Course summary
Qualify as a speech and language therapist. Study topics ranging from anatomy to psychology, and put your knowledge into practice on a series of clinical placements. Course description This course qualifies you to practise as a speech and language therapist. When you graduate, you’ll be able to work in a range of settings including schools, hospitals, care homes, nurseries, clinics and clients’ homes. 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. The course also gives you practical knowledge of how to assess communication or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulty, identify suitable interventions and manage an individual's case. You will learn how to base clinical decisions on the latest research and work with carers, teachers and family members to support the people you are working with. 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. Accreditation This course is approved by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and the Health and Care Professions Council. Please see our University website for the most up-to-date course information.
How to apply
International applicants
Overall IELTS score of 8.0 with a minimum of 7.5 in each component, or equivalent.
Entry requirements
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree. We may consider your application if you have a 2:2 undergraduate honours degree and your practical experience is particularly strong. DBS disclosure and health screening You must produce an enhanced DBS disclosure and complete a health screening before starting the course. English language requirements: Overall IELTS score of 8.0 with a minimum of 7.5 in each component, or equivalent.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
You'll receive an occupational health screening, immunisations and a DBS check on our professional programmes. These will be covered by your tuition fee. We recommend that you subscribe to the DBS update service within 30 days of your disclosure being issued (which you would need to pay for). You would need to pay for any additional DBS checks that may be required if you do not subscribe to the DBS update service.
Clinical placements are a compulsory element of the degree, which means that there will be an additional expense for travel and accommodation (where applicable).
If you are a UK student you will be able to apply for reimbursement for excess travel expenses and dual accommodation costs for placements from the NHS Learning Support Fund. In order to claim, the total cost of your daily return travel from your normal accommodation to your practice placement site must exceed the cost of your usual daily return travel to university.
If you travel to placement in your own motor vehicle, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have adequate insurance cover for all risks associated with its use (i.e. this includes obtaining business use on your insurance policy). This cannot be reimbursed.
For EU and international students the additional placement costs will be self-funded.
Provider information
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN