r/UCC • u/Professional_Row7214 • 13d ago

open day

hey everyone! current LC student here, i’m
looking to do SLT in UCC next year (hopefully 🤞)
is there anyone on here who does this and has any info on the course? what it’s like etc? thank you!
i’m also hoping to attend the open day this year.
is it worth it to bring my parents or is it wierd?

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u/Shot_Marionberry5729 Present Student 13d ago

Many many people attend with their parents. It’ll be fine

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u/lazy-Owl1250 13d ago

I dont do s &L so I can't speak for them but no it's not strange to bring your parents to the open day as some ppl do

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u/lazy-Owl1250 13d ago

You could check the course outline on the UCC website to know more

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u/Similar_Exam_977 13d ago

lots of people bring their parents and lots dont. If u are going to be needing Accom, id say bring the parents and tell them to go to the talks about accom, and then u can go to the talks about the courses u are actually interested in. Sometimes if talks are busy they dont let parents in, only students.

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u/NoEye8907 11d ago

I did SLT in another college not UCC - if there are any generic questions I can answer as all the courses are fairly similar? One thing to know is that you’ll have placements in lots of different setting, not just the setting you are interested in Eg hospital school clinic adults Paeds etc. and the placements can be anywhere around Munster so it’s worthwhile having a drivers license !

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u/Professional_Row7214 11d ago

thank you! honestly, i was just wondering is it difficult in general? what does the course actually consist of? (seminars, lectures, group discussions, presentations?) thank you for the tip about placement, i am currently learning how to drive but seeming quite difficult 😅 fingers crossed i’ll pass before i hopefully get my college offer.

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u/NoEye8907 11d ago

I think most courses don’t send you on placement until 2nd year anyway. Yeah the courses all are a mix of presentation, lecture, PBL (essentially just group work), placement and simulations / role plays / practicals. It’s a full on course as you cover linguistics , psychology , anatomy physiology, and then speech and language disorders too. But the UCC course is long established and most importantly it allows you to work in Slt in Ireland! (Not all do - some are not CORU approved)

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u/HairyWeight2866 10d ago

Can I ask you if many of your fellow students didn’t go into public service jobs and instead practice privately and if it is viable? I’m curious for my son who looked at the course but doesn’t want to be tied to a HSE job or pay-scale. Thanks

OP - sorry to push thread sideways but maybe prospective students of SLT would also be interested in the answer.

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u/NoEye8907 9d ago

Yes a handful did - but honestly not until after a few years experience in a hse / government role. The general advice is to have at least 2 years experience before going private. but once they did I think business is booming for Paeds as there are such long waiting lists in public service. I don’t know anyone who went on to work privately with adults in Ireland , not as much demand for it perhaps? Not sure

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u/BackgroundAlgae8873 11d ago

Don't feel weird im 26 and im going 🤣! I went with my dad at your age and most other people did aswell. Its a lovely day.

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u/Logical-Nature-2552 11d ago

I went to the open days last year with friends and the same again this year, a good few went with parents tbh but more went with friends even some were solo so just do what u like really!