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Appeals |
Dr Joanna Kopaczyk |
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Erasmus Officers |
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Junior Year Abroad |
Mr Jamal Ardehali |
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Knowledge Transfer
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Research Committee |
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School Council |
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Critical Studies Englang Admin |
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SCS Operations Admin |
School Executive
| Head of School | Prof Alice Jenkins |
| Head of Professional Services | Ms Marie Meechan |
| Learning & Teaching Convener | Dr Rachel Smith |
| Postgraduate Convener | Dr Maria Dick |
| Research Convener | Prof Willy Maley |
| Head of Subject: English Language & Linguistics |
Dr Joanna Kopaczyk |
| Head of Subject: English Literature |
Dr Helen Stoddart |
| Head of Subject: Scottish Literature |
Dr Ronnie Young |
| Head of Subject: Theology & Religious Studies |
Dr Scott Spurlock |
| International Officer | Dr Dahlia Porter |
School Management and Structure
The School of Critical Studies is managed through a committee structure which encompasses the School’s primary domains of learning and teaching strategy, research, and postgraduate activity.
The structure and remit of each committee, and current committee members are outlined below:
School Executive
To support the Head of School in the governance of all aspects of School operations relating to learning and teaching, research and operations management.
Committee members are expected to represent their own respective areas within the School’s operations, whilst advising on and contributing to the management of the School.
- The Head of School represents the School at the College Management Group.
- The Learning and Teaching Convenor represents the School at the College Learning and Teaching Committee and UG BOS.
- The Graduate Studies Convenor represents the School at the College Graduate Studies Commitee and Higher Degree BOS.
- The Research Convenor represents the School at the College Research and KT Committee.
- The Head of Professional Services represents the School at the College Senior MPA Group.
Chair: Prof Alice Jenkins; Head of School
Members: Head of School;Deputy Head of School, Heads of Subject; Head of School Administration; Learning and Teaching Convenor; Postgraduate Convenor; Research Convenor, Internationalisation Officer.
Learning and Teaching Committee
Advises on policy relating to learning and teaching across the School and enhances communication in these areas across the School.
Remit for the development of best practice and innovation in learning and teaching across the School and the implementation of learning and teaching policy.
The Committee also acts as the vehicle for academic approval of new courses/programmes at School level.
The Learning and Teaching Convenor communicates issues arising with the School Executive and also represents the School at the College Learning and Teaching Committee.
Subject Learning and Teaching are expected to ensure that issues arising from the committee are communicated to relevant parties within their Subject area, and also to represent their Subject area at the School Committee
Chair: Dr Rachel Smith
Members: School Learning and Teaching Convenor; Subject Learning and Teaching Convenors; Head of School Administration; Teaching and Student Support Administrator; SRC Reps. Occasional members: School Quality Officer.
Postgraduate Committee
Advises on policy relating to postgraduate matters across the School and enhances communication across the School.
The Postgraduate Convenor communicates issues arising with the School Executive and also represents the School at the Higher Degrees Board of Study.
Subject Postgraduate Convenors are expected to ensure that issues arising from the committee are communicated to relevant parties within their Subject area, and also to represent their Subject area at the School Committee.
Chair: Dr Robert Maslen; Postgraduate Convenor
Clerk: Postgraduate Administrator
Members: Postgraduate Convenor, PGT/Postgraduate Training Co-ordinator, Subject Postgraduate Convenors, Postgraduate Administrator, Head of School Administration.
Research Committee
Advises on policy relating to research activity across the School and enhances communication across the School.
Remit for the development and enhancement of the research activity across the School.
The Research Convenor communicates issues arising with the School Executive and also represents the School at the College Knowledge Transfer and Research Committee.
Subject Research Convenors are expected to ensure that issues arising from the committee are communicated to relevant parties within their Subject area, and also to represent their Subject area at the School Committee.
Chair: Prof Willy Maley; Research Convenor
Clerk: Operations and Finance Administrator
Members: School Research Convenor, Subject Research Convenors, STELLA Director, Operations Administrator, School Web Officer.
