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Diploma Origins

This Diploma in Spoken Communication programme has been several years in preparation and piloting. The development team has been led by international educationalist Mike Douse, who has been ably assisted by his friends and colleagues at the College.

A former headmaster of schools in Wales and in Northern Nigeria, and sometime Faculty of Education academic, Mike has degrees and higher degrees from the universities of Belfast, Aberdeen and London. For the last three decades, he has advised governments (such as those of Bangladesh, Sudan, Trinidad, South Africa, Papua New Guinea et cetera) regarding programmes of educational support for the EC, DfID, UNICEF and other development partners.

Mike captained the Australian Debating team and also organised the first Australia inter-state schools debating contest, forerunner of the World School Students Debating Championships. He has had many successes as a public speaker, has written manuals in that field, and was National Development Officer of the Association of Speakers Clubs. Mike is a published poet.

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Diploma in Spoken Communication

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A Diploma in Spoken Communication


Do you want to be recognized as an outstanding communicator?

Great communication skills are the passport to professional and social success. If you want to develop a competitive advantage over your peers, the Dip.Sp.Comm. programme will deliver you into an elite pool of exceptional speakers.

To succeed in these highly competitive times, you have to become an outstanding communicator. Somebody whose body language conveys confidence and who portrays a positive self-image. Somebody who speaks effectively in meetings, delivers compelling presentations and performs superbly at interviews. Somebody who can effectively influence others. If this is not you, then it's time to act.

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English is a rich and complex language. To be influential with colleagues at any level, excellent communication skills are a pre-requisite. It begins with a thorough understanding of your subject matter. What follows next must be a consistently high level of spoken delivery.

Learning to master effective communication skills from the comfort of your own living room is a major breakthrough in the speaking curriculum. Students from the UK and in emerging nations have indicated that the potential savings and benefits of this course will have a massive impact on the traditional approaches to high level communication.

The Diploma programme offers a flexible development package enabling participants to take their communication skills to an advanced level while mastering the theoretical bases of effective speaking, including relevant aspects of psychology, physiology and socio-cultural analyses. Each student is encouraged to use all aspects of their personality and individual creativity and, while covering the wide range of skills and topics, to focus upon those aspects of the programme most relevant to their work or social interests.

An effective way to demonstrate your desire to improve personal and professional value would be to enrol on this course. You can feature it in your CV. Continuous professional development is often a question that arises in interviews. If you are prepared to strive for success in your own time and at your own expense, an employer would certainly find you an attractive proposition.