Is This for You?
If you would like to improve your English language skills to help increase your career prospects, this is the ideal diploma.
Award and Associated Qualifications
Pitman English Diploma
English Language Courses
The Pitman English Diploma is an innovative way to develop your English language skills whilst also gaining some key skills in business communication.
Start DateFlexible
Study TypeIn centre, online, or a combination
Training TypeDiploma
Duration100 hours flexi study or 4 weeks full-time
About This Diploma
Improve your English for career success.
The English language is one of the most common languages in business and trade across the globe. Improving your fluency, whatever level you are at, can increase your career prospects, and open up doors to new opportunities.
The Pitman English Diploma has been designed to help you get to grips with reading, writing, speaking and listening, whilst also assisting you in developing communication channels such as business communication and social media. This diploma offers a wide and varied range of learning methods which will not just help to ensure you increase your competency, but also enjoy learning at the same time.
Pitman English gives you the ability to test and track your progress along the way, combining online resources with live tutoring sessions. This component is available in three, six and twelve month packages* depending on your current ability and desired level of achievement.
*Minimum package is three months.
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Aims and Objectives
This course will help you learn the English language to a level that will help you in your career. You’ll get to grips with reading, writing, speaking and listening.
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This online training course will help you improve key English language areas: Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking.
CourseElective Courses
In addition to the core courses, you also choose four elective courses. Below is a list of recommended courses but there is a wider list available. Please speak to a Course Advisor for full details of how best to tailor this Diploma to your requirements.
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CoursePre-Requisites
There are no formal pre-requisites required but some basic English language understanding will be required. Please speak to a Course Advisor about sitting the Proficiency Assessment to work out your current level of English language ability.
Finance Options
Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: –
Self-Funded:
- Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
- You could opt to pay upfront.
Company Funded:
Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.
What we can help with:
- Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
- Tailored personnel letters
- Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).
Funding & Grants:
There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.
We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.
* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.
Career Path
This diploma will not only help you learn great communication skills but you’ll study the English language so that you can confidently listen, read, speak and write in English in whatever career you choose.
What's the Difference?
We offer a range of training packages in a range of subject areas and can offer blended learning opportunities to best meet your needs.
Our courses are practical in nature and focus on a single subject and can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days.
Diplomas are designed to give you a complete skillset mapped to a specific career path and contain a number of core and elective courses.
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