Online info session: Certificate in English Literature

During this 45-minute session, Professor Tara Stubbs and Dr Ben Grant, Course Director and Departmental Lecturer, will introduce the Certificate in English Literature and give you an insight into studying the subject at Oxford.

You’ll find out:

• who the course is designed for
• what you’ll study and how the programme is taught
• how the online study works
• what to expect from assessment
• what it’s like to study at Oxford as a part-time undergraduate student

The session will finish with a live Q&A, giving you the chance to put your questions directly to the course team.

Professor Tara Stubbs

Course Director

Prof. Stubbs came to Oxford Lifelong Learning in 2012, following four years lecturing at St. Peter’s College, Oxford. Along with Prof. Sandie Byrne, she was the first woman appointed to full Professor at the Department in 2023. Her interests include poetry and form, Irish and Irish-American literature, and literary modernism; and she is passionate about making the study and discussion of literature accessible to all.

Dr Ben Grant

Departmental Lecturer in English Literature

Ben Grant is a Departmental Lecturer in English Literature, whose research interests include postcolonial and world literature, the theory and practice of the aphorism, travel literature, life writing, psychoanalysis, and Artificial Intelligence. He has published three books: on the Victorian explorer and translator Richard Francis Burton; on the aphorism and other short forms of writing; and, most recently, on the contemporary British-Jewish writer, Jenny Diski.

This free information session will take place online via Zoom.

Book your place, and we’ll send you joining instructions ahead of the session.

If you have any issues, you can get in touch with our team at undergraduate@conted.ox.ac.uk.

The Undergraduate Certificate in English Literature offers a unique and enriching opportunity for literature enthusiasts worldwide, with flexible study options to suit your needs. Taught by members of Oxford’s English faculty who are specialists in teaching adult learners, you will explore the works of iconic authors such as Shakespeare, Woolf, and the Brontës.

This part-time programme is taught predominantly online, with live teaching sessions, collaborative discussions, and access to recorded resources. Over two years, you will engage deeply with literature across a range of periods and genres, gaining critical insights into their socio-political and intellectual contexts. The programme also includes a one-week non-residential Shakespeare Summer School in Oxford, offering an immersive academic experience in the city that inspires generations of authors.