Other technical communication training

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Technical Communication Training providers

Specialist course providers

	Armada
	Content Chameleon

Academic courses

	Portsmouth University

MA Technical Communication

The course is designed for: individuals with a technical or scientific background who wish to take up technical authorship as a second career; recent graduates in science and technology who wish to develop their communication skills; humanities and business studies graduates who have an interest in specialised knowledge. Applications from individuals without formal degree-level qualifications are welcome.

'Technical' is defined in terms of a wide variety of fields, ranging from aerospace engineering, cellular communications, electronics, the pharmaceutical and the software industry on the one hand, to the banking, financial services, national and local government and health sectors on the other.

Course content includes:

Technical Discourse
Communicating for Different Audiences
Electronic Publishing
Multimedia Communication
Writing to Inform
Writing to Persuade
Psychology of Communication
Oral Communication
Professional Aspects of Technical Communication
Technical Translation
Project (with a local or regional company).

Course: Category Postgraduate

Final qualification: MA

Attendance: Full time (1 year) or Part time (2 years)

Contact name: Ian Kemble

Contact address:
School of Languages and Area Studies
University of Portsmouth
King Henry I Street
Portsmouth P01 2DZ

Tel.: +44 (0) 23 9284 8299
Fax.: +44 (0) 23 9284 6011
E-mail: Queries
Website: www.port.ac.uk/slas-postgrad

MA Technical Communication

Anne-Florence Dujardin (Course Leader)

Contact:
Claire Rayner (Course Administrator)
ACES Postgraduate Reception
Room 2418 Harmer Building
Sheffield Hallam University
Tel: +44 (0)114 225 5280
Email: pgcomms@shu.ac.uk
Website: http://www.shu.ac.uk/prospectus/course/141/

This MA/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate course combines a theoretical approach to technical communication with practical and pragmatic approaches to writing in technical and business contexts. Units cover:

Communication planning
Information design
Linguistics and writing
Collaboration and Ethics
Visual communication
Software interface and documentation
Portfolios of reflective practice
Hypermedia design
Research design in technical communication
Dissertation
Distance learning, part-time, typically 3 years with optional workshops.