Applicants should normally have an undergraduate honours degree (usually at 2:2 level or above), or equivalent in a relevant subject area, such as: linguistics, English language, literature, philosophy, sociology, politics, history, cultural theory, teaching English as a foreign language, journalism, creative writing, media studies.
Applicants without these backgrounds will be considered on the basis of appropriate experience in one of the above areas, or some professional experience in the following fields: teaching (also teaching English as a foreign language whilst demonstrating some familiarity with linguistic analysis and metalanguage), journalism, cultural and social policy, charity and campaigning work.
IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element
TOEFL iBT - 85 overall, 18 in writing, 10 in reading, 10 in listening and 17 in speaking