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The School of English at the University of Nottingham, part of the Faculty of Arts.

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/English/
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From advice for your first-year self, to the work you're most proud of, we want your thoughts!

Answer as many of the questions as you'd like and have your responses used on our website, social media and displays for fellow and prospective students to see.

➡️ forms.office.com/e/AyLWXy2uAF
A group of people watching a presentation. Text: Beyond the Grade, we want your reflections, share your reflections of your university experience with us.
May 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Come along to the University of Nottingham’s Nottinghamshire Names Day and discover how the names of places and people can tell us about history, languages, landscapes and culture, from ancient times to the present day.

Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/f...
A signpost in front of a hedge showing directions for Owthorpe, Cropwell Bishop, Hickling and Melton. Text: Nottinghamshire Names Day, University of Nottingham
April 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Join us at 6pm, Wednesday 30 April for this year's Fell-Benedikz Lecture! Professor Guðrún Nordal, Director of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, delivers this year's lecture: How will they fare? Runes, manuscripts, books in the digital world.

www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even...
Image of a shelf of old books and manuscripts. Text: How will they fare? Runes, manuscripts, books in the digital world. Professor Guðrún Nordal. 30 April 2025, University of Nottingham.
April 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Join us today for The women who WEREn't there: hidden female authorship in the early modern period, a lunchtime lecture for International Women's Day, in LG9 Trent Building, starting at 1pm!

Find out more and register: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even...
Image of a cartoon group of women. Information about the lecture for International Women's Day, all information available at the link.
March 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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In collaboration with the University of Leicester, we are delighted to announce the return of the Midlands Viking Symposium!

Saturday 17 May 2025, 10am - 5pm
Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University of Nottingham
Registration: £30

Find out more: nott.ac/midlandsvikingsymposium
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March 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Interested in studying a Masters with us? Join our Postgraduate Open Day to learn about our different courses offered at Postgraduate level.

When: 26 February 2025, 2 - 3pm
Where: B46, Trent Building, University of Nottingham

Book your place: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even...
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February 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Join us on Wednesday 12 February, 4pm, in the Senate Chamber in Trent Building for Fiction, History, Activism: A Conversation with Juliet Jacques. Juliet is the author of, among other works, Trans: A Memoir (2015), Variations (2021), and The Woman in the Portrait (2024). No booking is required.
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February 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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The School of English is now closed for the winter break, we’ll be back on Thursday 2nd January 2025. We hope you all have a well deserved break and a happy new year!
The lake on University Park campus.
December 20, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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Still snowy on campus this morning ❄️
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November 20, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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Thinking of studying Creative Writing? Want the benefit of studying in a UNESCO City of Literature? One that was home to writers such as D.H. Lawrence, Alan Sillitoe & Lord Byron? Find out more at our MA Creative Writing information session tomorrow!

➡️ events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b33157...
A person reading from a notebook at a lunch poems session. Text: MA Creative Writing, Virtual Information Session, November 16, 10am (GMT)
November 15, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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Our Alumni team has been catching up with Katie, one of our 2020 graduates, who is now a Social Media Officer for Historic Royal Palaces. Find out about her work and her office, in the Tower of London and "a stone's throw from where the crown jewels are kept!"

➡️ www.nottingham.ac.uk/alumni/my-of...
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November 12, 2024 at 9:21 AM