Postgraduate Speech and Language Therapy 2012

Hi girls. I got the CRB email through today too Quick question, did you put down all the houses you have lived at during the last 5 years (including Uni Halls, and Uni houses etc) or just your main address/ parents address?? I'm really confused and want to get the online form done asap. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Also Georgina how did you find out about the times and dates that we can go to the Uni with our documents by? Thanks xxx

People who are planning on long train journeys to essex with CRBs... it's worth ringing the uni before you book anything, as in my year some people hadn't come down over the summer, and they were able to just bring it in on the first day of term. Annoying for me as I had spent lots of money on a train ticket down to hand mine in before the start of term.

You don't want to waste loads of money & time on trains if you don't have to, so ring Paula and explain your situation if it will cost you a lot/ take a long time. They might say you can just bring it in September.

Hey

I am literally so excited as I'm writing this as I have been looking for you lot since I got my very unexpected phone call weeks ago!!

I had my interview on the 1st May also and can't believe I have finally got on the course! I have just completed the online CRB form, but just looked up train tickets and it's going to cost me around £100 to get there for 15mins! Fun times!!

A fb group is a great idea as this is all getting a bit confusing with so many threads. Has it been set up yet? If not I don't mind doing it?

Does anyone have any accommodation plans yet?

So so glad to have found this thread and a huge CONGRATULATIONS to everyone!!!!

Becky. x x

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Guys, dunno if you saw my above post, but you might save yourselves a trip just by ringing the uni and explaining if you live far away or it's out of your way/ expensive to go down there. I didn't have my medical until I actually arrived at uni, which was fine, and some people didn't bring their CRBs down over the summer and just brought them at the start of term. Don't waste time/ money if you don't have to! I'm sure they wouldn't expect you to spend a lot of money just to come and show your CRB.

Hey, I got the e-mail too so I thought I'd reply and try and help. I put down all my uni housing as this is what I've had to do for previous CRBs. The information about dates is in a link in an email you get after you fill in the online form, but as I understand it you don't have to do it before the 16th pf July, that is just the dates for different opening hours, you can do it later. xxx

Hey

I am literally so excited as I'm writing this as I have been looking for you lot since I got my very unexpected phone call weeks ago!!

I had my interview on the 1st May also and can't believe I have finally got on the course! I have just completed the online CRB form, but just looked up train tickets and it's going to cost me around £100 to get there for 15mins! Fun times!!

A fb group is a great idea as this is all getting a bit confusing with so many threads. Has it been set up yet? If not I don't mind doing it?

Does anyone have any accommodation plans yet?

So so glad to have found this thread and a huge CONGRATULATIONS to everyone!!!!

Becky. x x

Hey, glad you found us! It's so nice to be able to talk to everyone.

Yeah I'm going to try and combine my CRB trip with the medical exam whenever we can do that, and maybe look at houses at the same time as ideally I'd like to share a house with people so I have somewhere to park my car.

I don't think it's been set up yet, though Rachel may be in the process of doing so, I'm not sure.

Congratulations to you to, I can't wait to meet everyone, maybe we should try to co-ordinate going to hand in documents.

xxx

Hi guys,

I've just been reading through your thread and it's all so interesting. However it's also freaked me out a little bit. Haha. I was thinking of applying for the accelerated course for 2013 (my first degree is in French and Spanish) but now I'm really worrying about a lack of practical experience as a lot of you guys seem to have LOADS. Did anyone take a year out to build up experience and then apply for the year after?

-During school I volunteered for about 3/4 years as a Brownie leader.
-In my first year at uni I mentored a child one on one with the charity Shine.
-My Dad had a stroke when I was pretty young so I have a huge amount of personal experience.
-I've read a fair bit around the subject (your suggestions are all really useful)
-And I've also studied a lot of linguistics modules. Language acquisition and development etc.

However...seeing as I've been away on my year abroad this year, I've not really done anything relevant in a while....I've got a few things set up for the summer hols, volunteering with some children's charities and stroke charities. I was hoping to do some shadowing but the placement has fallen through, although I am going to try and set up another.

I just really worry that this all looks really rushed as it will all be so recent and not sustained volunteering etc. despite the fact I've wanted to be a Speech Therapist for years and years.

Should I take a year out and then apply. Or perhaps should I apply anyway and see what happens and then take it from there?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Sorry for all the garbled information!

Char xxx

Thanks Gemma I have done what you said and put down all of my uni housing addresses, just to be on the safe side! When do you think you will be going up/down to the Uni to hand in your CRB documents? I'm currently working full-time with only Tuesdays off so think I will have to go up on a Tuesday. Bit concerned about when i'm going to have time to sort out living arrangements though, lol. Might have to leave it until September.... xxx

Hi girlies apologies havent been on much. I have finally finished uni and got a few results back, that combined with a holiday to Cuba and a gradball i am now shattered haha! Im so so excited to start, i got my CRB email and also just received my occupational health pack! has anyone had any bursary news yet? also my friend who is a practicing speech and language therapist said two books she recommends are

martin atkinson- Basic medical science for speech hearing and language therapy students, and Gwen Lancaster- Phoneme factory- developing speech and language skills- A resource book for teaching and speech and language therapists.

She studied at Newcastle and said they really give guidence when learning and can be referred to lots in practice also! I will def be purchasing!!

If anyone sets up a facebook group my name is Victoria Elliott- and it is probably best to find me under the Nottingham Trent network as apparently there are quite a few of me!

Hope everyone is well xxxxxxx

Thanks Gemma I have done what you said and put down all of my uni housing addresses, just to be on the safe side! When do you think you will be going up/down to the Uni to hand in your CRB documents? I'm currently working full-time with only Tuesdays off so think I will have to go up on a Tuesday. Bit concerned about when i'm going to have time to sort out living arrangements though, lol. Might have to leave it until September.... xxx

Why not now try and organise a regular volunteering slot somewhere relevant while you have the time to look into different places and ask to volunteer regularly there while its a whole year until the 2013 course starts? Then when it comes to doing the application you'll already have started or have put yourself down to volunteer for the whole year or however long until the course starts and for quite some time before interviews for courses start so you have that to talk about too.
I graduated last year and sorted out volunteering for a stroke group/centre in London on my one week day off per week as I work full time.

Georgina
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Hi Georgina,

Thanks for your advice! I've been thinking the same thing. Just worried that it might look a bit rushed but after talking it through with a friend, I've been thinking, do all I can this summer onwards, apply this year, see what happens, and if I don't get where I want, I can take a year out and build it all up and try again. I'm really lucky to have a job where I know they'll up my hours etc. if I take a year out. I don't know why I'm worrying so much really, I just want to do it so badly!!!!

So many congratulations to all of you for getting great places as well by the way! I'm really excited for you all!

Char xxx

Yeah I suppose Germany is a bit of a nicer holiday destination than the current classic army hotspots - i.e. Afghanistan!

Yeah I got the CRB email through today too and just completed it - it looks like we just turn up to the registry office on the campus at any point? So, not specific to our course or going anywhere specific to us either. The website says its open 10-12 and 3-4 until the 16th of july, monday-friday. Better choose a train journey...

xxx