News News stories Keep up to date with all the latest news from the School of English. Elisha Wise: Sylvia Plath’s ‘fig tree analogy’ from The Bell Jar is being misappropriated Sylvia Plath’s iconic “fig tree” metaphor from The Bell Jar—often used as a feel‑good meme—masks Esther’s real anguish, argues School of English PhD student Elisha Wise. 31 July 2025 School of English Alumnia Lucy Prebble awarded honorary degree School of English alumna Lucy Prebble has been awarded an honorary degree in recognition of her acclaimed work for stage and screen, including as a writer and executive producer on HBO’s Succession. 25 July 2025 University of Sheffield ranked within top 100 universities in QS World University Rankings The University of Sheffield has been ranked within the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2026, reaffirming its place as a leading global university for teaching and research excellence. 19 June 2025 Debut Article in The Conversation for PhD Candidate Meg Meredith Explore how speculative novels that can help to understand our relationship with soil in Meg's first article in The Conversation. 2 December 2024 Search The Falklands/Malvinas Conflict: Forty Years On Jonathan Rayner, Professor of Film Studies, features in the new collection of essays commemorating the Falklands Conflict of 1982. 7 December 2023 ‘From Critical AI Literacy to Design Justice Labs: Next Steps for the Age of Chatbots’ Next week, we are very fortunate to be hosting a visiting academic from Rutgers University in the US: Distinguished Professor of English, Lauren Goodlad. 10 November 2023 Centre for Poetry and Poetics Presents: CLARE FISHER · GARETH GAVIN · ROSIE ŠNAJDR Join us for our next exciting Centre for Poetry and Poetics event on Wednesday 22nd November 6.30 pm – Diamond, LT2 3 November 2023 Centre for Poetry and Poetics Presents a reading with Allen Fisher and Kelvin Corcoran Join us for our next exciting event with readings from the recent works of our speakers. 13 October 2023 School of English Peer Coaching Programme Find out more about our School of English Peer Coaching Programme here. 15 September 2023 Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »