School of English

Bringing together the study of English literature, language and linguistics, we form a community that is unique in the world in its breadth and depth of study of the English language.

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4 February 2020

Sheffield Postgraduate Scholarships

There are 100+ scholarships worth £10,000 each for home students starting a taught postgraduate course in 2020.

24 February 2020

David Crystal Charity Lecture: Child Language Revisited

An event hosted by EngSoc on the 28th of February.

19 February 2020

The British Society for Literature and Science- 15th Annual Conference

Registration is now open via this link from the Online Store of the University of Sheffield until 1st April: https://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-arts-and-humanities/english/15th-annual-bsls-conference

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17 February 2020

Creative Arts and Climate Crisis Research Event- 25th of March 2020

Creative Arts and Climate Crisis is a cross-disciplinary seminar that brings together artists and scholars to explore different approaches through which creative and performing arts are responding to the burning issue of climate crisis and its wider implications.

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School of English
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
Sheffield
S3 7RA

+44 114 222 8480

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