BA English Language and English Literature
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Linguistics and English Language and Literature. Core topics include Research Methods, Communication & Writing, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Classes are held primarily in small seminar groups, and the final year includes an independent research project. Students may also earn the CELTA teaching qualification, subject to meeting specific criteria at the end of the second year.
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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 15 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 98%
- Learning opportunities: 98%
- Assessment and feedback: 97%
- Academic support: 98%
- Organisation and management: 91%
- Learning resources: 95%
- Student voice: 94%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
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 Associate Professionals: 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 95 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 66%
- East of England: 2%
- London: 1%
- South East: 5%
- South West: 11%
- Wales: 5%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 25 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Introduction to linguistics
- Intro to TEFL: Language Awareness
- Intro to TEFL: Teaching Skills
- Literary Forms and Genres
- Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
- Writing Worcester Past and Present
- Sociolinguistic Theory and Practice
- TEFL: Access to CELTA
- Exploring the Canon
- Language and Power
- Work Placement Module
- 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
- Independent Research Project (Dissertation equivalent module)
- World Englishes
- Language Style and Identity
- History of English language
- Advanced Language Analysis
- 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 English Language and English Literature at University of Worcester earn?
The median salary is £20,000 after 3 years, £23,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,500 and £28,000. The £23,500 median after five years is £4,500 less than the UK median for English language.
What do graduates of BA English Language 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 English Language and English Literature at University of Worcester?
98% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English Language and English Literature at University of Worcester?
The typical offer is BCC at A level. The average entrant had 104 UCAS points.
Does BA English Language 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 English Language and English Literature at University of Worcester?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.