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The School enjoys an excellent international reputation as a centre for both academic research and literary creativity. In the 2008 RAE, the School had 70% of its research and writing rated as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent', ranking it at eighth in the UK. There are now more that twenty-five permanent members of staff, including well-known creative writers such as John Burnside, Robert Crawford, Meaghan Delahunt, Lesley Glaister, Don Paterson, Jacob Polley and Susan Sellers, while Michael Alexander, Douglas Dunn, Kay Redfield Jamison, Paul Muldoon, and Marina Warner have visited as Honorary Professors. Our postgraduates number around ninety, and enjoy their own dedicated postgraduate facility. Around seven hundred undergraduates are taught English Literature in the School, with small-group tutorials in the first two years being at the heart of our teaching system. Strong emphasis is placed on lively teaching that stems from original inquiry and published work, and a high proportion of colleagues in the School are leaders in their respective academic fields. The School is a vibrant community of researchers and writers, dedicated to fostering the synergy between creative and critical literary engagement.

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