University English, the Institute of English Studies, The English Association and Bloomsbury Press took the case for English Studies to Westminster at a Parliamentary Breakfast hosted by the Rt. Hon.…
Louis Klee, The Constellational Novel (Oxford University Press, 2025). Institutional affiliation: University of Cambridge This is an original, significant and rigorous piece of scholarship on the relationship between the contemporary novel and…
The slides from the REF 2029 Open Forum are now available in the Consultations and Reports section of our Resources page.
Congratulations to our 2025 shortlist! Eleanor Careless, Jade French, Louis Klee and Hannah Lucas Shortlist Overview Eleanor Careless, Incarceration in the Poetry of Anna Mendelssohn: Serve Your Own Sentences (Bloomsbury…
The English Creates campaign kicks off again for 2026 with an emphasis on futures and the way in which English (in all its forms and disciplines) engages with a…
OGM Members of University English meet online in December each year for an Ordinary General Meeting. The main purpose of the meeting is to approve accounts for the past financial…
The 18th ESSE Conference 31st August – 4th September 2026 Santiago de Compostela, Spain The 18th European Society for the Study of English Conference 2026 will take place at…
University English Funding Opportunity 2025 Introduction and Context University English is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity open to all current members. In recognition of reduced…
Good news: The latest Data for English Degree Graduates shows comparable employment and wage outcomes to Business, Law and STEM subjects and higher wage growth over 3 years. Download the…
Universities and higher education institutions across the country are joining together on a national campaign to highlight the public impact of English literature research. #EnglishCreates will showcase some of…
University English is launching a national campaign to highlight the public impact of English research. English departments at UK higher education institutes are impacting the society and economy in their…
To register for the conference and view its exciting provisional programme of salons, panels, roundtables and events, visit the English: Shared Futures 2025 website Please be aware that the programme…
Dr Ben Davies will leverage his English expertise to highlight the importance of language and literature studies Dr Ben Davies, an Associate Professor in Literature and Culture at the University…
The ESSE Conference will take place 31st August – 4th September, 2026, in Santiago de Compostela. The first deadlines are (31 August – 4 September 2026 in Santiago de…
Why We Must Inspire Students to Study English Beyond A-Level* English feels like part of the fabric of educational life. It is a subject that has been drawing young people through…
English Degrees Help English Students Change the World* It seems at the moment that each week brings news of at least one more university entering into a ‘restructuring’ exercise intended somehow…
We are delighted to announce that the fourth biannual English: Shared Futures conference is to be held at University of York 3rd-5th July, 2025. English: Shared Futures 2025 builds on…
Thanks to all who came and contributed to the University English Ordinary General Meeting this year. The notes on the Business Meeting minutes are available on the OGM page with…
Decolonising the Discipline, a collaborative enterprise between IES, the English Association, and University English, has a call for new members of the working group. See here. Please do encourage colleagues and…
University English, The English Association and the Institute of English Studies write to ‘express our dismay at plans to close the English Literature course at Canterbury Christ Church’ and to…
Action On is a series of free English Shared Futures satellite events tackling issues effecting the disciplines of English, Linguistics and Creative Writing. On 8th November, University English and…
The Working Group on GCSE English Reform was set up by the English Association and University English in response to the very widespread disquiet in the discipline about the current…
The English Association’s Higher Education Committee, the Institute of English Studies, and University English have responded to the REF2029 Consultation on Open Access. With huge thanks to Professor Greg Walker…
The University English Book Prize is open for submissions! This year, the University English Book Prize 2024 will accept applications across two periods for two prizes. This is to ‘catch…
23rd February 2024 Read UE’s joint letter with English Association and the Institute for English Studies, and University English, opposing redundancies at the University of Kent and offering to meet…
Gail Marshall, Chair of University English, speaks to the EMC Magazine about the new #EnglishCreates campaign to inform A Level students about the realities of doing an English degree.
Joint statement from University English, the English Association, and the Institute for English Studies on threatened job losses at Oxford Brookes. OBU letter 12.2023 EA+IES+UE
Coming Soon! A week of scheduled campaign action and activity coordinated across UK Higher Education English Departments, plus friends and allies. Dates: 3rd – 7th June 2024 Please see the…
Consultation following publication of Initial Decisions Document
AGM 2024 will be held at Oxford Brookes University on 22nd-23rd March 2024, including a Keynote by a distinguished practitioner.
University English, the English Association and the Institute of English Studies joint response.
Open Letter to Alistair Jarvis from subject associations and learned societies across the Arts and Humanities.
A Level Creative Writing Chair Susan Bruce writes in defence of Creative Writing A Level in the Times Higher: ‘Creative writing is an increasingly important player in a suite of…
The 2015 Benchmark Statement from the QAA The QAA is working with experts from the Creative Writing subject community to produce guidance on what a Creative Writing degree should look…
University English, the English Association, and the Institute of English Studies co-authored letter to the VC of Portsmouth University.
Our submitted evidence to the Education Committee Inquiry concerning “the Impact of Exiting the European Union on Higher Education”.
Issue 21 – Winter 2007 Issue 20 – Spring 2006 Issue 19 – Spring 2005 Issue 18 – Winter 2004 Issue 17 – Spring 2003 Issue 16 – Spring 2002…
University English’s response to the recommendations of ‘Plan S’ and ‘cOAlition S’
University English is in consultation for the 2022-23 review of the Subject Benchmark Statement for English.
We are pleased to announce the opening of this year’s University English Book Prize, a £200 prize awarded annually for the best scholarly book by an early-career academic working in an English department affiliated to University English. The…
