New postgraduate students
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 28 September-4 October 2026.
Departmental Induction
Our main induction and welcome event will be on Tuesday 29th September 2026, from 12-3pm (including refreshments) in our Student Hub (5th floor, Faculty of Arts Building aka the FAB).
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 students over refreshments. Please let us know if you have any access requirements. Attendance at the induction is required.
Faculty of Arts PGT Induction
- PGT Welcome and Academic Skills – 3.00–4.00 pm, FAB0.03 - Tuesday 29th September 2026
- PGT Welcome and Social – 4.30–6.00 pm, FAB2.25 - Wednesday 30th September 2026
ECLS International Student Induction** TBC**
*The Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies (ECLS) will also host an additional induction for international students in TBC (Student Hub, 5th floor, Faculty of Arts Building).*
PhD Students
The Doctoral College Welcome Resources pageLink opens in a new window has tons of useful information for you about starting your PhD journey.
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
PGR Welcome Event: The Doctoral College would like to invite all new PGRs to a welcome event on 2nd November 2026 from 12pm in the Panorama Suite, SU Building.
CADRE
CADRE’s Arts Faculty PGR Welcome and Induction will take place on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, 10-2pm (Wolfson Research Exchange, The Library).
Contact details
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 Research, Nicholas Lawrence N.Lawrence@warwick.ac.uk; Director of Graduate studies Taught, Daniel Katz d.katz@warwick.ac.uk or the Head of Department, Professor Paul Botley paul.botley@warwick.ac.uk
MA modules 2026-2027
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 2026-2027 are shown in list below.
EN942 - Fundamentals of World Literature (Priority: MA World Literature)
EN9A7 - Drama and Performance Theory (Priority: MA English and Drama)
EN9C1 - Critical Theory Today (Priority: MA Critical and Cultural Theory)
EN9ZE - Critical Environments (Priority: MA Environmental Humanities)
EN926 - British Dramatist in Society
EN938- Theory from the Margins: Postcolonialism and the Radical Tradition
EN9ZF - Shakespeare in History
EN9B5 - World Literature in the Anthropocene
EN913 - Feminist Literary Theory
EN9C2 - Literature and Lifecourse
*You can take one 30 CATS module during your course from outside of the department, including the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL) and the Centre for the study of the Renaissance (CSR).