Careers for English graduates
English is one of the most rewarding degree subjects you can take at university, giving you the opportunity to study a challenging and diverse range of literature written in English, including poems, fiction, plays and essays. You will get to know the writings of particular authors, movements, and periods in great detail and develop your own interests in English literature and language – interests that we hope will remain with you for the rest of your life.
An English degree will equip you with analytical and writing skills that are readily transferable into many other situations and many professions. It opens up the opportunity to go into a great variety of careers.
Click on the link below to find out which professions our students go into after graduating, and how an English degree can help you develop core highly marketable skills, opening up a wide range of opportunities.
Which careers have our English graduates gone into?
Carol Bolton: Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist
Michael Donkor: Novelist, Literary Critic, and Teacher
Nazia Du Bois: Global Marketing Leader
Ryan Wilson: Teacher, Journalist, Producer, and Author
James Kelly: Critical Care Doctor and Medical Educator
Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre: Actor, Screenwriter, Songwriter
Flo Graham-Dixon: Food Fanatic, Consultancy Co-founder
Anthony Good: Novelist and Software Developer
Jan Morris: Journalist, Historian, ‘Writer About Place’
Catherine Lynne Jenkins: Health Literacy Project Manager and PhD Researcher
Bijan Sheibani: Playwright, Film and Theatre Director
Hannah Chukwu: Assistant Editor and Board Member
Hari Kunzru: Novelist and Journalist
Sam Gilbert: Entrepreneur, Researcher, Author
Dionne Farrell: Development Executive, Film
If you'd like to find out more about our almuni/ae and the paths they have taken after graduating from the Faculty of English, we'd recommend taking a look at the following pages:
Telling Our Stories Better
Meet our alumni
Admission support films
Virtual open day panel
https://www.youtube.com/embed/8-RmEeAnrdQ