DORS Symposium Internship – Niamh’s Experience

After studying gothic literature at various points in both my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees I absolutely fell in love with the genre and the study of death began to really intrigue me.

Therefore, when the opportunity for an internship as student support for the Death Online Research Symposium (DORS) at Northumbria University I jumped at the chance.

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Don’t Worry, Be Yappy. Beth’s Butcher’s Dog Magazine Internship.

You hear of societies and extracurriculars to boost your CV before you get to university, but I could never have contemplated something like this. This opportunity, pulsing in my email inbox, to intern for The Butcher’s Dog poetry magazine…

I’ve spent 10 weeks in the doghouse, and I never want to leave. Alongside Nadia, our other lovely BD intern from Northumbria Uni, we have had our hands on everything Butcher’s Dog from the tail up.

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Summer Internship – Elizabeth’s Experience

Hello! My name is Elizabeth, and I am a recent English Literature and History graduate from Northumbria University. This summer I have been working on an internship organised by Ann-Marie Einhaus on the ‘Ephemera and writing about war, 1914 to the Present’, who was always just an email away if I had any questions.

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From Shakespeare’s Stage to the Digital Page: Why Study English Literature at Degree Level?

Katy Shaw, our Professor of Contemporary Writings, has written an article for the UK English Media Centre about the many reasons why an English Literature degree is a great choice for for graduates of the future. Read it here:

https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/from-shakespeares-stage-to-the-digital-page-why-study-english-literature

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