Introduction

Welcome to the programme handbook for the BMedSci Speech and Language Therapy degree in the School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery (AHPNM) at the University of Sheffield programme handbook. This guide aims to provide an overview of the BMedSci (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) degree programme along with other relevant and important information. Please do take the time to read this. To follow up on any information in this programme guide, please refer to and read the accompanying documents details under the Links to Other Relevant Information section on the homepage of this guide.

The BMedSci Speech and Language Therapy degree is one of several programmes that relate to Human Communication Sciences taught within the School. There are also the full time and part time MMedSci (Speech and Language Therapy) programmes and the full time BSc SLT (Degree) Apprenticeship which is a four year apprenticeship degree programme. All of these lead to qualification as a Speech and Language Therapist. There are also several postgraduate programmes in the field of Human Communication Sciences taugh within the School. In addition, the School provides courses in Nursing and Midwifery, and in Orthoptics and Ophthalmology. Professor Judy Clegg is the current Professional Lead for SLT in AHPNM. Information about all our programmes, our research and staff is available here:

School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery

The BMedSci Speech and Language Therapy degree  is a three-year undergraduate level 6 degree programme, which leads to the qualification to practise as a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT). The degree consists of the study of a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on speech, language, communication and swallowing and their disorders, from the perspectives of health science, linguistics, cognitive (neuro)psychology and neuroscience, social psychology and sociology, and biomedical sciences. The programme also provides learners with knowledge and skills in relation to research methodologies, the appraisal and practical application of clinical research and evidence-based practice. The degree is taught in person, and includes a range of practice placements across the three years. Through the three years/levels, there is a series of clinical placements supported by specialist clinical teaching and supervision.  Students work with a range of staff from this and other departments, both within and outside the University, including NHS practitioners and other sectors, from across a broad range of subject specialisms.