Welcome to English at Warwick! We have a thriving and lively intellectual community of postgraduates in the department, and we're very much looking forward to meeting you in the new term.

The department will be in touch with information about our Welcome events over the summer.

Welcome Week

Our Welcome Week is 23-29 September 2024.

Departmental Induction

Our main induction and welcome event will be on Tuesday, 24 September, from 12-3pm (including lunch). Lunch will be at 12pm in our Student Hub (5th floor, Faculty of Arts Building aka the FAB). We will then move around 12:45pm to FAB2.43.

At the induction, you will learn about all the course procedures, events and activities, wellbeing, and social life. You will have a chance to meet staff and other current students over the lunch. Please let us know if you have any access requirements. Attendance at the induction is highly encouraged.

PG Induction SlidesLink opens in a new window

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ECLS International Student Induction

The Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies (ECLS) will also host an additional induction for international students in Week 2 on Wednesday, October 9th, from 5:30-7pm (Student Hub, 5th floor, Faculty of Arts Building). Dr Nancy Jiang will run this induction, which will introduce you to postgraduate study at Warwick.

Workshop - Student Conduct - Looking out for yourself and your friends

Attend the Workshop - 'Student Conduct - Looking out for yourself and your friends' on Thursday 26th, 2-3 pm, in the Woods-Scawen theatre at the Warwick Arts Centre. This session is based around the Warwick Values. It will support you in looking out for yourself and others during your time here, helping to ensure everyone has a safe and positive experience. We will explore what it means to be an Active Bystander and cover key information around Consent and the University’s Report and Support platform. Previous students have rated this session highly. Delivered by the Student Conduct team. Students are expected to attend. More information is available here: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/dean-of-students-office/community-values-education/.

The Doctoral College Welcome Resources pageLink opens in a new window has tons of useful information for you about starting your PhD journey. Details of events during Welcome Week will be posted once available.

Research Development OnlineLink opens in a new window

10 things I wished I’d known at the start of my PhD- get some great tips and avoid their mistakes. Meet current and just qualified PhDs; meet current researchers and facilitators. Book on a session on SkillsForge

Details of these sessions will be posted once available.

PGR Welcome EventLink opens in a new window

TBA. Opportunity for new Postgraduate Researchers a chance to meet other new researchers, find out about opportunities available to researcher outside your department.

The Postgraduate Research New Starters Page page also has important and useful details.Link opens in a new window

If you're a PGT student registered on one of our MA courses, please address any queries to PGEnglish@warwick.ac.uk; if you're a PGR MPhil/PhD student, you should use PGREnglish@warwick.ac.uk.

You can also contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr Ross Forman (to September 2024): r.g.forman@warwick.ac.uk and Nicholas Lawrence (from September 2024) N.Lawrence@warwick.ac.uk; or the Head of Department, Professor Paulo de Medeiros: p.de-medeiros@warwick.ac.uk 

MA modules 2024-2025

If you're studying on one of our MA courses - English Literature, World Literature, English and Drama, Critical and Cultural Theory, or Environmental Humanities - you will be able to choose a selection of modules.* The modules for 2024-2025 are shown in list below.