Some of our graduates explain how postgraduate study in English from the University of Dundee led them down very interesting and diverse career paths.
Eddie Small, MLitt
The other day, whilst attending a seminar in Edinburgh for Postgraduate Creative Writers from all over Scotland, I was asked by more than one person about the Creative Writing module at the University of Dundee which, apparently, was increasingly being talked about in literary circles. Whilst trying to hide the conceit which being part of such a lauded course brings, I told them about Professor Kirsty Gunn's methods, about the enthusiasm and intense energy of the course, and about the fact that the course has resulted in me, and others, appearing at the Edinburgh Book Festival, being approached by literary agents and publishers, and now considering ourselves as accomplished writers.
I am so glad I did the Creative Writing module offered by the English department at Dundee as part of my MLitt degree pathway in Humanities. I am currently finishing a second novel, halfway through writing the script of a play, and working on a paper for the Conference of Clinical Anatomists. I am also involved in two or three different writing-in-the-community projects. The contacts I've made, and my confidence in trying different genres, is in large part attributable to that module.
Samira Nadkarni, MLitt
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.
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