You can choose to follow courses in linguistics, history, politics, literature and film. You will be able to specialise in a particular strand, whether it be area studies, literature or linguistics. If preferred you could take a more general approach. Working with the Careers Service, the Department has revised its curriculum to develop employability skills. Students receive training in oral presentation and communication skills as well as in techniques of writing, translating and interpreting.
Many students also go to Germany or Austria as assistant teachers, paid by the host country.
We also readily approve work placements, and are developing contact to enable students to find salaried placements. There is usually also a Stammtisch where English students and German exchange students can meet and socialise. This is in addition, of course, to the wealth of social and sporting activities available within the University as a whole, and the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Admissions For details please contact Mrs Gloria Shuttleworth, Admissions Officer, School of Modern Languages, Old Library Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tel.