BA Education Studies and English Literature
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Education. Core topics include Research Methods, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The programme includes placement opportunities in educational settings and concludes with an independent research project. Learning takes place in small, interactive groups across both subjects.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff points: 104 A-level: BCC BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM T-level: Merit
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What students say
Based on about 8 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 92%
- Assessment and feedback: 88%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 78%
- Learning resources: 83%
- Student voice: 85%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 75 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 19%
- Gained a higher qualification: 73%
- Left higher education: 8%
What graduates do next
Based on about 9 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Unemployed: 20%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 30%
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 75%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 170 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 1%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 81%
- East of England: 1%
- London: 1%
- South East: 3%
- South West: 6%
- Wales: 2%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 30 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 85%
- Access course: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
- Other qualifications: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Literary Forms and Genres
- Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
- Writing Worcester Past and Present
- The What and Why of Education Studies
- Education’s Past, Present and Future: Mapping Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Exploding the Canon: Literary Theory and Practice
- Whose Standards? (Re)forming Quality for Education
- Movement and Migration
- Politics, Sex and Identity in the Early Modern World
- Shakespeare: Stage, Page and Screen
- Gothic and Romantic Literature
- Spaces of Modernity
- Children’s Literature
- Work Project
- Ethical Research in Action
- Sustainable Futures: Educating for a Shared World
- The Psychology of Teaching and Learning
- Education @ Work 1: Placement and work-based learning
- Safeguarding in Education: Learning Lessons
- Developing Personal Values and Philosophy in Education
- Independent Research Project (Dissertation equivalent module)
- Listener, Learner, Leader: Becoming Education Change-makers
- Dissertation: Your Independent Study of Education
- Ideology and Education
- Education at Work 2: Placement and Work-Based Learning
- Education and the Sociological Imagination
- Theatre & Education
- Justice and Revenge: from Tragedy to the Western
- Postcolonial Encounters
- Writing and the Environment
- War and Conflict
- Gendering Voices
- Literatures and Cultures: International Explorations
- Queer Bodies, Queer Texts
- Metamorphoses: Literature and Adaptation
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Education Studies and English Literature at University of Worcester earn?
The median salary is £21,500 after 3 years, £25,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £18,000 and £30,000. The £25,000 median after five years is £3,000 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA Education Studies and English Literature at University of Worcester do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Education Studies and English Literature at University of Worcester?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Education Studies and English Literature at University of Worcester?
The typical offer is BCC at A level. The average entrant had 105 UCAS points.
Does BA Education Studies and English Literature at University of Worcester include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Education Studies and English Literature at University of Worcester?
19% of students continued into their second year, and 8% left higher education.