Speech and Language Therapy

Language is at the heart of human life. Its study is crucial to our understanding of ourselves: as members of society, as individuals, and as a species. At Reading we offer students the opportunity to study all three aspects of this most complex form of human behaviour.

BSc Speech and Language Therapy
The four year BSc degree in Speech and Language Therapy is a busy and exciting programme that will prepare you for a professional qualification. In order to practise as a speech and language therapist you need to study a range of subjects. You will study how language is structured and how it develops in children. You will learn about atypical development of speech and language in children and about acquired speech and language problems in adults. Classes in psychology and medical studies will add to your knowledge of normal and abnormal development in children and your understanding of a wide range of communication problems. Practical classes and working in speech and language therapy clinics are also an important part of this programme.

Special features
We run speech and language therapy clinics on the campus in collaboration with the local health authority and these provide part of your clinical experience. We will introduce you to instrumental analyses of speech and the use of computer-assisted analyses of language. You will have opportunities to participate in research programmes and you will be required to develop a small, clinically-related research project in your final year.

Professional recognition and career prospects
This programme is recognised by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and the Health Professions Council. Successful graduates can apply for professional registration and practise in a range of educational and clinical settings.
90% of our graduates are in paid work 6 months after leaving and 83% are in graduate-level work. Typical job titles include Speech and Language Therapist and Outreach worker. Employers of our graduates have included the NHS, local authorities and schools. There are opportunities to continue your studies at postgraduate level and enter research posts

 

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I feel it was a real privilege to have studied Speech and Language Therapy at Reading and, in particular, to have been taught by so many enthusiastic experts in the field.
It is one of the most enjoyable, practical and stimulating courses you could imagine and even now – many years on – I find I draw on what I learnt at Reading to inform my role as a paediatric speech and language therapist in Hampshire.

Mary Esslemont, Graduate (1988), Practising Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

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