The Business Communications and Correspondence Portfolio programme is designed for organisational, corporate and private clients internationally who require best practice business communications and correspondence, as well as specialist English for business, occupational and professional purposes language support. The programme and course offer clients a robust, rigorous and broad portfolio of business communications skills, across organisational levels; integrated specialist English for business, occupational and professional purposes language support; and added value transferable soft skills. The focus is on developing organisational and personal business communications competency and skills, with a strong practical and task-based learning-focused approach. The programmes and courses can be tailored and bespoke for clients’ requirements.

There are five main course objectives:

• To provide participants with the knowledge, skills, competencies to effectively operate and communicate in English within international business environments

• To develop specialist best practice business communications skills and competencies
• To develop best practice business correspondence and writing skills and competencies
• To develop best practice interpersonal and transferable business soft skills

• To give participants the confidence and skills to:
  • Successfully operate in English language medium environments internationally
  • Be an independent learner

By the end of this programme and course you will:

• Have enhanced specialist business and professional communications knowledge, skills and competency
• Have enhanced business correspondence and writing skills and competency
• An improved understanding of the English language
• Specialist English for business SME knowledge, skills and competency
• Developed interpersonal and transferable soft skills
• Be able to operate as an independent learner, applying leaner learning skills across disciplines

Key topics explored across the full programme include:

You will walk away with:

• The English language knowledge, skills and competencies to be able to confidently and successfully train and operate in specialist English language medium professional, occupational and SME environments; and maximise the potential rewards and benefits from such training and interoperable experiences

• Added value transferable learner learning, academic and soft skills
• Specialist and transferable professional knowledge and skills
• Enhanced career and promotion prospects
• Continuous professional development credits
• A personalised professional action plan, which in conjunction with the course, critical personal reflection and ongoing professional development will allow you to further develop and put into practice what you have learnt

• Access to our library of resources
• Either a professional award, a professional certificate or an advanced professional certificate.

We strongly recommend that in preparation for this course, participants take the time to complete the pre-course work; both so that they reap the fullest rewards and benefits of the courses, and so that it can be tailored and personalised where possible to their individual requirements.

• Think about what your learning priorities and objectives are
• Think about a possible leadership topic, issue, challenge or objective you have a special interest in for discussion in coaching, supervision / tutorials
• Think about what real-world organisational strategic, transformational and resilience objectives you have
• Think about what real-world organisational and business disruption, issues and challenges you face
• Think about how you can use the current climate as a catalyst for change.

The investment fee encompasses:

• Face to face contact learning via webinar, online and collaborative technology
• A minimum number of whole class contact hours per days / week / month – subject to programme and course duration selected
• Micro group sessions – depending upon participant numbers and webinar / programme / course duration
• Individual / pair / micro group supervisions / coaching / personal and operational consulting and action planning – depending upon participant numbers and webinar / programme / course duration
• Core course materials – send by email and online
• Supplementary materials – send by email and online
• Complimentary materials – materials – send by email and online
• Access to documents and resources library for the webinar / programme / course duration
• Certificate