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All Speech and Language Therapy training sessions are jointly run by City, University of London (CUoL) and University College London (UCL).

Practice Educator (PE) Training

Please note that all practice educators should complete a Practice Educators training day before taking students on placement.

This training is to support new practice educators in developing the skills and knowledge required to educate student speech and language therapists on placement.

We expect an offer to be submitted from all attendees within 12 months of completing the PE Training.

Please read an overview of the training session.

Pre-requisites:

  • Must have practised for over a year.
  • Band 5/6. Must have passed competencies skills. If Band 5 and have not completed all competencies skills, then Band 6 can be the lead supervisor taking on students on placement and Band 5 can be a supporting PE.
  • Must have or can complete practice educator training in the last three years prior to taking on students for placements. (PE training is valid for 3 years).

Initial Practice Educator Training days for 2024-25

Training dates for 2024-25 are currently planned to be half day, live and online via Zoom. These sessions will satisfy the requirements for PE supervision and are appropriate for individuals requiring initial PE training or refresher training.

Please note that bookings for the training days can only be made via links below. These will be 4-hour interactive virtual sessions.

The remaining 2025 PE Training dates will be confirmed at the PCN on 19 November.

If you have any questions please contact clinicalplacements@city.ac.uk.

Refresher Practice Educator Training

Practice Educators are required to update their training every 3 years. This can be achieved via any of the 4 options below:

  • Reattending the Initial Practice Educator Training

Select your preferred date from the list above and register via the booking link.

  • Completing the Refresher Practice Educator Webcast Training

There is a webcast training video that will satisfy the requirements to supervise a student. It is self study and can be completed in your own time and will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Access the training video.

Please note: If you are accessing the training video via NHS server the firewall may block the training video. Please use a different browser to access the training video or open link via non NHS server.

It's important we have on record that you completed the webcast video. Once you have watched the webcast video then please complete a short online survey as we require this information as part of HCPC quality and monitoring requirements.

  • Attending either Placements Coordinators Network (PCN) Meetings or Annual Practice Educator Workshop (APEW)

Please see further information in the section below.

  • Organising an Advanced PE Training session (which may be F2F/online synchronous, is at service level and will be bespoke to your organisation)

Please see further information in the section below.

Placements Coordinators Network (PCN) meetings

We welcome SLT Placement Coordinators to join us for a networking event. At this meeting you can expect to:

  • receive updates about the Universities’ clinical placements programmes
  • receive a summary of students’ feedback on placements
  • provide the Universities with feedback about service-specific issues
  • discuss and problem-solve placements issues with SLT colleagues from other services.

Attendance at PCN also counts towards update training, (but only accessible to placement coordinators).

These meetings are held twice a year and will take place on:

Placement Coordinators Network (PCN) meetings

  • Tuesday 19 November 2024: 14:30 – 16:30 organized by UCL (online via Zoom)
  • Tuesday 13 May 2025: 10:00 – 12:00 organized by UCL (online via Zoom) – followed by APEW

For any enquiries please contact: slt-placements@ucl.ac.uk.

Annual Practice Educator Workshop

All practice educators are invited to the Annual Practice Educators’ Workshop (APEW). The APEW provides an opportunity for practice educators to share good and innovative practice with their peers.

Attendance at APEW also counts towards update training.

  • Tuesday 13 May 2025: 13:00 – 15:00, may be held as a live meeting at UCL or virtually (to be confirmed).

For enquiries please contact: slt-placements@ucl.ac.uk.

Practice Educator training at your workplace

We are also able to come to your place of work to provide either initial or advanced practice educator training sessions for a whole team. We request that there be a minimum of 20 participants for us to do this. Please contact us if you would like us to run a session at your place of work