Postgraduate Speech and Language Therapy 2014 (MSc)

Hi there! I'm planning to attempt the MSc in 2014. I'm currently working as a SLT assistant and so far have applied to Greenwich and will be trying City and UCL as I live in London and they will be easier to get to for me. I'm a mum to teenagers so its going to be challenge if I manage to get on! What universities are you planning to apply to? It's a stressful process 😆

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Hello! Welcome to the thread.

I'm applying to City and UCL, with UCL as my favourite.
Gosh, I can imagine - but I'm sure they're proud to have a mum who has ambition!
It is stressful, at first I felt quite optimistic about the whole process but now I've started collating all my work experience history and things I'm comparing myself to others and wondering if there's a chance in heck of me actually gaining a place!

You're working as an SLT assistant, that's fantastic you're already working within the sector. I'm hoping to get some work experience with adults as mine is most,y early years and school based! :/

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Hi there I am hoping to apply for the SLT courses at UCL and Reading for 2014 entry. Reading application deadline is December 2013 so it's still a while to get some experience in place. I work in a primary school during the week and volunteer with a SALT on the weekends but I need to expand my experience a bit.

I think it was on the UCL website where they tell you the sorts of experience they accepted before for entrants and some of it is achievable.

Do you have an idea of when the Universities let us know if we have got in or not? Charlotte

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Hi I'm not sure whether they wait until the closing date before responding or on receipt of the application. I think I've almost managed to talk myself out if it 😄 do you know how many places Reading, City and UCL have? I think they must have quite a few applicants for each place. I have very little adult experience so I might have a look over the summer and see what I can do. I will have a look and see what they recommend.

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I believe it's something along the lines of 20 places for reading and almost double that for UCL. They must have tons of applicants which is why I'm trying to get as much experience as I can before I apply!

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😩 Oh wow scary

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UCL's website puts the average number of applicants at around 350-400 and there are 50 places available... Eek!

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Yeah it seems difficult to get in when they only have a few places available

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I've tried looking at what could be available from nhs bursary website but its all quite confusing! Has anyone looked at this in more detail? x

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As in, funding and financial support?

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I think I tried working it out once and could only estimate what I might get...a rough estimate at that. I think there was a table and I got the figures from there. I know that some students do part time work through the course.

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I have read that the masters course is nhs funded but I was concerned about the financial support. I've used the online calculator to get an estimate if what you can receive but it doesn't seem like much!! It's worrying how little it is!

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Sorry have just seen this! Yes it's not really very much and I think that it's possible to do some part time work depending on which of the courses you start.

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I've signed myself up to some educational bank staff agencies, at least that way I can turn down work if I'm swamped with course work! I still think I'm going to need to save up this year to ensure I'm not worried the whole way through.

Has anyone else planned to work alongside?

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That's my plan too!

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Mine too, I won't have much choice but to work!

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