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English for academic purposes online

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

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week 31 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	Less than 16 hours per week 31 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Introducing English language studies

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

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week 30 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 30 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

English in the world

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 31 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 31 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Exploring languages and cultures

Embark on an exciting journey exploring world languages, transcending linguistic boundaries, and discovering practical ways to achieve effective communication.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week 31 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	Less than 16 hours per week 31 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Discovering the arts and humanities

This module introduces you to the study of the arts and humanities at university level. You'll acquire the key skills for further study.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week 30 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 30 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Literature matters

Explore the relations between literature, representation and identity; literature and the environment; literature and politics; and literature, escape and the imagination.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week 30 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 30 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Creative writing

This practice-based creative writing module will help develop your strengths and interests as a writer of fiction, poetry, autobiography, biography, or travel writing.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week 31 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 31 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

English literature from Shakespeare to Austen

This module takes you on an engaging journey through a diverse selection of great literature from 1570 to 1818.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week 31 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 31 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Communication skills for business and management

This module develops your English language and skills through authentic business case studies for communicating effectively in the world of business and management.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week 31 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	Less than 16 hours per week 31 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Making your learning count

This innovative and flexible module allows you to count different types of learning such as OpenLearn towards a formal OU qualification.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week 30 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	Less than 16 hours per week 30 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Cultures

Explore why cultures matter and how they’re produced from a variety of perspectives relating to arts subjects.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week 30 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 30 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Telling stories: the novel and beyond

In this module, you'll explore the ways in which writers from different periods tell their stories and become a more self-conscious, analytical reader.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week 31 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 31 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Language and creativity

Explore creativity in the English language around the world: from everyday contexts to 'high-culture' literary language and the impact of new media.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week 31 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 31 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Literature in transition: from 1800 to the present

This module offers a close study of literary works from 1800 to the present day in relation to significant historical events and cultural transitions.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week 31 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 31 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Language, literature and childhood

Develop your interest in language, literature and childhood and discover the intersection between these subjects.

Part-time:	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week 31 weeks	October 2025

Part-time:	16-18 hours per week 31 weeks
Earliest Start date:	October 2025

Advanced creative writing

Improve your creative writing skills by widening your range – including fiction, poetry, drama and life writing – and developing your individual style and voice.