Postgrad Speech & Language Therapy 2017 Entry (PG Dip/MSc)

Thanks for the quick reply. I agree that we will probably hear later, though the deadline was actually the same for UCL, which is why I'm not sure what to expect.

Congrats to everyone who has interviews so far!

That's strange. I thought international students submit their applications at a later date ?

Thanks for the quick reply. I agree that we will probably hear later, though the deadline was actually the same for UCL, which is why I'm not sure what to expect.

Congrats to everyone who has interviews so far!

Hi everyone,

I've been invited to an interview for UCL on the 5th Jan, anyone else got one on that date?

I got 2 emails from Sheffield yesterday saying that I didn't get an interview. Why send 2?

Waiting hear from City and Reading now

So, have all you UK/EU applicants heard back from UCL now? Or are some people still waiting?

So, have all you UK/EU applicants heard back from UCL now? Or are some people still waiting?

So, have all you UK/EU applicants heard back from UCL now? Or are some people still waiting?

I'm yet to hear either way but can pretty much guess the answer now!

Hey everyone, I am in third year at Sheffield uni doing English Lang and Lit but want to pursue a career in speech and Lang therapy. I therefore applied to the Sheffield mmedsci but got rejected for an interview. I was just wondering which other courses I can apply to without having yet completed my degree and when the deadlines are? However, I don't have all that much experience aside from volunteering with autistic children at the weekends. I am therefore expecting to take a year out but want to know what people would suggest would be the best things to do in terms of volunteering during this year that would make me ready to apply next year? Hoping to fit this around part time work so I can sustain myself financially and maybe some travelling too! Or maybe there would be a full time job I could get into that would be beneficial to leading towards speech therapy? Basically what did you guys do in your year out/for experience and how did you sustain this? Thanks x

Hi! @rainbowworld

To get the SLT assistant job, did they require you to have a level 3 or above NVQ in care/something similar? All of the positions I'm seeing seem to need one!

No I don't have an NVQ. Most applications said NVQ or equivalent experience. I could talk about my TA job and I spent a year in a ASD unit on placement during my degree so they must have counted as equivalent experience and I think having a degree helped (as obviously this is above NVQ level and parts of it were relevant), even though you don't technically need one for the job I don't think I would have got it if I didn't have one. It's worth applying even if they ask for an NVQ, the worst they can say is no. Although the other girl who got an assistant job the same time as me had a NVQ but if you write a good application and interview well it's probably not essential. I didn't get the first job I applied for (although I definitely ended up with the best job out of the ones I applied for - split post so variety of experience and not really admin heavy like some), you just have to keep trying!
But there are lots of other relevant jobs - like some council jobs or more general health roles or TA or children's centre or anything with SEN or adults with health needs. None of the SLTs I work with now were assistants before they did their course (and most did the MSc) and when I spoke to students at City they said only 2/3 people on the course we're SLT assistants before and there are ~80 in the cohort I think. And I haven't even heard from most the places I've applied to so it's definitely not guaranteed to get you a place even if you are an SLT assistant!!
Are you still studying or are you working ATM?

Hey everyone,

I am in third year at Sheffield uni doing English Lang and Lit but want to pursue a career in speech and Lang therapy. I therefore applied to the Sheffield mmedsci but got rejected for an interview. I was just wondering which other courses I can apply to without having yet completed my degree and when the deadlines are?
However, I don't have all that much experience aside from volunteering with autistic children at the weekends. I am therefore expecting to take a year out but want to know what people would suggest would be the best things to do in terms of volunteering during this year that would make me ready to apply next year? Hoping to fit this around part time work so I can sustain myself financially and maybe some travelling too! Or maybe there would be a full time job I could get into that would be beneficial to leading towards speech therapy?
Basically what did you guys do in your year out/for experience and how did you sustain this? Thanks x