Our research community of academics and scholars are committed to producing world-class research and our ranking at 7th place in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework is evidence of our strong international reputation for excellence. Our research programme aims to offer knowledge and expertise in subject-specific and generic skills, qualifying you for both academic and non-academic positions in a variety of organisations. We offer supervision across a wide range of research topics, including History and memory Culture and identity Languages and translation Studies Global area studies History and ideologies Conflict and development Literary and textual studies Cultural studies Visual cultures.