Who is it for?

The Extension stage supports people who want to develop specific skills (for example, in research development or design) or move into specialist areas of work. This may include:

- practitioners, e.g. teachers, speech and language therapists (SLTs);
- managers;
- people who want to carry out research or be involved in research in their practice; and
- people who want to develop highly specialist skills, e.g. SLTs who are moving towards consultant-level activities or advisory teachers who are looking to gain specialist knowledge.

People who study at the Extension stage are currently more likely to have a background in speech and language therapy, education or psychology, althought this is not essential. It is likely that a wide range of people with different roles, interests and purposes will choose to study this stage.