Our accredited Speech and Language Therapy BMedSci course combines clinical practice and theoretical knowledge with case-based learning, to prepare you for a rewarding career supporting people with communication or swallowing difficulties.Speech and language therapists are trained to assess, diagnose and treat children and adults who have difficulties with communication, or with eating, drinking and swallowing. They can specialise in areas such as stroke, brain injury, learning disability, speech sounds disorders or autism.Our three year Speech and Language Therapy degree will give you the knowledge, clinical skills and confidence needed to make a difference in people’s lives.Our course is taught by expert clinicians and researchers. You’ll study linguistics, psychology and speech pathology, as well as the medical knowledge that underpins these areas. You will explore how sociology and social psychology impact on speech and language therapy. You will also develop valuable research skills that are essential to providing evidence-based healthcare.We use a case-based approach to learning, which means you’ll apply everything you have learnt back to hypothetical or real-life clinical scenarios, to prepare you for future practice as a speech and language therapist. Industry placement