Very impressively, Prof Markovits and Dr Perry both feature in the The Sunday Times '100 21st-century novels to love' list!
Now 5th in the UK for Creative Writing and in the top 20 for English overall, we're proud of our strong trajectory up the rankings in the Times Good University Guide for 2019.
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