This course is accredited by the Health Care Professionals Council, with a purpose-built NHS clinic on-site; this MSc is for students wishing to qualify as speech and language therapists. This course combines theoretical knowledge with clinical practice and you will gain hands-on experience right from the start. As a Speech and Language Therapy student at Reading, you will benefit directly from our world-class research into subjects, such as linguistics, language development, language pathology, and bilingualism. Other areas of specialism comprise developmental and acquired speech, language and communication disorders, including fluency disorders, aphasia, dementia, autism spectrum disorders, William’s syndrome, Down syndrome, Specific Language Impairment and dysphagia. Our MSc in Speech and Language Therapy allows graduates to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council and work as a speech and language therapist in a range of settings, such as the NHS, education, and the private or voluntary sector. Speech and language therapists work with adults and children with a range of communication and swallowing difficulties, including children with speech and language disorders, children with a cleft palate, and clients with voice disorders, clients who have had strokes or head injuries, or those who stammer.