Postgraduate Opportunities

Taught MSc

The Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies offer a taught MSc course which can be completed full-time (1 year) or part-time (2 years). The aims of the course are to provide qualified Speech and Language Therapists with opportunities to advance their academic knowledge and and professional practice skills in the areas of Dysphagia, Voice and AAC.  Each specialist pathway will only run if a minimum of five students registers for that pathway. These courses provide additional specialist qualifications to already qualified Speech and Language Therapists and do not serve as initial qualifications to practise as a Speech and Language Therapist.  For more information on this taught MSc course, click here.

Postgraduate Diploma Clinical Speech and Language Studies (Dysphagia)

This one year part-time course offers qualified Speech and Language Therapists who already have a license to practise an opportunity to develop specialist skills in all aspects of dysphagia (swallowing disorders) in both adult and paediatric populations. Classes are timetabled to facilitate Speech and Language Therapists in employment and overseas students. For further information on this postgraduate diploma, click here.

PhD and MSc by Research

The department offers the opportunity for research leading to the award of a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) or a Masters degree (M.Litt. or M.Sc., depending on the subject area). For further information, click here.