Second Bachelor's Degree or Masters? (SLT)
Hi!! I've just graduated from KCL with a 2:1 in English Language and Linguistics. I was planning to do a Msc in Speech and Language Therapy after graduating to become a speech and language therapist. I have about 6 months experience working in a Speech and language base and 5 years working at a theme park communicating with thousands of people a day, including those with speech difficulties. I am having a really hard time getting onto any Msc courses. I wouldn't be able to move away from home to study so am looking within the midlands, where there aren't a huge number of courses and I got rejected from BCU. I'm wondering whether it is worth going back to uni and doing a bachelor's in speech and language therapy? I know it would be another loan but I'm thinking that it would only be another year over the master's and maybe the competition to get onto the courses wouldn't be as difficult? I'm not really sure- does anyone have any experiences like this??
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Original post by meliagracie
Hi!! I've just graduated from KCL with a 2:1 in English Language and Linguistics. I was planning to do a Msc in Speech and Language Therapy after graduating to become a speech and language therapist. I have about 6 months experience working in a Speech and language base and 5 years working at a theme park communicating with thousands of people a day, including those with speech difficulties. I am having a really hard time getting onto any Msc courses. I wouldn't be able to move away from home to study so am looking within the midlands, where there aren't a huge number of courses and I got rejected from BCU. I'm wondering whether it is worth going back to uni and doing a bachelor's in speech and language therapy? I know it would be another loan but I'm thinking that it would only be another year over the master's and maybe the competition to get onto the courses wouldn't be as difficult? I'm not really sure- does anyone have any experiences like this??
A lot of graduates take a second undergraduate healthcare degree so you would not be alone. Being an exception course, you would be eligible for both maintenance and tuition fees loans, and the NHS Learning Support Fund (if you study at a uni in England). If it gives you more options, apply for the undergraduate course.
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I know there are some "dead spots" where finding a masters is hard - which is why I went back and did a second batchelor route for my entry into the profession - in hindsight I'm glad I went down that route because, as the pandemic hit when it did, having that slightly slower course pace (it's still full on) bought a bit of the chance to balance having my own kids at home while still progressing the degree.
Hasn't caused me any issues seeking employment and getting established in the profession and I just try not to think about the student debt!
Hasn't caused me any issues seeking employment and getting established in the profession and I just try not to think about the student debt!
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