Speech and Language Therapy

Work with people experiencing communication impairments and difficulties with eating, drinking and swallowing, from children who stammer to adults recovering from brain injuries.

Speech and language therapists (SLT) are privileged to work with people throughout their entire lifespan, from neonatal to end of life care.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Gain a professional qualification as an SLT in three years

• Learn to provide assessment and intervention for communication impairments and difficulties with eating, drinking and swallowing

• Study a variety of subjects such as psychology, linguistics and speech pathology

• Attend guest lectures from specialist clinicians and medics to ensure your learning is current and to expand your networks

• Experience ongoing and block placements through a mixed placement model

Building your future potential
As a student in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, you’ll be encouraged to think about your future career right from the start of your learning journey. Information and advice about relevant future career options will be built into your course, including module options with live brief learning challenges.

Your placements
We adopt a mixed placement model, which means that you'll have the opportunity to experience ongoing and block placements throughout your degree. An ongoing placement means that you are on placement one day per week, whilst in university the remaining days. On a block placement, you’ll spend all week on placement, with no lectures during these periods. You’ll be required to travel to placements independently and these will be located throughout the Yorkshire and Humberside region.

You'll undertake ongoing and block work placements in all three years of your course. You'll also be able to make the most of course-related opportunities such as campaigning and raising awareness of people with communication difficulties, getting involved in the speech and language therapy society and volunteering in the UK and abroad. You’ll gain a wide range of clinical experiences with both children and adults.

Funding
If you're eligible for loans from the UK Student Loans Company (SLC), you can also apply for supplementary funding from the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF), including:

• Training Grant

• Parental Support

• Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses

• Exceptional Hardship Fund

Why study the Speech & Language Therapy course at Leeds Beckett University?

• Professional accreditations

• 100% of students on BSc (Hons) Speech & Language Therapy were positive about the way teaching staff explain things*

• Access to specialist facilities

• Gain a professional qualification as an SLT in three years

• Placement opportunities throughout the course

*National Student Survey 2025

This course is accredited by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and approved by the Health and Care Professions Council.

<strong> Year 1 Core Modules: </strong>

• Academic, Professional & Clinical Skills
• Phonetics & Phonology
• Medical Sciences for SLT
• Lifespan Development
• Speech, Language & Communication Needs (SLCN)
• SLT Clinical placement L4 (non-credit bearing)
• Introduction to EBP (Evidence-based Practice)
• Linguistics
• Integrated SLT Studies 1

<strong> Year 2 Core Modules: </strong>

• Integrated SLT Studies 2
• Eating, Drinking & Swallowing
• Cognition for Communication
• Applied Linguistics & Phonetics
• EBP for SLT
• SLT Clinical placement L5 (non-credit bearing)
• Supporting Speech
• Applied Medical Sciences for SLT

<strong> Year 3 Core Modules: </strong>

• Integrated SLT Studies 3
• Transition to Practice
• Evidence for Practice - Dissertation
• SLT Clinical Placement L6 (non-credit bearing)
• Supporting Communication
• Supporting Language
• Current Issues in SLT