BA (Hons) English with Publishing at University of Plymouth

Course Details

Combine your love of English literature with hands-on experience of the publishing industry. Explore six centuries of literature, from Shakespearean drama to the graphic novel, and choose from a variety of specialist options. Apply this knowledge to your publishing studies, where you will undertake work experience and train in design, editing, and marketing skills for print and digital publications, taking your own publishing project from the initial concept to the final product.

You will get access to some of the best letterpress facilities and workshops in the UK, and enrich your studies with field trips. You will have the opportunity to choose a sandwich degree with a placement year in the publishing industry, and boost your career prospects by working with Plymouth University Press, gaining valuable experience in publishing, arts management, marketing and the book trade.

Key features

• Choose from a wide variety of specialist modules, including period and cultural studies and creative writing.
• Get access to some of the best letterpress facilities and workshops in the UK.
• Receive free set texts for all core modules throughout the three years.
• Free and heavily subsidised field trips in the UK and abroad.
• Boost your career prospects by working with Plymouth University Press and  the Plymouth International Book Festival, gaining valuable experience in publishing, arts management, marketing and the book trade.
• Choose a sandwich degree with a placement year in the publishing industry.
• Make use of our open-door policy and talk to your lecturers in a friendly and supportive learning environment.
• Learn from internationally recognised research-active staff, including published creative writers.
• Experience other cultures by studying or working abroad in either Europe or the US.
• Write and be published as part of INK, the English and Creative Writing student-run magazine.
• Make the most of a rich cultural life with The Arts Institute programme and the University’s links with local arts organisations, like the Theatre Royal.