations and Organisations Related International Organisations Broader National HE Organisations Learned Societies Organisations Promoting and Supporting Writers and Writing National Regional Other Literary Societies National Subject…
The British Academy’s analysis of SHAPE skills: research summary
Graduates of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (henceforth SHAPE)[1] comprise approximately 46% of the 2.32 million university students in the UK, 55% of global leaders and 58% of FTSE Executives. As a result, they are a core focus for the British Academy. To this end, in January 2017, the British Academy initiated the Flagship Skills…
New Director of Admissions Network to promote takeup of English at A Level
The EA has founded a new Directors of Admissions Network, which will bring together Admissions Tutors in the English departments of every university across the UK. Led by Professor Peter Stockwell (University of Nottingham), the Network will draw in all of the different manifestations of English at university level in the country, and will create an…
The State of the Subject
In 2020 the English Association invited colleagues in schools and universities to reflect on how the lockdown affected their practice in teaching, research, writing and publishing, and administration; this became vol. 14 of the Issues in English series, titled ‘”In the midst of things”: COVID-19 and English’. In 2022 we carried out a follow-up survey…
Toolkit for University Heads of Department
This toolkit has been created for Heads of Department/School (and indeed all colleagues in English Studies who are interested in leadership) by the English Association’s HE Committee and University English Executive, with the Institute for English Studies. It is informed by what we have learned as Heads of Department/School, and by what Heads across the discipline have shared with us.
Supporting English Departments
Supporting English Departments and Programmes in a Period of Change University English departments and programmes are in a period of considerable turbulence and change, as universities tackle longstanding financial issues. The reasons for change in English departments and programmes vary. They differ across kinds of institutions and geographic regions, and they are frequently recurrent (in…