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Speech and language therapy (SLT) at Manchester

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Considering a career in SLT?

The SLT team is based in the School of Psychological Sciences, a flourishing centre of research and teaching excellence. With close links in the School with colleagues in Audiology, Clinical Psychology and Psychology, the team also has established relationships with professional colleagues in local health services.

The team is involved in research in many aspects of communication, the key themes being to understand and to improve diagnosis, assessment, management and treatment of communication disorders, both developmental and acquired.

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Undergraduate study

  • Speech and Language Therapy (BSc) (4 years)
    • A well-established honours degree, approved by the Health Professions Council, which leads to a professional qualification as a Speech and Language Therapist
    • Students benefit from the excellent teaching and learning facilities and from the expertise of professional colleagues in practice-based education across the North West
    • Includes four- to eight-week clinical placements with supervision support organised in partnership with speech and language therapy service providers in the North West
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Our research

Most of the team are members of the Clinical Neuroscience and Language Disorders (CNLD) research group in the School. With an established postgraduate research culture, the team is keen to encourage research engagements with practice-based colleagues. Therapists and University staff meet regularly in two research interest groups devoted to aphasia and to developmental speech and language disorders.

Research groups

Research projects

  • ACTNoW (Assessing Communication Therapy in the North West): A research project evaluating the effectiveness of communication therapy after stroke
  • SCIP (Social Communication Intervention Project)
    Investigating the effectiveness of a manualised speech and language therapy intervention for children aged 6-11 with pragmatic language impairments
  • Developing a comprehensive, patient-centred outcome measure of cognitive rehabilitation after stroke.
    This three year study is funded by The Stroke Association and will start in September 2011. The research is led by Dr Audrey Bowen who teaches on the BSc Speech and Language Therapy programme, email: audrey.bowen@manchester.ac.uk.

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