Speech and Language Therapy entry 2012

Hi, sorry haven't been on here for a week. Any news? They must have that wrong!

Hi,

I'm currently in my 2nd year at university doing English Language & Linguistics. I'm looking into doing a Speech Language and Therapy postgraduate degree. I know that it is highly competitive, so I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what kinda of work experience/qualities they generally look for?

I've worked as a care worker for the elderly for 3 years and in the summer I am hopefully going to be shadowing a SLT in a hospital- is there any vital work or volunteering I should look into?

Thanks, Jenny

Do you enjoy English and Linguistics that's my backup if I don't go to Speech Therapy but I don't know if I'd enjoy the Linguistic parts

I emailed MMU last month and they said both courses were NHS funded. I've also done the student finance and they confirmed NHS will be paying for it all.

Unfortunately no, Ive written to the main tutor at DMU and explained that that was the whole purpose of me doing the Access Course in the first place and that ive never had any problems with it before. I have asked them to look into it and check because I know loads of people where Access Courses have been sufficient and that its the whole idea of them (getting into uni, reaching GCSE/ALevel equiv). On top of that Ive studied a course with Open Uni which should count as an access course alone (so really I have two but the OU one is specifically for Health and Social Care whereas the other one I studied at college covered many subjects) Anyway they replied to my email and said that they are still pretty certain my Access course wont be accepted with their university (DMU) even though Ive explained so many times and ive got more than enough credits! Ive contacted UCAS who said they are allowed to accept what they want even if it means upping the entry requirements (apparently the entry reqs are only a bare minimum and they can demand what they want ).Im really not going to be happy if they dont sort it out, its unfair that others have been accepted. In my opinion they are struggling with how many places are left and maybe trying to make excuses. First of all before any of this happened they said that they wouldnt even look at my application because it was late and came in after the deadline (which it was in on time!). Again I had to call UCAS and they supported me and said it was definitely in on time so they rectified it and took it out of the 'late pile'. Then they said they cant accept my access course because it doesnt have pass, merit, distinction and I explained that I took the course in 2008 before that was even introduced! Spoke to UCAS (again) and then the uni again and finally got it rectified and now this! Still waiting to hear whether they will accept it or not. For some reason they think the GCSE subjects in the Access course arent up to standard to be equivalents. Im not very impressed lol. On the plus side I have an interview with BCU soon which is my top choice. I'll just have to wait and see with DMU but I will keep challenging it. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Jennie . Im over the moon. Hopefully I'll be able to join the facebook group at some point although Im not going to get my hopes up too much lol. Did they give the chance for people to ask questions? and did many people have questions to ask? My interview is on Tuesday 24th April. Im just glad its a written interview because I always fall to pieces in verbal interviews lol. Anyway, thanks for your advice and support . I know ive been such a pain being impatient and moaning but I want this so bad and I honestly thought I hadnt got in and they were just going to send out a tonne of rejection letters out to those still waiting to hear at the end. Thanks again. If you think of any tips or anything important let me know

Thanks Jennie
Okay, i have filled in my student finance thing, ...
'Select which evidence item you will provide to confirm your NHS Bursary'
im guessing we can't do this yet and will have to wait for a bit?

Anybody going to any of the strathclyde open days?

hey im going down to the one on this friday, getting the train down from aberdeen! should be good to get a look round the uni

Hey, I'm going to the one on Friday too. Remember the open day is at jordanhill, but the jordanhill campus is meant to be moving to the main campus over summer (hopefully) so have a look around the main campus as well as jordanhill :-)

ah didnt know that! guess that means less travelling across glasgow, i might try and get to look at the accommodation as well if possible, what are you doing about accommodation next year?

hey im going down to the one on this friday, getting the train down from aberdeen! should be good to get a look round the uni

Hey, I'm going to the one on Friday too. Remember the open day is at jordanhill, but the jordanhill campus is meant to be moving to the main campus over summer (hopefully) so have a look around the main campus as well as jordanhill :-)

Does anybody know how the bursary and grant are paid? Is it monthly or in big chunks, like the maintenance loan? I think I read somewhere that the bursary is monthly, but I don't know if the grant will be added onto the bursary amount and paid monthly, or if it will be a one-off payment.

That's what I thought initially, but I then read a very useful post on here which said to tick the box (or whatever it is you do, I can't remember!) to say you can't provide any evidence. I've done this and it now says that it's sending out a declaration for me to sign. Hopefully I've done it right, I want to get this whole finance thing moving!

I'll be there on Friday too =)

Do you think it's just an information kinda session like the one in October (ish)?

I think so, but maybe a bit more detailed? Did you go to the one in October? I missed it because I wasn't well, what sort of stuff did they cover in it? =)