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Report Writing at University and in the Workplace (FutureLearn)

Offered by Coventry University,

Have the chance to improve your skills in academic writing and better understand business and academic reports. Learn how to improve your report writing skills. On this course, you’ll have the opportunity to improve your professional and academic report writing ability.

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You’ll have the chance to reflect on your previous experience of writing reports and compare those with other common assignment types, such as essays.
Along the way, you’ll be introduced to effective examples of workplace and academic reporting.
You’ll consider the organisation, style, and audience of these business and academic reports and assess their structure and purpose.

What topics will you cover?

The structure and format of workplace and academic business reports
Developing an appropriate style of writing
Diagnostic/formative writing task

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Identify the typical expectations of writing for business courses
Describe the structure of a typical business report
Explain yourself in an appropriate academic/professional style of writing

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