University of St Andrews

School of English

Best in Scotland

Ranked best in Scotland and seventh in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2012 and fifth in The Guardian University Guide 2009

Friendly and intellectually stimulating

Friendly, supportive and intellectually stimulating environment and a wide range of postgraduate research topics to choose from.

Expertise in all periods of English and Scottish literature

Twenty-five permanent staff with expertise in all fields and periods of English and Scottish literature.

Innovative teaching

The first Scottish University to offer a degree in Creative Writing

Welcome

The study of English at the University of St Andrews has a long and distinguished history that is sustained in the scholarly, critical, and creative dynamism of today's School of English. In the present day, the School enjoys an international reputation as a centre for both academic research and literary creativity. In the 2008 RAE, the School had 70% of its research and writing rated as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'. The School's richest inheritance, however, is its collegiality: we pride ourselves on our friendliness, and on our common enthusiasm for great literature.

Applicants invited for Two Fleeman Fellowships 2012-2013

We are pleased to announce that the School of English, University of St Andrews, invites applications for two awards, of up to £10,000 each, to support visiting postdoctoral scholars wishing to carry out research in eighteenth-century literature at St Andrews during the academic year 2012-2013.
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Upcoming event

Wednesday 22 February

Speaker: Andrew Greig
Title: ‘Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction: Writing in the Spaces’
Time and venue: 5pm, The Lawson Lecture Room

For the complete events listing, please see our Research events programme for Semester 2, 2011/12

Creative Writing

House in Balmungo

International Writer's Residency

Emblems of Nationhood
(10-12 August 2012)
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Simonides in Oxford

Professor Robert Crawford will be giving a lecture at Corpus Christi College, Oxford on 6 February to accompany an exhibition at the college of Body Bags/Simonides – a collaborative project between Professor Crawford and the Edinburgh photographer and printmaker Norman McBeath.