Course summary

About this course: Develop the knowledge and skills to work with people with a range of communication and swallowing disorders for a rewarding career as a Speech and Language Therapist in healthcare or education settings. Skills: This programme is a pre-registration course aimed at students wanting to become Speech and Language Therapists. Speech and Language Therapy is a diverse and interesting profession, working with people with communication difficulties and swallowing difficulties. As part of your degree, you will complete 600 hours of practice placement, to support learning in a range of practice settings. Placements have been included in all years of the programme, and will support your professional and practice skills giving an opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge development. Career opportunities: If you’re ready to learn, we’ll help you gain confidence and opportunities to achieve. As a graduate you can go on to work in a range of professions, including working with babies and infants, children, working-age adults and older adults. Practice settings are diverse and include a wide range of services and environments including:

• Hospitals acute and outpatients

• Primary care and community health settings

• Pre-school and nursery settings

• Schools (including mainstream and special schools)

• The criminal justice system

• Specialist services such as mental health and learning disability services and palliative care

• Charity and voluntary sector environments

• There is also scope to work within research and academic settings.