BA English Literature and Theatre, Acting & Performance
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Performance and Design for Theatre and Screen. Core topics include Research Methods, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. The final year offers a choice between a literary dissertation or a final performance project. A work placement module is available to apply skills in a professional setting.
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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: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 91%
- Assessment and feedback: 90%
- Academic support: 97%
- Organisation and management: 86%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 79%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 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 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 55%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 10%
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: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 55%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 55%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 125 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 4%
- West Midlands: 65%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 3%
- South East: 7%
- South West: 9%
- Wales: 3%
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%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- No formal qualifications: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Devising & Physical Theatre
- Plays in Performance
- Literary Forms and Genres
- Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
- Writing Worcester Past and Present
- Exploring the Canon: Literary Theory and Practice
- Acting for Stage, Screen & Media
- Directed Public Performance
- Creative Movement Practices
- Applied Theatre Practices
- Performance and Digital Media
- Playwriting
- Musical Theatre
- 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
- Independent Research Project (Dissertation equivalent module)
- Final Performance Project (Dissertation equivalent module)
- Professional Practice with Placement
- Theatre and Disability
- Queer Theatre & Performance
- Theatre & Education
- Immersive & Site-responsive Performance
- Writing for Performance
- Advanced Acting Practices
- Staging Shakespeare Today
- 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 Literature and Theatre, Acting & Performance at University of Worcester earn?
The median salary is £23,500 after 15 months, £19,500 after 3 years, £23,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £18,500 and £28,000. The £23,500 median after five years is £4,500 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English Literature and Theatre, Acting & Performance 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 Literature and Theatre, Acting & Performance at University of Worcester?
92% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English Literature and Theatre, Acting & Performance at University of Worcester?
The typical offer is BCC at A level. The average entrant had 125 UCAS points.
Does BA English Literature and Theatre, Acting & Performance 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 Literature and Theatre, Acting & Performance at University of Worcester?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.