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. Amongst UK institutions, the School of English has recently been ranked 1st in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019, and 1st in The Guardian league tables 2018.
The School's richest inheritance, however, is its collegiality: we pride ourselves on our friendliness, and on our common enthusiasm for great literature.
REF 2014: UK Research Excellence Framework 2014 Results
The School of English has been ranked third in the UK, and first in Scotland, in the most recent league table of research intensive departments (2014). With over 90% of our staff submitted, 86% of our research has been rated world leading and internationally excellent. In the previous research assessment exercise (2008) we were also ranked in the top ten, making the School one of the UK's consistently outstanding research departments.
British Literature in Transition 1940-1960: Postwar
Professor Gill Plain celebrated the publication of her edited collection, British Literature in Transition 1940-1960: Postwar (with Cambridge University Press). Resplendent in racing green, it was published alongside two of its companion volumes in the series of which Gill is General Editor, Futility and Anarchy and Flower Power.
To find out more about the series, which reconsiders the story of twentieth–century literature, see the interview with Gill on YouTube
