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Applied Linguistics and TESOL

Postgraduate - MA

Study in:
Distance learning
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Cambridge
Available as:
1 year full-time
,
16 months full-time
,
2 years part-time
,
28 months part-time
,
28 months distance learning
Course features
  • Improve your understanding of language learning
  • Develop your professional teaching skills
  • Study in Cambridge or by distance learning
Course details Apply

Creative Writing

Postgraduate - MA : PG Cert : PG Dip

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
12 months full-time
,
15 months full-time January start
,
Up to 3 years part-time
Course features
  • Develop your writing with support from published authors
  • Discover techniques that will help your work stand out
  • Network with agents, publishers and established writers
Course details Apply

Creative Writing and Publishing

Postgraduate - MA : PG Cert

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
12 months full-time September start
,
2 years part time
Course features
  • Develop your fiction writing skills with guidance from established authors
  • Learn how publishing works in the UK today
  • Make crucial industry connections
Course details Apply

English Literature

Postgraduate - MA

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
12 months full-time
,
15 months full-time
,
Part-time
Course features
  • Explore English literature from the Renaissance to the modern day
  • Gain research skills to further your teaching or academic career
  • Tailor the course to your own interests with optional modules
Course details Apply

Intercultural Communication

Postgraduate - MA

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
1 year full-time
,
16 months full-time
,
29 months part-time
,
33 months part-time
Course features
  • Learn to communicate effectively in an intercultural workplace
  • Explore language and cultural theory
  • Study alongside students from all over the world
Course details Apply

Creative Writing

Research - MPhil : PhD

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
Full-time
,
Part-time
Course features
Our PhD research programmes will allow you to join one of our research projects or explore your own interests in Creative Writing, supported by the expertise of our staff.
Course details Apply

English Language and Intercultural Communication

Research - MPhil : PhD

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
Full-time
,
Part-time
Course features
Our PhD research programmes will allow you to join one of our research projects or explore your own interests in English Language and Intercultural Communication, supported by the expertise of our staff.
Course details Apply

English Language and Linguistics

Research - MPhil : PhD

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
Full-time
,
Part-time
Course features
Our PhD research programmes will allow you to join one of our research projects or explore your own interests in English Language and Linguistics, supported by the expertise of our staff.
Course details Apply

English Literature

Research - MPhil : PhD

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
Full-time
,
Part-time
Course features
Our PhD research programmes will allow you to join one of our research projects or explore your own interests in English Literature, supported by the expertise of our staff.
Course details Apply

Publishing

Research - MPhil : PhD

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
Full-time
,
Part-time
Course features
Our PhD research programmes will allow you to join one of our research projects or explore your own interests in Publishing, supported by the expertise of our staff.
Course details Apply
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