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School of Social Sciences and Humanities

English and Publishing

Your careers team

Careers Network is here to support you by providing information, advice, guidance, events and opportunities to enable you to secure placements, work experience, self-employment and graduate careers.

Working closely with your academic school, our team of experts ensures that every student has access to careers advice. As well as large careers fairs, we hold sector-specific events, involving employers and Loughborough alumni, to help you make valuable connections and secure high-quality placements and graduate roles.

To find out more about what we do and how we can support you, visit Meet the teams.

Details of the Placements Officers for your school can be found here.

We look forward to supporting throughout your Loughborough journey.

Key skills developed during your degree

Ability to work independently.
Articulate knowledge and understanding of texts, concepts and theories.
Command a broad range of vocabulary and critical terminology.
Convey meaning precisely and pick out the essential points from texts.
Develop skills in critical reasoning and analysis.
Develop time management skills, for example, when meeting essay deadlines;
Effectively convey arguments and opinions and encourage independent and creative thought.
Gain a good understanding of the uses of information technology and develop a range of IT skills.
Have tolerance of ambiguity and of others’ opinions.
Lead and participate in discussions and have confidence in your own opinions.
Plan and research written and practical work.
Use judgment when weighing up different options and alternative perspectives.
Work towards a solution using negotiation skills.
Work with others when presenting ideas, information and practical work.

Career options

Graduate employment sectors related to your degree:

Graduates from creative degrees often have many transferable skills which can be applicable to a wide variety of jobs and industries, not just the creative sector.

Further study

Further study at Loughborough University:

The School of Social Sciences and Humanties offers a portfolio of taught postgraduate programmes that enable intellectual and creative development and foster transferable and marketable skills, enhancing employment possibilities in a range of fields including art, design, writing, publishing, arts administration and curation.

The School of Social Sciences and Humanties also offers an exciting interdisciplinary research environment. Our research students are supported by our expert staff who have a diverse range of research interests and experience. Becoming a postgraduate research student in the School allows you to have the opportunity to work within an informal and friendly environment, whilst also becoming part of an innovative research community.

Further study elsewhere:

Where do graduates go?

What do Loughborough English and Publishing graduates do?

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

Bloomsbury Professional, Brookstreet Support Services, FDM Group, London Sports, The Mark Allen Group, Oxford University Press, Rolls Royce, Independent Talent, Waitrose.

Roles included:

Roles included – Assistant for Film Agent, Editorial Associate, HR Graduate, Learning Support Assistant, Legal Assistant, Marketing Associate, Media Executive, Social Media Executive, Web Content Author.

Further Study included:

Further Study included - GDL Law, MA in Book Culture, MA English Literary Studies, MA Media and Cultural Analysis, MA in Medieval Studies, MA in Speech and Language Therapy, PGCE Primary Education, PGCE Secondary English, PHD English Language, SCITT Secondary English.

Further information

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website. You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond Loughborough and track the career journeys and Loughborough experiences of some of our alumni.

Resources to research career areas

Prospects: what can I do with my English degree? - Research areas such as job options, further education, skills to add to your CV and typical employers for English graduates.
Target: what can I do with an English degree? - Talks through skills you can gain, job options, and famous people who have English degrees.
All about Careers - What can I do with an English Degree?
Book Careers
Creative Skillset - About The Publishing Industry
Personal Managers' Association
Publishing Scotland
The Balance - Book Publishing Jobs and Careers
The Publishers Association
The Society of Young Publishers - Getting a Job in Publishing
The Book Trade Charity - offer financial help for young people looking to looking for jobs in the book trade.

Have you considered a career in law? You don’t need a law degree to become a lawyer – in fact, the modern legal profession is full of non-law graduates. Jobs in law utilise many of the skills social sciences and humanities students have. For further information please see the Prospects website.

Working in the Civil Service is also of interest to many English graduates, so visit the Prospects website to begin your research into this area.

Resources to find experience, placements and graduate jobs

There are a wide range of resources available to you to search for placement, internship and work experience opportunities.

There are many opportunities advertised on Target Connect, the University’s online vacancy system.

Resources related to your degree

Creative Industries

Media

Marketing

Publishing / the book trade

The Book Trade Charity - offer financial help for young people looking to looking for jobs in the book trade.
The Society of Young Publishers
Publishing Scotland

Professional bodies, sector and labour market information (LMI)

Professional bodies:

Sector and labour market information (LMI):

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