English Language and Linguistics with Foundation Year

Careers and opportunities When you complete this foundation year, you'll be all set to continue on to our BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics. You’ll graduate with specialist expertise in language and linguistics, plus sought-after employability skills including:

If you decide to pursue a career that’s closely related to your studies, you could apply for jobs in writing, editing or publishing. Or employ your research and analysis skills to go on to postgraduate study, in areas such as speech therapy, communication studies, law and marketing.

Further study in forensic linguistics could open up possible careers in law enforcement, criminal justice or legal firms. You could also develop your linguistic talents to work as a speech therapist or train actors to master different dialects.

You could work in any of the following areas:

Graduate destinations Previous graduates have gone onto further training and work in various fields, including:

After you leave the University, you can get help, advice and support for up to 5 years from our Careers and Employability service as you advance in your career.