Speech and Language Therapy MMedSci 24 months Postgraduate Programme By The University of Sheffield |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Health/HealthcareMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Health/Healthcare

Degree

MMedSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Qualify as a speech and language therapist in this accredited, campus-based masters course. Study topics ranging from anatomy to psychology, and apply your knowledge at our specialist speech and language therapy clinic and on clinical placements.

This accredited course qualifies you to practise as a speech and language therapist in a variety of health and education settings. It can be studied full-time or part-time, over two or three years.

You will study a wide variety of difficulties that adults and children can have with communicating and/or eating, drinking and swallowing. Topics range from anatomy and physiology, and their relationship with speech and language pathology, to the psychological and sociological factors that can affect communication.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn how to assess an individual’s communication or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulty, identify suitable interventions and manage their progress. You’ll work closely with service users, family members, carers and related professionals to support the people you are working with. You will also complete pre-registration eating, drinking and swallowing competencies.

This training will be put into practice and developed through a series of clinical placements, both within the University of Sheffield’s in-house speech and language therapy clinic and in a variety of health and education settings.

The course is led by a supportive team of clinical and research specialists, including speech and language therapists, psychologists, audiologists, linguists, information technologists, and medical practitioners. The University is a world-leading centre of research, and our teams will embed the latest research into your teaching to enable you to make evidence-based decisions in future practice. 

Programme overview

Main Subject

Health/Healthcare

Degree

MMedSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Qualify as a speech and language therapist in this accredited, campus-based masters course. Study topics ranging from anatomy to psychology, and apply your knowledge at our specialist speech and language therapy clinic and on clinical placements.

This accredited course qualifies you to practise as a speech and language therapist in a variety of health and education settings. It can be studied full-time or part-time, over two or three years.

You will study a wide variety of difficulties that adults and children can have with communicating and/or eating, drinking and swallowing. Topics range from anatomy and physiology, and their relationship with speech and language pathology, to the psychological and sociological factors that can affect communication.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn how to assess an individual’s communication or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulty, identify suitable interventions and manage their progress. You’ll work closely with service users, family members, carers and related professionals to support the people you are working with. You will also complete pre-registration eating, drinking and swallowing competencies.

This training will be put into practice and developed through a series of clinical placements, both within the University of Sheffield’s in-house speech and language therapy clinic and in a variety of health and education settings.

The course is led by a supportive team of clinical and research specialists, including speech and language therapists, psychologists, audiologists, linguists, information technologists, and medical practitioners. The University is a world-leading centre of research, and our teams will embed the latest research into your teaching to enable you to make evidence-based decisions in future practice. 

Admission Requirements

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in any subject.

English language requirements: IELTS 8 (with 7.5 in each component) or University equivalent.

Health clearance

If you are infected with hepatitis C or HIV, or if you have a disability, medical condition or learning difficulty, including dyslexia, you must disclose this on your UCAS form. All potential students with significant support needs will be individually assessed to ensure that the University is able to support them on the course.

All new students will undergo health screenings known as an Occupational Health Check, which may require an individual assessment. This is to ensure that you meet the fitness to practise standards detailed on the Higher Education Occupational Practitioners (HEOPS) guidance and is in accordance with the Department of Health National Guidelines. 

Occupational Health Checks

We offer support to students with additional needs, for example, through the Disability and Dyslexia Support Service or Student and Academic Services. You can find out more about the network of support services we provide. A very small number of conditions might, on health and safety grounds, affect your registration with the appropriate regulatory body and your ability to practise in certain clinical situations.

Disclosure and Barring Service

All applicants who are offered and accept a place on this course are required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure check in order to study with us.

Interview

Applicants that are successful in our initial shortlisting process will be invited to an interview.

Your personal statement

In your personal statement (no more than two pages) you must:

  • outline your reasons for applying to train as a speech and language therapist
  • demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the speech and language therapy profession
  • discuss how your academic/professional/personal background has prepared you for this postgraduate course. We welcome applicants who have backgrounds in unrelated fields as long as they can demonstrate their interest for, and knowledge about, speech and language therapy
  • clearly describe and reflect on relevant experiences and research you have undertaken to prepare yourself for this programme
  • provide evidence that your personal values and behaviours align with the NHS constitution

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists provides useful resources to help support your university application for a speech and language therapy degree.

Applicants should apply during the application window for the year that they hope to join the course.

The school will only consider deferral requests on medical grounds.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are unable to provide individual and specific feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for an interview or who do not receive an offer for a place on the course. 

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