School Council
Details To Be Confirmed
School Officers
| Complaints Officer | |
| Depute Complaints Officer | Prof Wendy Anderson |
| Disability Officer | Dr Catherine Emmott |
| Engagement Officer | Prof Kirsteen McCue |
| Ethics Officer | Dr James R Simpson |
| Impact Champions | |
| International Officer | Dr Dahlia Porter |
| Mobility Officer: English Language |
Mr Jamal Ardehali |
| Mobility Officer: English Literature |
Dr Katherine Heavey |
| Mobility Officer: Scottish Literature |
Dr Theo van Heijnsbergen |
| Mobility Officer: Theology & Religious Studies |
Prof Charlotte Methuen |
| Plagiarism Officer | Dr Kathryn Lowe |
| PGT/Postgraduate Training Co-ordinator |
Dr Bryony Randall |
| Quality Officer | Dr Ronnie Young |
| Research Integrity Officer | Dr Rhian Williams |
English Language & Linguistics
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| Head of Subject | Dr Joanna Kopaczyk |
| Deputy Head of Subject | Professor Jeremy Smith |
| Research |
Professor Jeremy Smith |
| Learning & Teaching |
Dr Fraser Dallachy |
| Postgraduate & Research |
Prof Carole Hough |
| Assessment |
Prof Wendy Anderson |
| Postgraduate Taught (overall) |
Dr Catherine Emmott |
| PGT ELL MSc in English Language & English Linguistics | Dr Catherine Emmott |
| PGT SLS MSc in Speech and Language Studies | Prof Jane Stuart-Smith |
| PGT AL MSc in Applied Linguistics | |
| Honours |
Dr Kathryn Lowe |
| Level 2 |
Dr Alison Wiggins |
| Level 1 |
Dr Alison Wiggins Dr Clara Cohen |
| Overseas |
Mr Jamaleddin Ardehali |
| Library | Mr Jamaleddin Ardehali |
| Open Day | Dr Piotr Wegorowski |
| Outreach/Recruitment | Dr Angela Gayton |
| Research Seminars | Prof Elizabeth Robertson |
| Disability | Dr Catherine Emmott |
| Outreach/Recruitment Applied Linguistics |
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School and College |
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| College Dean of Learning and Teaching |
Prof Wendy Anderson |
| School Plagiarism Officer | Dr Kathryn Lowe |
| School Disability Officer | Dr Catherine Emmott |
| Directors, GULP | Prof Jane Stuart-Smith Dr Rachel Smith |
| Director, Medieval & Early Modern Network |
Dr Alison Wiggins |
| Director, STELLA |
Prof Marc Alexander |
Courses |
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| Dissertation (40 credits) | Professor Jeremy Smith |
| Dissertation (20 credits) | Professor Jeremy Smith |
| Core Course | Dr Kathryn Lowe |
| Contemporary Issues in Semantics | Prof Carole Hough |
| Corpus Linguistics | Dr Fraser Dallachy |
| Experimental Design and Data Analysis |
Dr Clara Cohen |
| Editing Historical English Texts | Dr Alison Wiggins |
| Heroes, Outlaws, and Outsiders | Dr Kathryn Lowe |
| History of English | Professor Jeremy Smith |
| History of Scots | Professor Jeremy Smith |
| Medieval English Literature 1 | Prof Elizabeth Robertson |
| Methods in Sociolinguistic Variation |
Prof Jennifer Smith |
| Name Studies | Prof Carole Hough |
| Narrative and Cognitive Stylistics | Dr Catherine Emmott |
| Phonetics 1: Introductory Concepts |
Prof Jane Stuart-Smith |
| Old English Language | Dr Kathryn Lowe |
| Semantics and Pragmatics | Prof Wendy Anderson |
| Sociolinguistics | Prof Jennifer Smith |
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| Approaches to Scots in Speech and Text | |
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| Methods In Phonetics | |
| Onomastics | |
| Systemic Functional Linguistics and its Applications | |
| Topics In Phonetics | |
| Topics In Sociolinguistics | |
| Variables in Language Learning and Teaching |
English Literature
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Head of Subject |
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Learning & Teaching |
Dr John Coyle |
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Honours |
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Postgraduate Research |
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Postgraduate Taught |
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Research |
Prof Faye Hammill |
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Outreach & |
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Disability Officer |
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Assessments Officer |
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Student Mobility Coordinator |
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Student Mobility Coordinator |
Dr Megan Coyer |
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Library Officer |
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Visiting Speakers |
Dr Helen Stoddart |
Level 1 |
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1A - Poetry & Poetics |
Dr Adrian Streete |
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1B - The Novel & Narratology |
Dr Katherine Heavey |
Level 2 |
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2A - Writing & Ideology |
Dr Emma Lister |
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2B - Writing & Text |
Dr Andrew Radford |
Honours |
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Junior Honours Semester 1 |
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Junior Honours Semester 2 |
