- Top 10 for European Languages in The Sunday Times University Guide 2013
- Over £2 million external research funding awarded over the past 4 years
- 9th in the UK for world leading research in French1
- 85% of research in German classified as of international quality (RAE 2008)
- 16 fully funded doctoral studentships over the last 3 years
- Ranked in the top 5 amongst Russell Group universities for Overall Satisfaction for French, German, Iberian and Italian in the National Student Survey (2012)2
- MA Translation taught by published literary translators, experienced practitioners and specialists in the use of computer-added translation tools
1 RAE 2008 based on the percentage of research categorised as 4*
2 based on the average percentage of positive responses across all survey categories for full service universities
We are one of the UK’s leading centres for teaching and research in French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Russian, Interdisciplinary Studies, Medieval Studies, Film Studies, and Sexuality and Gender Studies. We offer excellent MA programmes and boast a Foreign Language Centre with state-of-the-art language-learning facilities.
Our wide range of research and teaching expertise spans the fields of literature, linguistics, film studies, history, philosophy, visual arts, sexuality and gender, from the Middle Ages to the present day, as well as literary and applied translation. All teaching is directly related to our research. We attach particular importance to the quality of research supervision and training along with the integration of postgraduates into our academic and research community. Modern languages postgraduates benefit from the regular research seminars and scholars of international repute are frequent visitors.
