MRes Humanities (English)

On this Master of Research (MRes), you'll be supported to build a bespoke programme of advanced research and study to match your personal and professional interests - you can learn a language, explore palaeography, broaden your field of study, or complete a work placement. Keele benefits from a long, distinguished history of research in English and American Literatures, spanning fiction, poetry, drama, theory, criticism, life writing and creative writing. We have strengths in a wide range of periods (from Early Modern to contemporary literature) and approaches, including postcolonialism, feminism, literatures of place, history of the book and textual editing.
Highly flexible and with a focus on one-to-one supervision throughout the course, you can tailor this MRes around your research and career plans. Youll graduate with knowledge of research design, methods and processes, together with the creative, critical, reflexive, and analytical mindset that employers desire. The MRes can also be used as a stepping-stone to further research at PhD level.

From the outset, you will be paired with an experienced supervisor to support your personal and professional development, working together to advance your research interests and develop your individual research, writing and communications skills.

Studying English literature and creative writing can be both inspiring and rewarding, offering new insight into the ways in which stories, poems, novels, plays and their authors creatively interpret the world in which we live.

As well as traditional literary forms, the MRes in Humanities (English) pathway offers research opportunities with connected disciplines, such as film and screen studies, history, cultural studies, and the medical humanities.

2:2 degree in any humanities or social science subject
IELTS - 6.5 with 5.5 in all components
TOEFL ibt - 87 with 17 (writing), 17 (listening), 18 (reading) and 20 (speaking)