How is the Certificate in Communication Skills different from the Certificate in Business English?

Business English is for non-native English speakers strengthening their English specifically. Communication Skills is for native and non-native speakers alike, focused on craft (writing, speaking, presenting, interpersonal) rather than language acquisition.

Will I do presentations on the Certificate in Communication Skills?

Yes — multiple, recorded, with structured tutor and peer feedback. Online students record and submit presentations for the same feedback process. The presentation craft is the centre of the course.

Is the Certificate in Communication Skills suitable for managers?

Yes — it is one of the most common professional backgrounds in the cohort. The difficult-conversations and feedback modules in particular suit managers and team leaders.

Can I take the Certificate in Communication Skills fully online?

Yes. Live tutored sessions, presentation practice (recorded and submitted) and meeting-simulation exercises all adapt naturally to remote delivery.

How is this different from a generic corporate-training course?

Corporate training typically focuses on a single skill (presentations, or feedback, or email). The Certificate covers all four core modes coherently with academic-credit rigour and articulation into further LSJHML programmes.

Certificate in Communication Skills in London | LSJHML | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The Certificate in Communication Skills at the London School of Journalism, Humanities & Modern Languages (LSJHML) is a short, practical UK qualification in the four communication modes most working professionals depend on — written, spoken, presentation and interpersonal. Across three to six months you will sharpen your written work to professional standards, structure and deliver short presentations, hold difficult interpersonal conversations with confidence, and run meetings that produce decisions.

This Certificate is the applied-skills credential many practitioners wish they had taken earlier in their careers. It is taught as craft, not theory.

Key Features

Written communication module — email, brief, report, structured argument.
Spoken communication module — meeting language, telephone and video-call discipline.
Presentation skills module — structure, visual aids, delivery, recovery.
Interpersonal module — difficult conversations, feedback, conflict-handling.
Recorded practice — multiple presentation and meeting simulations with structured feedback.
Three study modes — on-campus, fully online, or distance learning.

What You Will Learn

The Certificate in Communication Skills is built around the working communication tasks any contemporary professional carries out daily.

Written professional communication — email, brief, report, plain-language editing.
Structured argument — claim, evidence, reasoning, conclusion.
Meeting language — chairing, contributing, summarising, closing.
Presentation craft — structure, visual aids, delivery, recovery.
Public-speaking technique — voice, pace, breath, gesture.
Difficult conversations — preparation, delivery, repair.
Feedback — giving and receiving.
Conflict-handling — de-escalation, mediation basics.

Who This Course Is For

Adults in any professional role wanting to strengthen the four core communication modes.
Career-changers entering communication-heavy work for the first time.
Working professionals preparing for promotion into management.
Non-native English speakers needing structured professional-communication training.

Career Pathways

The Certificate in Communication Skills is a craft-strengthening credential applicable across virtually any professional role. Typical applications include:

Strengthened applications for management-track roles in any sector.
Communications Assistant (corporate, third sector, public sector).
Customer Service Manager (with sharpened communication craft).
Sales and Account Manager.
Training Coordinator (with presentation-skills strength).
Continued Study (Diploma in Professional Communication, Diploma in Communication Studies).

The Certificate articulates into the Diploma in Communication Studies at LSJHML for students continuing.

Entry Requirements

Minimum age 16.
Secondary school qualification (GCSE/O-Level or international equivalent).
IELTS 5.5 (or equivalent) for non-native English speakers.
No prior communication training required.

Why Study at LSJHML

The London School of Journalism, Humanities & Modern Languages is a specialist higher-education provider based in central London. Our programmes are designed in dialogue with working professionals — journalists, translators, civil servants, academics, broadcasters, editors, publishers and policy researchers — so what you learn in seminar on Monday is what your future employer is using on Tuesday. We deliberately keep cohorts small, give every student named tutor support, and treat employability as a structural part of every programme rather than an optional add-on.

London is the work — politics, courts, capital markets, theatre, broadcasting, publishing, public service, the global press. Your studies are taught in the same square mile where the stories you read about happen. Whether you join us on-campus, online or by distance learning, the city is your classroom and our industry network is your launchpad.