School of English

Career Pathways for English Students

graduate

Whether you're an Undergraduate or Graduate student, here is the event you're working towards - your graduation. Surrounded by your friends, your proud family, and your lecturers, you get to dress up and receive that piece of paper that tells you - above all else - that you've finished! So what are you going to do next? For further information on career-related events and links to the careers advisory service website, look at this http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/english.htm

What skills will you learn studying English?

English Literature is not merely the study of books. A degree in English will help you develop a number of key transferrable skills, including:

  • analytical skills
  • clear and logical thinking
  • cultural awareness
  • ability to gather, assess and interpret ideas and opinions
  • ability to write clearly and concisely and to communicate complex ideas
  • capacity to listen to, and take on board, other people's ideas
  • ability to read quickly and with a critical eye

Career paths for English Graduates :

  • Writing and research
  • Film, television and journalism
  • International development
  • Charitable organisations
  • Civil Service
  • Health and social care
  • Business
  • Conservation
  • Education
  • Personnel management
  • Town and country planning
  • Further study, including:
    • Masters
    • Ph.D.
    • Law conversions
    • PGCEs

Kent Graduates

Our Graduates have gone on to a wide range of careers and in fact we are one of the most successful departments in the country as far as graduate careers are concerned.

For information on where our most recent graduates are working, please click here

To read some brief testimonials from former students and to see who some of our famous graduates are, visit School of English alumni.

School of English, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NX

The University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NZ, T: +44 (0)1227 823054

Last Updated: 30/07/2012