I’m hoping someone with a B.A. from UCL in English could help me with a quick question. Does your diploma say ‘Bachelor of Arts in English’ or something different / more specific like ‘English Literature’?
Quick background re. why I’m asking:
I’m in a different European country and our start-up business is currently interviewing candidates for an open position. We’ve narrowed the field down to the final three and I was having another look through their applications. One candidate has a B.A. from UCL in English (diploma says ‘Bachelor of Arts in English’). I can’t put my finger on it, but something about that diploma feels off to me. Scan quality isn’t great either and now I’m wondering if the degree name wouldn’t be something slightly more specific like English Literature, Linguistics or similar.
Excuse my ignorance, I’m not British, didn’t study in the UK and couldn’t get a definitive answer from Google. We haven’t had the diploma verified by UCL / HEDD as the degree isn’t massively relevant to the job, but we obviously don’t want to hire a fraud and may still have the degree verified. I believe the candidate would have to sign a consent form first and I’m also not sure how long the whole process would take, so thought I’d ask on here as a first step.