If you have the potential to study at degree level, but you don’t meet the entry requirements, a foundation year can help bridge the gap – laying the groundwork for entry into Year 1.

The units you’ll study are designed to build your confidence and bring you up to speed for the rest of your chosen degree. As well as the Academic Practice units, which help develop your study skills for learning at degree-level, you’ll also study a selection of humanities units. Once you have successfully passed your foundation year you will progress directly onto Year 1 of your linked honours degree.

Successful completion of the foundation year guarantees automatic progression into Year 1 of your chosen linked degree.

Studying a Joint Honours degree in BA (Hons) English and History  gives you the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge in two subjects. These are skills that are well suited to a broad range of graduate employment opportunities, especially in careers requiring high-level communication skills such as media work and teaching. Recent graduates have become school and college teachers, journalists, media researchers, and gained employment in fields as diverse as banking and finance, law, local government, public and social services, manufacturing and retail. BA English and History also opens up many doors in terms of postgraduate study.