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12 - Literary Theory |
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14 - Renaissance |
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15 - Inventing the Modern |
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16 - Romantic |
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17 - Victorian |
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18a - Modern Literature 1 |
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18b - Modern Literature 2 |
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19a - American Literature 1 |
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19b - American Literature 2 |
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Writing Fiction |
Dr Colin Herd |
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Writing Poetry |
Dr Jane Goldman |
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Hybrid Forms |
Dr Elizabeth Reeder |
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Medieval Literature 1 |
Prof Elizabeth Robertson |
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Medieval Literature 2 |
Prof Elizabeth Robertson |
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A Fantastic History |
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British Children's Literature |
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Contemporary Novel |
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Detection and Crime Literature |
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Hybrid Forms |
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Irish & Scottish Literature |
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James Joyce |
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Literature and Medicine |
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Genre & Energy |
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Postcolonialism |
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Realism & Fantasy |
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Modernism & Gender |
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Romantic Ecologies |
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Romanticism & Revolution |
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Canadian Fiction |
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Shakespeare & |
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Shakespearean Forms |
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Modern American Women’s |
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Radical Theory |
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Honours Dissertation |
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Creative Writing Dissertation |
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BSc Medical Humanities |
Postgraduate |
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African Modernities |
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17th Century Women’s Writing |
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Proust In Theory |
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American Countercultures |
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Canadian Literature |
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Genre, Energy, Futures |
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Bleeding Edge |
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Modern Everyday |
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Fantasy Across Media |
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Living Memory |
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Early Modern Myth-making |
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Romantic Worlds: Selves and Societies |
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Romantic Worlds: Encountering Environments |
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Contemporary Realisms |
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Decadence and the Modern |
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Alternative Continuities |
Dr Theo van Heijnsbergen |
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Children’s Fantasy Literature |
Dr Dimitra Fimi |
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Fitzgerald, Wharton and Dialogues |
Dr Laura Rattray |
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Gender and Religion in Medieval Literature |
Prof Elizabeth Robertson |
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The Mind of the Contemporary American Novel |
Dr Stephen Burn |
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Virginia Woolf Writes Modernity |
Dr Jane Goldman |
Scottish Literature
Convener |
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Level 1 |
Dr Corey Gibson |
Level 2 |
Dr Theo van Heijnsbergen |
Honours |
Prof Kirsteen McCue (Semester 1) Dr Rhona Brown (Semester 2) |
Postgraduate |
Dr Rhona Brown |
Theology & Religious Studies
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Levels 1 & 2 |
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| Greek 1 | Mrs Linda Knox |
| Hebrew 1 | Dr Sarah Nicholson |
| The Search for Meaning: Judaism, Islam & Christianity |
