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English Language at Lancaster University - UCAS

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2024 - 20252025 - 20262026 - 2027
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This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.

Lancaster University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Open days

28Jun
Lancaster University Open Day
Undergraduate
12Jul
Lancaster University Open Day
Undergraduate
13Sep
Lancaster University Open Day
Undergraduate

Course summary

English is the world’s lingua franca. Digital innovations are created, science is advanced, and business is conducted in English. But English is also the language of England, where it first evolved. Explore the kaleidoscope of English variation – its regional dialects, storytellers, and ways of looking at the world – with our global leaders and discover how English works. Why Lancaster?

  • Learn from renowned experts who are famous for their work in literacies, English dialects, forensic linguistics, Shakespearean language, and language in politics and media
  • Discover the English language from a range of perspectives, drawing on subjects such as history, psychology and politics
  • Benefit from world-leading lab facilities, equipped with the latest language research technology
  • Extend your learning beyond the classroom through our dedicated language research centres and groups
  • Enhance your professional skills with our fully funded internship opportunities, allowing you to work with members of staff on ground-breaking English language research projects
Understanding the English language If you live in the United Kingdom, you are surrounded by Englishes and their regional idiosyncrasies; if you live outside the United Kingdom, then you are very aware that English remains the world’s lingua franca. Your English is used at work, at home, in conversations with friends, in schools, hospitals and courtrooms, in the news, in films, on social media and in reading great works of literature. At this point in your life, your English may differ from the English used by people around you. Understanding where English came from, how it works, how it is used and how it is changing is key to understanding our societies, identities, institutions and practices, as well as the place of English in the creative world. In this fascinating subject, you will study fundamental issues including:
  • The history and development of English
  • The sounds and structures of English
  • The accents and dialects of English in the UK and beyond
  • Varieties of English connected to social variables such as gender and ethnicity
You will have the opportunity to look at the way English is used in advertising, politics, media, literature and the law. You will also learn how technology can be harnessed to study English across large databases and how even small instances of interaction can reveal a person’s stance to the world. World-leading facilities Lancaster prides itself on providing outstanding resources and facilities to help support your studies. During your studies, you will have access to several fully equipped laboratories, and research centres including:
  • Eye tracking lab
  • Phonetics lab
  • Perceptions and learning laboratory
  • CASS (Corpus Approaches to Social Science) research centre
You will gain valuable insights into cognitive processes, articulatory phonetics and speech acoustics as well as cultural relativity in language learning and child language analysis. You will develop your research skills and gain valuable hands-on experience that will be attractive to employers. Your future in mind English Language is not just a fascinating area of study, but also an opportunity to gain a skill set that opens doors to a range of exciting and rewarding careers. Transferrable skills include a capacity for critical thinking, an ability to gather, organise and analyse large quantities of data, and an aptitude for developing new and innovative ideas. You will have the chance to develop specialist skills in the lexical and grammatical analysis of English, the use of technology to track trends in the way English is used, and crafting language for creative industries.

How to apply

This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.

15Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
Q304
Institution code:
L14
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Student Outcomes

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50%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
80%
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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

For information on our fees, please see www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding.
English Language at Lancaster University - UCAS