English and Media BA (Hons)
Nottingham Trent University
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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**Starting in September 2024, the School of Arts and Humanities, which includes this course, will move to our City Campus. The course itself will remain the same, with no changes to its content. If youve already applied for this course, you should have received an email explaining how this move might impact you.** ENGLISH at NTU is taught by award-winning and internationally-recognised academics. The course is extremely flexible, offering a broad range of optional modules that allow you to ...Read more


Starting in September 2024, the School of Arts and Humanities, which includes this course, will move to our City Campus. The course itself will remain the same, with no changes to its content. If you've already applied for this course, you should have received an email explaining how this move might impact you.

ENGLISH at NTU is taught by award-winning and internationally-recognised academics. The course is extremely flexible, offering a broad range of optional modules that allow you to pursue your interests for the written word, from Shakespeare right through to travel writing. MEDIA is a popular course which gives you creative freedom to design your perfect degree by offering a mixture of theoretical and practical modules that consider approaches to the media. BA (Hons) English and Media has an 82% student satisfaction rate (NSS 2020). English at NTU offers students the opportunity to study literature from the Renaissance period right through to the 21st Century as well as delving into creative and professional writing. You'll gain expert teaching from our award winning writers and researchers who will introduce you to a selection of exciting texts and support you to secure sufficient work placement opportunities that will benefit you with transferable skills for your career. English will help develop your written and verbal communication, enhance your professional and academic writing and help you to become more employable. 100% of English students would recommend studying at NTU (NSS 2020). Media is an exciting degree which will allow you to learn from industry professionals and academics who are creating the latest cutting edge research within the field. You'll examine a range of texts and aspects of media including; lifestyle magazines, social networking sites, advertising, public relations, gaming and journalism. From this you'll develop advanced critical analysis skills of media texts, audiences and many institutions. The course incorporates theoretical and practical approaches to the media which will help you to communicate in range of ways. You’ll be encouraged to undertake work experience with influential organisations within the industry to build your CV and your connections within the industry. The degree uses a range of assessment techniques including; coursework, examinations, coursework, essays, blogs, project work and group presentations which makes it a modern and exciting course. There is also an option to study abroad at one of our partner universities to gain more independence and to enrich your travelling experience. Media will help you to develop advanced skills to critically analyse media texts, audiences and institutions. You'll also gain invaluable media production skills. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of the media industry from both a theoretical and practical stand point which you'll be able to apply to multiple platforms either online, on screen or in print. You'll l be able to project manage in an effective manner and be able to critically analyse a range of texts, audiences and institutions. Our recent graduates have gone onto work in many different roles including; accounting, project management, journalism, marketing, advertising, film and TV, teaching, social work and events management. 97% of our English joint honours undergraduates are in work or further study within six months of finishing their degree (DLHE 2016/17).

WUSCA ranking:
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16/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
32nd
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
45th
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Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 90 = 10% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
10%
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100%
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Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 90 = 10% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
10%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
100%
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We will consider T Levels for entry to this course, either as stand-alone qualifications or in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications, in accordance with the specified course tariff points.

Popular A-level subjects

Media Studies

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Media Studies
54%
English Literature
29%
English Language
20%
Sociology
20%
History
14%
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Literature in English

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

English Literature
61%
English Language
28%
History
26%
English Language & Literature
22%
Psychology
21%
HESA

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Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University , Nottingham

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is one of the most popular universities in the UK, with a worldwide reputation for excellence....

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