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Overview
- Degree awarded
- PG Credit (master's-level units)
- Duration
- Variable
- Entry requirements
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We require a good honours degree or an approved and relevant postgraduate qualification (minimum PGDip or equivalent - 120 credits at master's level) or relevant clinical experience (see 'Professional entry qualifications').
If you are being funded by an employer, we also require written support from your current employer permitting time to attend lectures and complete all learning and assessment activities.
- Number of places/applicants
- 10 places per unit.
- How to apply
- Complete our online application form to apply for our credit-bearing CPD units.
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modular | N | Y | N | N |
Course overview
- Study one or more distance-learning master's-level units as standalone credit-bearing courses or as non-credit bearing short courses for CPD.
- Learn from internationally recognised experts in the Division of Human Communication, Development and Hearing.
- Access learning at your own pace and gain further specialist knowledge in your chosen clinical area.
- Fit further study into your schedule if you do not have the time to undertake a full master's course.
- Study at a university ranked in the UK top ten for health subjects (THE World University Rankings 2020).
Fees
To be announced.
All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for international students for the course duration at the year of entry).
For general fees information please visit postgraduate fees . Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
- Contact name
- Postgraduate Admissions Team
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 543 4705
- pgtaught.slt@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/cpd/subjects/speech-audiology/
- School/Faculty
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Courses in related subject areas
Use the links below to view lists of courses in related subject areas.
Entry requirements
Academic entry qualification overview
We require a good honours degree or an approved and relevant postgraduate qualification (minimum PGDip or equivalent - 120 credits at master's level) or relevant clinical experience (see 'Professional entry qualifications').
If you are being funded by an employer, we also require written support from your current employer permitting time to attend lectures and complete all learning and assessment activities.
English language
English language test validity
Professional entry qualification
Individuals applying via this route may also be required, upon application, to submit a short 500-word essay demonstrating your academic writing ability and critical thinking skills.
Application and selection
How to apply
Advice to applicants
Returning to education
Re-applications
If you applied in the previous year and your application was not successful you may apply again.
Your application will be considered against the standard course entry criteria for that year of entry. In your new application you should demonstrate how your application has improved. We may draw upon all information from your previous applications or any previous registrations at the University as a student when assessing your suitability for your chosen course.
Course details
Course description
Our distance learning CPD units are ideally suited for speech and language therapists wishing to further their knowledge of in a specialist field. You should have evidence of higher education study or already be working in the field of speech and language therapy.
If you are a health professional and you are working with one of our specialist populations (eg nurses working with adults with acquired dysphagia), you may be eligible to take one of our courses.
Please contact the postgraduate tutor at pgtaught.slt@manchester.ac.uk if you are unsure whether you are eligible to apply. Please note that our courses are intended for individuals who already have an appropriate professional qualification and do not enable you to register as a speech and language therapist in the UK.
We offer the following units, all of which start in January. Please contact us for more information on each course.
Working with Adults with Acquired Dysphagia (4 months, 15 credits)
This course aims to develop your clinical skills and knowledge when working with adults with acquired feeding and swallowing difficulties. It is aimed at new and returning speech and language therapists.
Other health professionals who are required to independently manage adults with dysphagia and who have access to an on-site supervisor can also enrol on this course.
You will explore a range of current main theoretical and clinical issues including the normal swallow across the lifespan, underlying causes of dysphagia, swallow screening and oro-motor assessment, and the clinical swallow examination.
This course provides only theory/knowledge, and not clinical placement or supervision. You will need to find an experienced local clinical supervisor if you wish to sign off your professional body's dysphagia competences to ensure that you are working safely within your own competence and skill.
New Horizons in Aphasiology (4 months, 15 credits)
This course offers master's-level training in current clinical and theoretical units in aphasiology for speech and language therapists and other health professionals.
It has been designed and tailored for speech and language therapy (SLT) and other health professionals.
You will explore current main theoretical and clinical issues in three specialist areas:
- language recovery in the brain;
- connectionist modelling and aphasia therapy;
- sentence and discourse therapy in aphasia.
Working with Bilingual Children and Their Families (4 months, 15 credits)
This course provides learning materials for speech and language therapists or those from related professions working with bilingual children with speech and language difficulties and their families.
You will develop the clinical and professional knowledge and skills required to deliver an equitable service to this growing population.
You will explore a range of current main theoretical and clinical issues including bilingualism in the UK, working with interpreters, code-switching, and collecting speech and language samples in other languages using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Evidence-based practice in Speech and Language Therapy (two units)
These courses offer master's-level training in evidence-based practice methodologies for speech and language therapists and other health professionals.
They are unique because part of each unit is tailored specifically to service-level evaluations in health, education and social care.
The units offer the chance to tailor learning to your own needs - as well as to the needs of the services and populations you serve - before exiting the course with the tools to evaluate your service.
There are two units within this area for the credit-bearing route. These are taken as one unit for the non-credit bearing short course.
- The evidence-based practice process and critical appraisal (5 months, 15 credits)
The course covers topics such as the scope of evidence-based practice in speech and language therapy and evidence-based questions, and external evidence, assumptions and myths, as well as quantitative research methods and hierarchies and levels in evidence-based practice.
- Synthesis of evidence and service evaluation in speech and language therapy (5 months, 15 credits)
The course covers topics such as understanding interpreting outcome data, synthesizing evidence, making recommendations from bodies of evidence, practice-based evidence and its role in clinical decision-making, and qualitative research.
Each course will be delivered online, including 150 hours of study within the Blackboard e-learning platform using a range of audio and video presentations, online learning tasks including quizzes, reflection tasks, discussion boards, videos of patients and professionals and reading materials.
You will be able to access the materials throughout the course and will have full access to e-resources from The University of Manchester Library.
You will access learning materials and complete formative assignments at your own pace.
Special features
This course is led by members of the Division of Human Communication Development and Hearing. Course tutors are all clinical experts with a strong record of publications and teaching expertise.
Teaching and learning
Many of the staff involved with our courses are actively involved in research (either scientific or pedagogical research).
Where possible, members of staff teach course units related to their research interests and are in a position to keep their teaching informed and up to date.
All the teaching staff are also clinically trained speech and language therapists or research psychologists with an interest in communication disorders.Coursework and assessment
Formative assessment will take place throughout course, and successful completion of a written 3,000-word assignment concludes the course, awarding you 15 credits.
You will receive written feedback within one month of the submission deadline. The assignment task will vary depending on the unit you choose.
Course unit details
All units carry 15 credits at master's level.
All of the units are also offered as non-credit bearing. Please contact pgtaught.slt@manchester.ac.uk for details of non-credit bearing short courses.
On successful completion of each unit, students will be awarded a CPD certificate.
Course unit list
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
| Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence Based Practice & Service Evaluation in Speech & Language Therapy - Part A | HCDI63541 | 15 | Optional |
Facilities
Disability support
Careers
Career opportunities
Our CPD units may benefit you if you wish to develop your knowledge and skills in key specialist areas or if you are returning to professional life after a period of leave.
CPD courses in areas of speech and language therapy are available to international candidates who may wish to supplement their training in specialist areas.