What does studying English at university mean today? Who needs it?

The answer to the second  question is obvious.  Anyone who wants to succeed in today's competitive world needs to be able to speak and write English well. English is the language of global communication and it's  the language of the Internet.

The answer to the first question is more interesting, especially when you look at the innovative English Studies Programme at the  University of Kwa-Zulu Natal.

New Directions in English Studies

On the Howard College campus, English is organised around three interrelated fields of study identified internationally as making up the subject of English at university level today:
1. language/writing
2. literature'
3. media/culture