Bristol Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit @bristol-sltru

Bristol Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit

@bristol-sltru.bsky.social

Bristol Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit conducts research and development to improve the care of people with speech language & communication disorders

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Developing a Research Skilled Workforce in the South West: A Celebration 2026 University of Plymouth research: the Developing a Research Skilled Workforce: A Celebration 2026 Conference will be held on Wednesday 25th February 2026...

For the 3rd year we would like to invite you to the 'Developing a Research Skilled Workforce in the South West' conference. In 2026 it will be a Celebration event - *Abstract submission* now open - details - www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/cli...

16.09.2025 17:57 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Current Vacancies | North Bristol NHS Trust

@bristol-sltru.bsky.social are looking to hire a Senior Research Associate (Qualitative) to the @misltoessd.bsky.social study team. Its a Band 7 role for 18 months. If you are interested, have a look, and maybe drop us a line to have a chat!! www.nbt.nhs.uk/careers/curr...

01.07.2025 12:51 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

What Apps Exist That Can Be Leveraged for Speech and Language Surveillance in Children? A Scoping Review This scoping review aimed to identify and evaluate apps designed to screen or monitor speech, language, and communication (SLC) development in young children. Early identification and intervention ar...

Lovely to see this review as an Open Access publication - doi.org/10.1002/icd.... Looking at 'What Apps Exist That Can Be Leveraged for Speech and Language Surveillance in Children?' Great work @samharding.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social Lydia and Sarah. @researchnbt.bsky.social

01.07.2025 12:46 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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Do SLTs all agree? Why not join a national survey to find out! Are you a practising children’s SLT who has worked in community settings for more than a year? Do you wonder how your case selection decisions compare to other SLTs nationally? uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

21.06.2025 13:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@BSLTRU recently undertook a survey for the @RCSLT to evaluate their Professional Development Framework. We want to add some colour to the quantitative findings! Could you spare 30 mins or so to tell Sam how you have used it? Drop an email - samantha.harding@nbt.nhs.uk

20.05.2025 12:47 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Innovation in Action: Empowering SLTs in the South West Through Connection Get ready to connect, collaborate, and innovate with fellow SLTs in the South West to empower each other through action and shared knowledge

Registration for the RCSLT South West Regional Hub Relaunch in now OPEN - 'Innovation in Action: Empowering SLTs in the South West Through Connection' eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation... 11th July 2025

20.05.2025 12:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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@bristol-sltru.bsky.social recently undertook a survey for the @RCSLT to evaluate their Professional Development Framework. We now want to unpick some of the feedback!
Could you spare some time to tell me about it? The 'Good', the 'Bad' and the 'Ugly'? Drop an email - samantha.harding@nbt.nhs.uk

11.05.2025 18:30 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

@BSLTRU recently undertook a survey for the @RCSLT to evaluate their Professional Development Framework. We now want to unpick some of the feedback!
Could you spare some time to tell me about it? The 'Good', the 'Bad' and the 'Ugly'? Drop an email - samantha.harding@nbt.nhs.uk

11.05.2025 18:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We have been working with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists to evaluate the Professional Development Framework. Whether you have used the framework or not we would love to hear from you - www.surveymonkey.com/r/HJX5WFF

09.02.2025 11:27 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@bristol-sltru is following 20 prominent accounts

Dr Jackie McRae
@drjackiem

Clinical Academic Speech and Language Therapist, London, UK Moving from X @DrJackieM Research interests: swallow rehabilitation in critical care + spinal cord injury. Aiming to capture evidence to support the role of SLT. Research supervisor and mentor.

UCL Communication Clinic
@clinicucl

Speech and language therapy for adults with communication difficulties; training student speech and language therapists; research and events. Webpage: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/ucl-communication-clinic

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA)
@clapacommunity

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) is the national charity for people affected by cleft lip and palate in the United Kingdom. www.clapa.com https://linktr.ee/clapacommunity

Madeline Cruice
@madelinecruice

Aussie speech pathologist, passionate about creating better futures for people affected by aphasia Based at City St George’s, University of London

Prof Nat Munro
@natmunro

Dr Natalie (Nat) Munro is Professor of Speech Pathology at Southern Cross University. Nat is a certified practising speech-language pathologist & Fellow of SPA. Her research spans paediatric speech & language disorders. Nat is a Senior Fellow of the HEA.

Dorothy Bishop
@deevybee

Retired professor of psychology at University of Oxford. Interests in developmental neuropsychology and improving science. Blogs at deevybee.blogspot.com

Pauline Frizelle
@pfrizelleslt

@renalyons

Clare Carroll
@clarecarrollslt

Lecturer at University of Galway, speech & language therapist, PhD, author & parent with a positive attitude #Inclusion #SpeakUp4CommRights #DevLangDis #Voice #Disability #Collaboration

Victoria Joffe
@vjoffe

Speech and Language Therapist & Audiologist, Professor of Speech and Language Therapy, Dean of Integrated Health & Care Partnerships @Uni_of_Essex. Co-editor of CLTT Journal

Sarah Hayward
@sarahhayward

Speech and Language Therapist, Ubel-dtp ESRC PhD student at University College London. Always learning parent #neurodiversity, interests- #collaborative practice, #co-research, #AAC, #creative methods. Often swimming in lakes or listening to live music.

Dr Lucy Hughes
@lucyhughesslt

Research Speech and Language Therapist @moorhouseinstitute.com Lecturer at University of Reading #bskySPEECHIES #DevLangDis

Bronwyn Hemsley
@bronwynhemsley

Bring me the evidence. Certified Practising Speech Pathologist #Dysphagia #AugComm #AAC #Disability #CommunicationRights #Mealtimes #QualityOfLife #VR #AR #GenAI #AssistiveTech Banner pic Mark Smith Ulysses x 3

Nikki Botting
@profnikkibotting

Prof of Dev Disorders & Dev psychologist @citystgeorges.bsky.social | Mum | #Christian |She/Her Research about #DevLangDis #autism #BSkySpeechies #SLPeeps #Suffolk

Caroline Rowland
@carorowland

Researcher in child language development @MPI for Psycholinguistics & Radboud Uni. She/her. "All models are wrong but some are useful" (George Box 1978). https://www.mpi.nl/people/rowland-caroline

Gillian Rudd
@gillianrudd

Speech & Language Therapist; Joint Course Lead MSc SLT at BCU; RCSLT PPPC member; DHealth candidate (#WaitUpSLT); Lily Mae Foundation Trustee; Parent.Views own. #bskySPEECHIES

Ellen Gerrits
@logopedie

Communicative participation, speech and language therapy, community engaged research, PROMs, intervention #slt #slp #speechie #ebp #DLD #SLpeeps

Dr Silke Fricke
@frickesilke

Senior Lecturer at The University of Sheffield. Speech and Language Therapist. Interested in speech/language/literacy development & difficulties, bilingualism, early intervention & evaluation. Views my own.

RADLD-Raising Awareness for Developmental Language Disorder
@radld

RADLD is a group of volunteers coordinated by an international committee of speech language pathologists with an aim to raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), a persistent difficulty in learning, speaking and understanding language.

Steve Rose
@stevenmrose

Certified Practising Speech Pathologist | Deafblind Consultant | Traveller Interests: #Deafblind #TactileLanguage #BlindLowVision #Deaf #ChildDevelopment #SignLanguage #Epilepsy #MotorSpeech #RareDiseases 🦋 #BskySpeechies #SLPeeps 🏳️‍🌈