Description
Downloadable documents
– 2025 Info page
– 2025 Infoblad
– 2025 Comms Lab course calendar
Presenters
Barbara Hathorn is an experienced language practitioner with a background in journalism, teaching, linguistics, editing and writing. She is a full member of the Professional Editors’ Guild (PEG) in South Africa. Barbara’s gentle approach is ideal for guiding an audience to cultivate proper business writing practices.
Location
Online on MS Teams or SUNOnline
The course will help you to –
- understand different types of reports and decide which type suits your purpose best;
- plan your report and the report-writing process;
- select and structure information; and
- use formatting, self-revision and editing to enhance your report.
Our courses combine live online sessions, facilitated by the course presenter, with self-directed online learning.
This course opens before the first live online session and closes well after the last live online session. This allows enough time for you to activate your SUNOnline presence before the live sessions start.
| Live online sessions (10:00 to 12:00) |
Course duration (opening and closing dates) | Apply by | |
| Course 1: | 16, 23, 30 September, 7, 14 and 21 October | 26 August to 4 November | 26 August |
During this course, you will spend your time as follows (this may vary for individuals):
- one live session per week of two hours each
- about six hours per week of self-paced reading and completing tasks, quizzes, activities, and assignments
You will need a computer that can run our online learning platform (MS Teams or SUNOnline) and you need access to a stable internet connection to connect to the live sessions.
If you are responsible for reporting on business-related activities or compiling and presenting business reports, this course is for you. This is not an entry-level course and previous report-writing experience is required.
Click on the ‘Start application’ button if you are interested in doing this course, and fill in the form. We will then send you a link to enrol for the short course.
You need to attend the live sessions and complete the given assignments. You will receive a certificate of competence after successfully completing this course.
After this course, you will write better reports. This will help you to connect to more people, and make you more successful in your work. The skills that you will have gained through this course can lead to personal development and create opportunities for further career growth.
Any questions?
Contact Michelle Pieters at michellep@sun.ac.za or 021 808 2812 for more details.
You could also discuss your specific short-course and development needs with us. Enquire about our available short courses, course dates and options for tailor-making a course.
