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Falkland Islands on a retro globe.

The Falklands/Malvinas Conflict: Forty Years On

Jonathan Rayner, Professor of Film Studies, features in the new collection of essays commemorating the Falklands Conflict of 1982.
Centre for Poetry and Poetics Presents a reading with Allen Fisher and Kelvin Corcoran
Centre for Poetry and Poetics Presents a reading with Allen Fisher and Kelvin Corcoran

Centre for Poetry and Poetics Presents a reading with Allen Fisher and Kelvin Corcoran

Join us for our next exciting event with readings from the recent works of our speakers.

Peer coaching video

School of English Peer Coaching Programme

Find out more about our School of English Peer Coaching Programme here.

Centre for Poetry and Poetics cut collective flyer
Centre for Poetry and Poetics cut collective flyer

Centre for Poetry and Poetics: a reading with CUT COLLECTIVE

Centre for Poetry and Poetics, Sheffield as its first reading into the Autumn 2023 Series presents: a reading with CUT COLLECTIVE; a collective of writers of poetry, prose, hybrid and experimental texts.
Barry Hines archive

Rare collection of Barry Hines materials on display to public for first time

Research into the life and work of Barry Hines by Dr Dave Forrest from the School of English as well as the importance of working class writers with Professor Sue Vice have drawn widely on the archive.
Mahwish Chishty

Two globally renowned artists visit the School of English

As part of The Aesthetics of Drone Warfare project led by Dr Beryl Pong, there were two talks featuring Mahwish Chishty and Tomas van Houtryve this week.

Professor Cathy Shrank, School of English

Scuffles, Swagger and Shakespeare: The Hidden Story of English

Professor Cathy Shrank talks to BBC Four about the rise of English as a global linguistic superpower.

| BBC Four
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Michael Gove’s grammar: former education minister is gonna rue the day he used Nonstandard English

Professor Emma Moore writes for the Conversation on why Michael Gove suddenly sounds like he's "speaking in someone else’s voice".

| The Conversation
Jessop West

Two School of English students recognised in the Global Undergraduate Awards

Ellie Nodder (English Literature, second year) and Katie Mansfield (English Language and Linguistics, third year) have been recognised for their outstanding work in the Global Undergraduate Awards, the world's largest academic awards programme.