Speech and Language Therapy University of East Anglia

Overview

On Speech and Language Therapy course offered by the University of East Anglia will interweave the disciplines of linguistics and phonetics, psychology, and anatomy and physiology in a wide-ranging exploration of speech and language therapy research and practice, including your completion of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) pre-registration eating, drinking and swallowing competencies. 

Key facts

Through our innovative Project-Sustained Learning curriculum, our dedicated teaching team will support you to develop and apply your knowledge and skills, drawing on in-house clinical expertise and phonetics/psychology/linguistics subject specialists, supported by local clinicians and service users. 

Our curriculum facilitates your development of independent and collaborative working skills to thrive within the profession. Over the course you’ll undertake ten group projects resulting in practical resources to support your early speech and language therapy career. Following a project management cycle, your projects may include designing materials to raise awareness of the profession and devising informal assessment tools. Through your discussion, research, integration, and application, you’ll be directly preparing for your summative assessments. Through our progressive schedule of conversation partner and clinical placements, you’ll gain the skills and experience to become well-rounded clinicians.   

You’ll benefit from our speech and language therapy Clinical Skills Area, housing specialist resources including an extensive library of tools for assessment and intervention. You may also have placements through our in-house Hub, supported by our clinical staff. 

After graduation, you might progress into any number of careers with employers in the NHS, private clinics, education, the non-profit sector or the justice system. Or you might pursue further study to enter research, specialist teaching or other related fields.  

Please note that our programme is undergoing routine RCSLT reaccreditation in early 2026. The details of our programme here includes the planned enhancements and are therefore subject to amendments arising through this reaccreditation.