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  • Qualification

    MPhil - Master of Philosophy

  • Location

    Liverpool Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    DEC

  • Duration

    2 Years

Course summary

The Department of English conducts research in all the main branches of our discipline: literature, creative writing, language, applied linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). We aim to support world-leading work in all these areas and to foster and develop strategic partnerships, particularly with local and national cultural organisations, to reach those who can benefit from our research.IntroductionThe Department of English has an outstanding international reputation. We conduct research in all the main branches of our discipline: literature, creative writing, language, applied linguistics and TESOL. We aim to support world-leading work in all these areas and to foster and develop strategic partnerships, particularly with local and national cultural organisations, to reach those who can benefit from our research.Our world-leading expertise in English and related literature spans all periods from medieval to contemporary. We also have expertise in many aspects of language study including sociolinguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, philosophy of language, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, applied linguistics. Our TESOL master’s degrees are taught by experts in fields such as Second Language Acquisition (SLA), spoken discourse and English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Our creative writing degrees are supervised by published and award-winning writers with expertise in critical and creative writing, especially in poetry and/or poetics, and international poetics in translation.

Tuition fees

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£ 24,600per year

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University information

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University of Liverpool

  • University League Table

    23rd

  • Campus address

    Main Site, The Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZX, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    21st out of 93 4

  • Entry standards

    / Max 212
    144 68%

    27th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    76.0 76%

    31st

    8
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.14 78%

    66th

    23

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