English and Social Policy BA (Hons)

As an English student at Strathclyde you'll enjoy the best of old and new: a grounding in the classics as well as an insight into new fields of literature. This new social policy degree programme gives you the opportunity to learn more about the social and economic challenges facing Scottish society and enables you to place these in a broader international and comparative perspective.Why English and Social Policy at Strathclyde?We're ranked in joint first place in the Complete University Guide League Tables 2019 for Social Policy.Read texts from a wide range of literary periods, and debate key issues such as identity, race, gender, what it is to be a human.Work with staff who are world-leading researchers and prize-winning novelists and poets and benefit from their cutting-edge approaches to the study of literature, language, writing and theory.The link drawn between critical and creative approaches make Strathclyde’s a unique approach to the subject.Cultivate employable skills in written and verbal communication, analysis of complex cultural ideas and creative thinking.Your CareerGraduates can be found in areas such as teaching, publishing, the Civil Service and the media. Recent employers include Apple, the BBC, and Education Scotland.Recent graduate job roles include: Film DirectorLecturerResearcherRegional Marketing Coordinator