All students also have borrowing privileges at the extensive Humanities collection of the University of London Library at Senate House, Bloomsbury. Students also receive credentials to join the British Library. Many students have made extensive use of other archival resources in London, such as the London Metropolitan Archive, Guildhall Library, the Fawcett Library of Women's Studies, the Wellcome Library for the History of Medicine, the British Film Institute Library, the Theatre History Museum library, and the National Art Library. All applications receive the considered attention of academic staff. Prospective students may be called for an interview, or may be asked to send in some appropriate academic work in support of their application.
Candidates are welcome to visit the college.
The list of courses contained in this guidebook is for information only, and is designed to give prospective students a sense of the kind of work encountered on the MAs in the School of English and Drama. The actual offering of courses available to students will be subject to change from year to year, according to a range of factors including staff availability, appointment of new staff, staff research leave, student enrolment and the coherence of the course as a whole. Successful applicants will be sent detailed information about the courses available each year in the summer prior to the start of the semester.