Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-Registration) Leeds Beckett University

Overview

The Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-Registration) programme from  Leeds Beckett University 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:

• 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

Career opportunities:

As a speech and language therapist, you could work in hospitals, community centres, prisons or schools. You might work as a freelance therapist or launch your own private practice. You could also decide to undertake a PhD and further explore questions and debates posed in practice.

• Speech and language therapist (requires HCPC registration)

• Speech and language therapy assistant

Accreditation

Accredited by (RCSLT - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists)