Adding to Your Degree
Our students have access to a range of opportunities to add to their degree and increase their employability. These include:
- student literary magazines - contain students’ own creative and critical work and give potential journalists a chance to learn some valuable skills
- student newspaper, The Courier - run by the Students’ Union
- the opportunity to spend up a semester at a foreign university through student exchange programmes
- the Theatre Society and other dramatic and operatic groups
- opportunities for creative writing, especially the File of Creative Work. A practising author is always available as the resident Northern Arts Literary Fellow to give advice and discuss ideas in practical workshops
- special lectures
- research seminars
- staff-student committee
Other opportunities are offered through ncl plus which brings together groups across the University that offer opportunities and experiences that add to your degree. Find out more at the ncl+ website.