During the MA in Contemporary Literature and Culture your academic and research abilities improve and you become skilled in written communication, critical thinking, and independent assessment.

Your confidence and self-awareness develops, and you will gain practical skills and experience in problem-solving, teamwork, and flexible working. This equips our graduates to go on to further study and careers in academia and provides opportunities in many kinds of public and private sector graduate careers requiring research skills and the formulation of projects and policy documents.

Our graduates are qualified to go into a range of careers, including writing and journalism, editing and publishing, research, arts management, marketing, public relations, and education.