Dr Saeko Yazaki |
| Creation to Apocalypse: Intro. To the Bible |
Dr Sarah Nicholson |
| Christian Traditions and Transformations | Prof Charlotte Methuen |
| Religion, Culture & Controversy | Dr Malory Nye |
| The God Question: Exploring Christianity |
Ms Julie Clague |
| The Search for Meaning: Understanding Asian Trad. |
Dr Lloyd Ridgeon |
| Texts & Cultures of the Bible | Dr Sean Adams |
| Mysticism and Spirituality | Dr Ophira Gamliel |
BD Courses |
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| Church & Congregation (Semester 1) |
Prof Heather Walton |
| Worship & Liturgy (Semester 1) |
Rev Doug Gay |
| Church & Congregation (Semester 2) |
Prof Charlotte Methuen |
| Creation, Culture & Context (Ethics) |
Rev Doug Gay |
| Worship & Liturgy (Semester 2) |
Rev Doug Gay |
Level 3 |
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| Genesis (with Hebrew) |
Dr Sarah Nicholson Dr Zanne Domoney-Lyttle |
| Media Bible | Dr Samuel Tongue |
| New Testament Texts (with Greek) |
Dr Jonathan Birch |
| Pastoral Theology | Rev Doug Gay |
| Holocaust Narratives | Dr Mia Spiro |
| Studies In Early Church History | Prof Charlotte Methuen |
Honours |
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| Existentialism: Atheism, Reason and Faith |
Prof George Pattison Dr Ramona Fotiade |
| Genesis (with Hebrew |
Dr Sarah Nicholson Dr Zanne Domoney-Lyttle |
| Media Bible | Dr Samuel Tongue |
| New Testament Texts (with Greek) |
Dr Jonathan Birch |
| Pastoral Theology | Rev Doug Gay |
| Roots of Sectarianism | Dr Scott Spurlock |
| Scottish Church History (Church History since 1500) |
Prof Charlotte Methuen |
| Theology through creative writing | Prof Heather Walton |
| Religion and Trade in Premodern Asia | Dr Ophira Gamliel |
| New Testament Theology | Dr Sean Adams |
| Church and Society in Scotland: current issues |
Prof Charlotte Methuen |
| Holocaust Narratives | Dr Mia Spiro |
| Catholicism | Ms Julie Clague |
| Reading Islam | Dr Saeko Yazaki |
| Religion In Modern Iran | Dr Lloyd Ridgeon |
| Jesus Christ since 1900 | Prof George Pattison |
| Studies in Early Church History | Prof Charlotte Methuen |
| Women in the Bible | Dr Zanne Domoney-Lyttle |
| N T Greek | Mrs Linda Knox |
| Classical Hebrew | Dr Sarah Nicholson |
| Introduction to Christian Ethics | Rev Doug Gay |
| Worship, Liturgy and Preaching | Rev Doug Gay |
Postgraduate |
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| Theology & Religious Studies (Semester 1) |
Prof Heather Walton |
| Theology & Religious Studies (Semester 2) |
Prof Heather Walton |
Undergraduate Programme Administrators
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Senior Learning & |
Karen Allan | SCS L&T Admin | |
| English Language & Linguistics |
Level 2 & |
Alison Bennett |
Critical Studies Englang Admin |
| English Language & Linguistics |
Level 1 |
Roy Thomas |
Critical Studies Englang Admin |
| English Literature | Levels 1+2 | Helen Gilday | Critical Studies EngLit Admin |
| English Literature | Honours | Mark Law | Critical Studies EngLit Hons Admin |
| Scottish Literature |
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Roy Thomas |
Critical Studies ScotLit Admin |
| Principia Consortium | Karen Allan | Critical Studies ScotLit Admin | |
| Theology & Religious Studies | Levels 1+2 & Honours | Christine Roser | Critical Studies TRS Admin |
Postgraduate Administrators
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Postgraduate Taught programmes |
Helen McLaughlin Amanda Baird |
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Postgraduate Enquiries for Study |
Helen McLaughlin Amanda Baird |
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| Tier 4 students | Karen Allan | tier4-monitoring@glasgow.ac.uk |
Postgraduate Taught Programme Conveners
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Creative Writing, MLitt |
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Creative Writing (Distance Learning), MLitt |
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English Language and Linguistics, MSc |
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English Literature, MLitt |
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English Literature: |
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English Literature: |
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English Literature-Modernities: |
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English Literature: |
Matt Sangster |
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English Literature: |
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Religion, Literature, & Culture, MLitt/MTH |
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Speech, Language, & Sociolinguistics, MSc |
Jane Stuart-Smith Clara Cohen |
Postgraduate Research Subject Conveners
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Creative Writing MFA/DFA |
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English Language & Linguistics |
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English Literature |
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Scottish Literature |
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Theology & Religious Studies |
Mia Spiro |