Those applying for Speech Sciences / Speech and Language Therapy / SLT for 2010 Entry

Does anyone know when we can apply for RCSLT student membership?

As I have an unconditional place, would it be a good idea to do it sooner rather than later?

Im going to apply for Colmon house! I definetly need an en-suite as sharing bathrooms with people i've never met I can't do! Yeah the student village looks nice but its basically the same as the accomodation on campus just a longer walk. The only annoying thing (really lazy factor) about Colmon house is that its on the other side of campus to the building we are based in! But yeah I really like the idea of living with people either on the same course or similar ones so our hours will be the same, same amount of work, same term weeks etc

Hey! Thanks for including me in your accom talk !! Colman house seems the best bet! Although I havent fully decided yet, I may choose a cheaper option as I think when it actually gets down to it, sharing a bathroom will be bareable for the extra £20 a week do you know how we apply for accomidation? I agree with your thoughts about sharing with people on the same course. We are starting on 1st September, which i'm guessing is earlier than most degree courses at UEA. I'm pretty worried about that actually so it would be nice if we weren't totally alone during that time!

Hope you don't mind me joining in with this! I'm new to The Student Room so i'm still getting to grips with it all it's so weird thinking we will be off to the same place in September! xxxx

HI

Did anyone manage to go to the MMU open day today? There doesn't seem to be many northerns on this thread. Congrats to all of you firming your offers.

p.s - sorry to everyone that we're going completely off on one about UEA, maybe we should make our own UEA slt thread in the UEA forum!?

Hey everyone,

Just thought I'd say hello! I am going to uni in September to study Speech and Language therapy. I am 28 so will be a mature student which sounds very weird indeed!

I have been offered places at Marjon, Birmingham city and Reading. Am not sure if the offer at Reading is conditional or not but I am going to put them as my first choice I think. Just wondered if anyone else is going to Reading, if there are any more mature students, and if anyone is going to the visit day on the 16th April? Lots of questions!

It'll be my second time around at university (having done a BSc in Psychology & Computing a long time ago!) and I am excited but a little nervous about going back to uni!

Tash x

Hi evryone, I havent been on this forum for a while but anyway I got a conditional offer from UCP Marjon and I've accepted the offer. However, I wasnt able to attend the open day. Can anyone tell me what happened on the open day. Oh.. and also accomidation info. I have looked at the UCP's website but I couldnt find much info on accomidations. One more question does anyone know how many places UCP Marjon offer for SLT programme. Your answers would really help...THANK YOU!!!

Do we actually start on 1st September? I thought that they'd just put that on ucas!! If we do then there goes my hopes of working a few weeks in September to get paid on 26th which coincides with the weekend before Freshers! Actually I've just found the 09/10 semester dates for AHP and they started on 21st September which was the same day as everyone else, so I don't think we will be starting on the 1st Though they did do 9am-5pm on their first day it seems, so no letting us in gently!!!

I was wondering actually where the extra weeks are added in as the SLT course is 6 weeks longer than their normal courses, cause I was wondering whether we'd have to pay for lots of extra weeks on the accommodation but it looks like this year their first term was the same length as everyone elses but they came back a week earlier from xmas break, they break up a week later for Easter so get 3 weeks for Easter instead of 4 and then do an extra 4 weeks at the end of the summer term, so yeah that makes up the 6 weeks. So I guess we have to pay the cost of 4 weeks extra on top of the standard prices quoted for accommodation.

So we will be on our own for the last four weeks of summer, all the health and medical professions ruling the campus!

Don't worry about getting involved on the thread, we're all friendly!

p.s - sorry to everyone that we're going completely off on one about UEA, maybe we should make our own UEA slt thread in the UEA forum!?

Last year in the 2009 SLT thread, everyone was obsessed with Reading, and now this year it's UEA!

I'm sure it'll change soon, I think there's just a lot of us around at the moment who have firmed UEA! There seems to be a lot of interest in Reading on this thread too so no doubt that will take over soon!!

UEA SLT people, I've created a thread over in the UEA forum so that we can chat there and stop boring everyone on this thread with our constant gushing about UEA!

Hi Tash,

I was so pleased to read your post! I'm 25 and it'll also be my second time at uni (I did Law a few years back). I've been offered places at Manchester, Birmingham City and Reading...so two in common!

I could commute to Birmingham but I really want to go to Reading, I'll be at the open day on 16th April though so am going to put off a decision until then... when did you go for your BCU interview? I was there on 2nd March, and I liked the sound of the course but not the campus so much.

I've been looking at the accommodation for Reading and I'm trying to decide if I want to do the whole halls thing again, though I like that they have specific halls for mature students...hmm makes me sound really old and boring!

Anyway, if you wanted to talk it over or anything then feel free...and if not, then maybe I'll see you on the 16th! I'll be the one with the entourage of nosy family members...

Sarah x

Yey! Someone else firming Marjon! I have an unconditional place, so hopefully see you in September!
I didn't go the SLT open day, but I did go to the university-wide one the week before. I can't remember how many halls they have (I think it's about 4 on campus) and a student village on campus too that's houses rather than halls. Lol I knew I should've gone on the accommodation tour! Bethanieee probably knows loads more than me, so I'd wait for her answer on accommodation!
What I do know is that you apply for accommodation once your offer becomes unconditional, so forms are released in June so you can fill it in and send it to wait for your place to be confirmed. Accommodation is on a first-come, first-served basis, as there isn't enough rooms for every First Year. Only First Years can apply for accommodation.
Well, they have 50 NHS-funded places, but they said that they give out about 200 offers to fill those places.

I applied online. The letter I got was the usual decision letter saying that they had assessed my application for finance, and that I was entitled to the minimum loan. I just need to accept it and give them my bank details and it's all done.

Hey when you applied for you student finance did you login in using your old ART ID etc from your old degree or register again?

Hi evryone, I havent been on this forum for a while but anyway I got a conditional offer from UCP Marjon and I've accepted the offer. However, I wasnt able to attend the open day. Can anyone tell me what happened on the open day. Oh.. and also accomidation info. I have looked at the UCP's website but I couldnt find much info on accomidations. One more question does anyone know how many places UCP Marjon offer for SLT programme. Your answers would really help...THANK YOU!!!