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Speech and Language Therapy

BSc (Single Honours)

Start date:

September 2025

Entry tariff:

112 UCAS points (or equivalent)

UCAS code:

B620

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.

Did you know

The course will run when Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy (RCSLT) approval and Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) accreditation has been achieved, meaning that successful graduates will be eligible to be registered professionals with the HCPC, and work as an autonomous Speech and Language Therapist.

You may be eligible to apply for a £5000 NHS bursary.

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Modules

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

This is a new course for September 2025. More details regarding modules will be added shortly. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Foundations of professional practice for Speech and Language Therapy (30 credits)
Communication process and building blocks (30 credits)
Development of eating and drinking and swallowing skills across the lifespan (30 credits)
Working in partnership 1 (30 credits)
Practice placement 1

Person-centered assessment and practice (30 credits)
Developmental communication disorders across the lifespan (30 credits)
Acquired communication disorders across the lifespan (30 credits)
Assessment and management of dysphagia and voice disorders (30 credits)
Practice placement 2

Emerging professional practice for Speech and Language Therapy (30 credits)
Complex communication across the lifespan (30 credits)
Therapeutic and functional management skills (30 Credits)
Working in partnership 2 (30 Credits)
Practice placement 3

Skills

Make a difference to people's lives with a degree in Speech and Language Therapy.

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.

On this programme, you will gain the knowledge skills and ability to:

Encourage participation and engagement for people with communication and swallowing difficulties.
Work in a multi-disciplinary team offering support to service users, carers and other professionals.
Work within a health promotion and advocacy approach.
Complete a comprehensive person-centered assessment, considering a holistic view of communication, participation and meaningful engagement.
Give professional advice and support to a range of service users and practice settings, for example with an intervention programme or strategies to support maximizing function.
Supporting people when their skills are changing, with a future planning approach and considering concepts around adjustment.
Develop critical thinking skills and apply these within an evidence-based practice approach.
Audit and research applied to practice settings.
Use a range of digital technologies to offer innovative assessment and management approaches.

Clinical Placement

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.

Learning

Experience a dynamic and contemporary curriculum.

You will learn in an environment which integrates theoretical and practice-based learning across the programme. This will include:

Lectures (both in person and recorded)
Case-based learning, allowing learners to apply theoretical knowledge with a focus on the experiences of service users and carers
Group work, and peer supported learning and reflective practice
Workshops – giving opportunities to use different assessments and technologies applied to practice.
Placements – simulated learning and case-based discussions, which will encourage active learning through experiential learning and workshop environments.
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) to support learning and assessment.

Transferable skills:

Along with practical skills (analytical and qualitative), you’ll develop the attributes you need to succeed in the workplace, including:

Professional practice skills including advanced communication skills
Written and spoken communication skills
Problem-solving and critical thinking
Teamwork and interprofessional working
Attention to detail
Critical thinking

You’ll also understand the legal, ethical and use best practice approaches involved in working with service users and professionals.

Assessment

Experience a wide range of assessments that enhance your understanding and practical skills.

There will be a focus on the professional practice of Speech and Language Therapy. These include:

Practical case-based assessments
Self-reflections
Peer supported learning, reflection and assessments
In class tests
Summary assessment reports
Therapeutic programmes
Feedback summaries for patient/carers
Education sessions and posters

Careers

Shape the future of public health.

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.

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Applying

UK Students International Students

Full-time UK undergraduate students apply through UCAS.

Course subject to curriculum review and validation.

How to apply

Apply via UCAS

Entry requirements

Entry tariff

112 UCAS points (or equivalent)

Specific entry requirements

Typically, five GCSEs at Grade 5 or above, including Mathematics, English Language or Literature and a science subject or equivalent. A levels BBB/BBC (112 UCAS points), BTEC or equivalent.

There will also be a values-based interview

Additional requirements:

If English is not the applicants first language, the English Language Proficiency level set by Health and Care Professions (HCPC) is that SLTs must “be able to communicate in English to the standard equivalent to Level 8 of the International English Language Testing System, with no element below 7.5”.

HCPC Standards of Education and Training require:

Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service report on all learners prior to proceeding onto a Speech and Language Therapy programme.

Health and Disability requirements for learners – HCPC requires applicants to be in sufficiently good health to be able to comply with the programme requirements, with reasonable adjustments and necessary support. This requires Occupational Health Screening.

General entry requirements

UK students

Tuition fees and funding

September 2025 entry tuition fees

UK (home) tuition fees

Year one fees

Undergraduate degree: £9,535
Foundation Year: £9,535

We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.

International undergraduate students apply through our direct application system.

Course subject to curriculum review and validation.

How to apply

Apply directly

Entry requirements

Entry tariff

112 UCAS points (or equivalent)

Specific entry requirements

Typically, five GCSEs at Grade 5 or above, including Mathematics, English Language or Literature and a science subject or equivalent. A levels BBB/BBC (112 UCAS points), BTEC or equivalent.

There will also be a values-based interview