Working together for English Studies

This essay outlines the work that the English Association is doing in support of English Studies, working closely with our sister subject bodies: the Institute of English Studies and University English. It provides a brief introduction to the work that each of us does, and explains how we intersect, working together on advocacy at a time of crisis. It details the support we offer to colleagues in departments at risk, and our shared work analysing student enrolments for English Studies with SUMS Consultancy. It also includes the English Association’s work on GCSE reform, on ‘Skills for the Future’, and on ‘Thinking Forwards’, which celebrates collaboration between academics and teachers, between English and the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) sector, and with other disciplines, including with our nearest neighbours, modern languages, even as we build advocacy for the humanities from within the sciences. This article is published in the thematic collection ‘On recent closures and threats of closure in the Humanities and Social Sciences’, edited by Regenia Gagnier.