MSc Speech and Language Therapy

Course Benefits

• The programme is delivered face-to-face through a combination of lectures, small group tutiorials, workshops, supervised clinical placements, practical classes and self-directed learning.  The environment in the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences is stimulating, friendly and supportive.  Collaborative peer-working features strongly throughout.
   
• You will learn to apply knowledge from a range of academic subjects to speech and language therapy practice. Innovative and authentic learning methods develop necessary skills such as team-working, assessment and therapy, self-evaluation.
   
• The research-based curriculum, and research project opportunities,  promote strong research skills, enabling you to evaluate and add to the profession’s evidence-base.  The programme will prepare you well for future leadership roles and ongoing engagement with applied and clinical research.
   
• Clinical placements start in the first term and carry on throughout the programme.  The placements are closely linked to classroom learning.  Weekly placements allow you to see changes in clients over a period of time and to develop your skills gradually over a longer period of time, supported by your university clinical tutorials and visiting tutors.  Block placements are an opportunity to really focus on your clinical and professional skills development, supported by experienced SLTs and college tutors.
   
• The Research Excellence Framework, or REF, is the system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. UCL is the top-ranked university in the UK for research power in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience according to the REF 2021.

Why Study Speech and Language Therapy?

MediaCentral Widget Placeholderhttps://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Player/7775

Speech and Language Therapy Careers

Speech and Language Therapy is a rewarding career and there are a number of areas that SLTs work in.

Most graduates from this programme go on to work as a speech and language therapist/pathologist with adults and children who have a range of communication and swallowing difficulties.  These can include people with autism spectrum disorder, dementia, specific language impairment, learning difficulties or people who have had strokes or head injuries.  You can work in healthcare or educational settings, for example in hospitals, specialist centres, the community, schools or justice settings.

Our graduates are well placed to contribute to the evidence base for the profession through further research and to fast track into specialist or leadership positions.

Our strong links with employers ensure that you get up-to-date and relevant information to support you in preparing for and securing your first job.  Excellent university-based learning and the wide range and number of high-quality clinical placements also puts our graduates at an advantage.  As a result many of our students are offered jobs very soon after completing the course.

Graduates from our programme are highly regarded by employers (see testimonials) with over 90% working as a speech and language therapist within six months of qualifying. 

Our course equips you with transferable skills relevant to employability, such as: interpersonal and communication skills, oral and written presentation skills, collaboration and team working, critical evaluation, integration and synthesis of information, report writing, behaviour management and change.