MSc Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-Registration)
24 monthsProgramme duration
22,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
MSc Speech and Language Therapy (pre-registration) at Leeds Beckett prepares you to join the speech and language therapy workforce as part of a multidisciplinary team. Your career will involve advocating for communication rights and supporting individuals to live fully and expressively.
This accelerated, pre-registration postgraduate degree is suitable if you have a relevant undergraduate degree - such as psychology, linguistics, English language, or biology. You'll also be passionate about fostering collaborative relationships that support communication and wellbeing around eating and drinking.
As part of this course, you'll:
Professional recognition
On successful completion of this course, you'll be eligible to apply to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and become recognised as a speech and language therapist (SLT). The HCPC have certain standards all registrants must meet to legally practice under a protected profession title.
You'll also meet the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) Eating, Drinking, and Swallowing competency framework, giving you the knowledge and skills to work with people with eating and drinking differences.
This accelerated, pre-registration postgraduate degree is suitable if you have a relevant undergraduate degree - such as psychology, linguistics, English language, or biology. You'll also be passionate about fostering collaborative relationships that support communication and wellbeing around eating and drinking.
As part of this course, you'll:
- Develop the knowledge and skills to work alongside individuals with diverse communication profiles
- Study via a blend of lectures, seminars, and hands-on learning
- Learn to co-create supportive strategies and approaches with children and adults who experience speech, language and communication needs, and/or eating, drinking, and swallowing needs
- Gain real-world experience in varied settings: from in-patient hospital wards and clinics, to community settings such as schools, day centres, and clients' homes, building your confidence and preparing you to work in dynamic, inclusive environments
- Take a critical and reflective approach to learning, with opportunities to explore your interests in depth, including a range of university-based and clinical placement experiences
Professional recognition
On successful completion of this course, you'll be eligible to apply to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and become recognised as a speech and language therapist (SLT). The HCPC have certain standards all registrants must meet to legally practice under a protected profession title.
You'll also meet the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) Eating, Drinking, and Swallowing competency framework, giving you the knowledge and skills to work with people with eating and drinking differences.
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
MSc Speech and Language Therapy (pre-registration) at Leeds Beckett prepares you to join the speech and language therapy workforce as part of a multidisciplinary team. Your career will involve advocating for communication rights and supporting individuals to live fully and expressively.
This accelerated, pre-registration postgraduate degree is suitable if you have a relevant undergraduate degree - such as psychology, linguistics, English language, or biology. You'll also be passionate about fostering collaborative relationships that support communication and wellbeing around eating and drinking.
As part of this course, you'll:
Professional recognition
On successful completion of this course, you'll be eligible to apply to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and become recognised as a speech and language therapist (SLT). The HCPC have certain standards all registrants must meet to legally practice under a protected profession title.
You'll also meet the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) Eating, Drinking, and Swallowing competency framework, giving you the knowledge and skills to work with people with eating and drinking differences.
This accelerated, pre-registration postgraduate degree is suitable if you have a relevant undergraduate degree - such as psychology, linguistics, English language, or biology. You'll also be passionate about fostering collaborative relationships that support communication and wellbeing around eating and drinking.
As part of this course, you'll:
- Develop the knowledge and skills to work alongside individuals with diverse communication profiles
- Study via a blend of lectures, seminars, and hands-on learning
- Learn to co-create supportive strategies and approaches with children and adults who experience speech, language and communication needs, and/or eating, drinking, and swallowing needs
- Gain real-world experience in varied settings: from in-patient hospital wards and clinics, to community settings such as schools, day centres, and clients' homes, building your confidence and preparing you to work in dynamic, inclusive environments
- Take a critical and reflective approach to learning, with opportunities to explore your interests in depth, including a range of university-based and clinical placement experiences
Professional recognition
On successful completion of this course, you'll be eligible to apply to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and become recognised as a speech and language therapist (SLT). The HCPC have certain standards all registrants must meet to legally practice under a protected profession title.
You'll also meet the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) Eating, Drinking, and Swallowing competency framework, giving you the knowledge and skills to work with people with eating and drinking differences.
Admission Requirements
4+
7.5+
54+
Applicants should have at least a 2:1 Honours degree in the cognate subjects of science, which may include Biomedical Sciences, Human and Social Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology or Sociology; language which may include English Language, English Language and Literature, Human Communication Studies, Linguistics or any foreign language; Education, which may include Childhood Studies, Teaching or Special Education Needs or a Pre-Registration subject such as Midwifery, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Radiography or Social Work.
Applicants with a 2:1 in another subject may be considered if they have relevant professional experience in health, education, social care or language teaching, this may include working as an SLT assistant, a care and support worker, as a teaching assistant, teaching English as a foreign language or extensive voluntary work with a communication impairment charity.
There are two parts to this application. We base our decisions on content, not on writing style, spelling or grammar.
Part A: Written Interview. Answer the following questions, using sub-headings to clearly indicate each separate question and answer. There is no word limit.
Students will be recruited on the basis that their values align with those of the NHS Constitution, as well as having the right skills and aptitude, in accordance with Value Based Recruitment, (Health Education England, Value Based Recruitment Framework, 2016) click here. You will be selected based on how you demonstrate the values which promote quality care and a positive patient, staff and student experience.
All applications should be supported by a reference; a template can be accessed at this link. It is the applicant's responsibility to request references from their referees.
All applicants should satisfy English Language requirements. Please note the IELTS requirement for this course are IELTS 7.5 with no skill below 7.0
Applicants with a 2:1 in another subject may be considered if they have relevant professional experience in health, education, social care or language teaching, this may include working as an SLT assistant, a care and support worker, as a teaching assistant, teaching English as a foreign language or extensive voluntary work with a communication impairment charity.
There are two parts to this application. We base our decisions on content, not on writing style, spelling or grammar.
Part A: Written Interview. Answer the following questions, using sub-headings to clearly indicate each separate question and answer. There is no word limit.
- Opening statement (one paragraph): briefly tell us about yourself and why you want to be a Speech and Language Therapist. (note – the person reading your written interview may not have read your whole application form. Please therefore re-state everything of relevance here, e.g. “I am a primary school teacher” or “my previous degree was in French”).
- What research have you done into the SLT profession and what have you learnt? (research is different to experience).
- What experience do you have relating to relevant client groups (e.g. in employment, voluntary work, previous education, or personal experience) or relevant academic skills (e.g. in your previous studies) and what have you learnt?
- How have you gained insight into the Leeds Beckett University course and why do you want to come here?
- Which personal qualities do you have that are related to SLT?
- What experience do you have of using interpersonal and teamworking skills?
- Part B: The Scenario (350 word limit): You are working as a speech and language therapist. You are expecting to see a child and his mum for their first appointment. They do not turn up. What possible reasons might there be for this?
Students will be recruited on the basis that their values align with those of the NHS Constitution, as well as having the right skills and aptitude, in accordance with Value Based Recruitment, (Health Education England, Value Based Recruitment Framework, 2016) click here. You will be selected based on how you demonstrate the values which promote quality care and a positive patient, staff and student experience.
All applications should be supported by a reference; a template can be accessed at this link. It is the applicant's responsibility to request references from their referees.
All applicants should satisfy English Language requirements. Please note the IELTS requirement for this course are IELTS 7.5 with no skill below 7.0
2 Years
Sep
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
9,790 GBP
International
22,000 GBP
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