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Joint Honours

Challenge your ways of thinking, open your mind, and broaden your horizons with a joint honours degree. Our subject combinations are carefully curated to expand your skills and understanding across multiple disciplines, boosting your employability and making the most of your degree.

About Joint Honours degrees

Choosing just one subject to study at university can be a challenge! If you’re stuck weighing up different subjects, a joint honours course could be the ideal solution,

Our joint honours degrees are designed to ensure that the things you learn in one subject enhance the other, meaning you’ll get the best of both worlds – two independent disciplines, with plenty of complementary learning on both sides.

Create your degree from a range of humanities subjects, from classics such as English and History, to Communications and Film & TV. They’re an informed mix of academic grounding and elements of professional skills development - including work placement, company projects or volunteering.

You’ll be joining a passionate community of students, historians, linguists, poets, writers, researchers and seasoned industry experts – a truly creative hub of shared learning and experience.

98
%

of Linguistics students are positive about the teaching on their course (National Student Survey 2023)

1
st

in the UK for teaching satisfaction on Philosophy courses (Guardian University Guide 2024)

97
%

of History students are positive about the academic support on their course (National Student Survey 2023)

31
st

in the UK for Communication and Media Studies (Times Good University Guide 2024)

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About our Joint Honours courses

What can you do with a Joint Honours degree?

Because you’ll develop such a wide range of skills and knowledge, your career options are really broad. In addition to the course content, you’ll develop key transferable skills including written and oral communication, critical analysis and a variety of IT skills. Plus you’ll become more self-motivated, be able to work independently and in teams, and develop excellent time management skills.

Our recent graduates have secured posts at companies including:

  • Boots
  • Capital One
  • Essex County Council
  • Games Workshop
  • Global Wealth Management Solutions
  • Home Office
  • ITV
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Luton Town Football Club
  • National Trust
  • Nottingham City of Literature
  • Red Cross
  • Teach First
  • University of Sussex

They have secured roles including:

  • Teacher
  • Business Development Executive
  • Campaign Executive
  • Charity Manager
  • Content Marketing Assistant
  • Copywriter
  • Marketing Managers
  • Training Facilitator
  • Sales Manager
  • Video Producer

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