Samira Nadkarni

Samira Nadkarni graduated with an MLitt in English Studies. She is now working towards a PhD.

The English department at the University of Dundee is worth recommending for a number of reasons - firstly and most importantly, due to the fact that the staff are not only extremely well-versed in their fields of interest, but they're also remarkably warm and welcoming. I greatly enjoyed the fact that I was allowed a free hand with my own research; supervision being present and supportive, but not controlling or stifling in the least.

Secondly, my time at Dundee allowed me to be part of an extremely close-knit academic community that ranged not only from the staff, support staff and my own peers, but also to staff and students from other universities.

This was largely due to the fact that the English department not only hosts a number of conferences through the academic year, but also due to the fact that the Postgraduate Community at Dundee is certainly one of the best and most active that I've ever come across. The Postgraduate Forum, hosted by the English department, is a weekly event and ensures that students can interact with visiting academics, as well as present papers of their own. And finally, the course itself is exhaustive is providing students with a wide-range of skills that are invaluable not only in the academic world, but in the working world as well.