Advice on choosing a Uni course?

English Lit is versatile and "respected" enough to take you into plenty of different career opportunities. You don't have to have it figured out now, don't worry! The most important thing is to pick a degree subject you'd enjoy, then choose the university based on whether their particular course offers you the kind of optional papers you'd be interested in Then once you're at uni, make sure you're developing a rounded CV. Even if you're at a "top uni", it's important to have stuff to write about in job applications. Academics alone won't cut it, so you'll want things like part-time work (if it's not Oxbridge), internships/placements, volunteering, and positions of responsibility within extra-curricular activities. These will give you experiences and opportunities to demonstrate all the transferable skills that employers look for

Have you looked at the course content and structure of the English course at Oxford? If not, do take a look and see what you think of it and whether it suits your interests

English Literature is probably my best and favourite subject by a considerable margin (9 at GCSE) and I would like to study it at university, maybe even at Oxford. But I'm worried about what I'll be able to do with it once I've graduated; I don't have a clear idea of a career I want to go into. However, I'm also fairly good at Spanish (8 at GCSE) and although I find this A-Level course considerably more difficult, I quite like learning the language and feel it would be a shame to give it up completely. I also feel like this would give me better career prospects after Uni. What should I do?
I have considered dual honours, but the workload will be considerably higher, the course could potentially be more limiting and the combination of English Literature and Spanish is scarcer than I expected. Also, as I mentioned, I was considering applying to Oxford, and I have no confidence in my ability to pass their interview for Spanish, and things I've read say they're incredibly over-subscribed for dual honours, and colleges have no set quotas; they may not actually have taught it for years. Help!

It's fine if you want to just take English sole, and English at Oxford is a very well respected degree. Plus you can write for the Cherwell, the Oxford student newspaper (my son did, plus illustrious writers like Evelyn Waugh)

https://cherwell.org/

Here is a chapter from my book, Oxford Demystified, written by an Oxford offer holder.

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?p=88625338&highlight=Oxford%20Demystified%20-%20English

Hope this helps. I would try to read as much literature as you can. However after you have stopped reading, reflect on what you have read. Think about characterisation, style, structure etc. I would get a book on poetry appreciation, as you may get a poem to analyse at interview. (My son was interviewed for German and had to answer questions about an English poem and a German poem).

Graduates can go into all sorts of fields on graduating. As well as writing and journalism, you could go into law, accountancy, consultancy, all kinds of things!.

Here are some classic novels you could read:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/17/the-100-best-novels-written-in-english-the-full-list

Poetry:

https://lithub.com/the-32-most-iconic-poems-in-the-english-language/