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Discover the fascinating role of language and communication in everyday life and learn how English is used in a connected, globalised, and multicultural world.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	October 2026

Develop the specific language skills you need for successful academic study in English.

Part-time
Less than 16 hours per week

Explore the history and global diversity of the English language, and investigate everyday English language practices in social and political contexts around the world.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	October 2026

Designed to develop academic skills for further study, this introductory module offers insights into a wide range of subject areas, including art history, English literature, history, and modern languages.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

A fast-track version of our Arts and Languages Access module - an ideal way to improve study skills and prepare for a range of OU qualifications in just 18 weeks.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	August 2026

This is an introduction to the genre of travel writing, where you will read the work of travel writers and learn to write a piece of your own.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

Learn the skills central to three of the main forms of creative writing: poetry, fiction and scriptwriting.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

The course will introduce you to different ways of looking at crime fiction texts as well as introducing you to European authors from different countries.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	August 2026

Learn about the English language, how it's used around the world, study a wide range of literary texts, and develop skills highly valued by employers.

Part-time	Full-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	32-36 hours per week	October 2026

Study a range of texts dating from Shakespeare's time to the present, including novels, plays and poetry, and learn to read literature in new ways.

Part-time	Full-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	32-36 hours per week	October 2026

This degree offers the opportunity to study English literature from different periods and cultural settings, and to develop your creative writing skills in several genres.

Part-time	Full-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	32-36 hours per week	October 2026

Learn how to analyse a range of English literature texts, explore the English language, and develop your creative writing.

Part-time	Full-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	32-36 hours per week	October 2026

This Open University diploma explores human communication by focusing on the English language, its history, diversity and flexibility.

Part-time	Full-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	32-36 hours per week	October 2026

This diploma lets you combine the study of two languages. Choose from English, French, German and Spanish and explore how language is structured and used.

Part-time	Full-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	32-36 hours per week	October 2026

This Open University certificate explores human communication by focusing on the English language, its history, diversity and flexibility.

Part-time	Full-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	32-36 hours per week	October 2026

This certificate offers an introduction to studying a choice of languages to varying levels; introduces the key concepts in language learning and develops study skills.

Part-time	Full-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	32-36 hours per week	October 2026

Enrich your life and improve your skills for the workplace through this certificate that introduces a range of subjects in the arts and humanities.

Part-time	Full-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	32-36 hours per week	October 2026

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