AI · 2 HOURS
AI for Writing and Communication
AI for Writing and Communication teaches professionals who write briefings, proposals and reports to turn a fast AI draft into work they are prepared to sign. You finish with one finished piece of real work and a short writing standard, so your readers get clear claims and no promises you cannot keep.
About this course
An AI tool can produce a clean first draft of an email, briefing, or report in seconds, but it writes for a general reader, adds claims nobody has checked, and fills gaps with polished phrases you would never say. The draft saves the typing, while the judgement about the reader, the evidence, and your own voice still has to be yours before the piece goes out under your name.
The course teaches you to brief the tool with your point, your reader, and your material, and then to take the draft through three passes in order: an audience pass, a claim pass, and a signature pass. You finish with one real piece of writing you are prepared to sign, together with a short personal writing standard that you will apply to the next piece.
What you will take away
- You will be able to brief an AI tool with a one-sentence point, a named reader, and your own facts, so that its first draft is specific rather than generic.
- You will be able to rewrite a draft for its actual reader, putting the request or decision first and removing sentences that could have been written for anyone.
- You will be able to find every claim in a draft, including reported agreements and commitments, and support it, weaken it to fit the evidence, or remove it.
- You will be able to apply the signature test and replace padding, inflated language, false warmth, and hedging with plain sentences in your own voice.
- You will leave with a finished piece of real work and a signed writing standard naming the kinds of sentence you will never let a model write for you.
Who this course is for
- Managers who write updates, requests, and announcements for directors, teams, and clients and want AI drafts that fit each reader.
- Communications and policy staff who prepare briefings and notes where every claim and every reported agreement must be supportable.
- Consultants and specialists who write proposals and reports and need the finished piece to sound like them rather than like a template.
- Professionals who already use an AI tool for occasional drafting and want a dependable method for turning its output into work they are prepared to sign.
What you will do
Each lesson teaches one part of the method, works through a realistic example, and ends with a check on a case you have not seen. The course closes with an assessment and then the piece of work you sign.
- 5lessons with a worked example and a check
- 7scenario questions in the course assessment
- Signedthe writing standard, with a record anyone can verify
- 2 hoursat your own pace, with progress saved
- 01
Lesson
The first draft
This lesson explains what a model does well in writing and why a request that describes only the tone produces a generic draft. You learn to give the model the point, the reader, and the material, and you choose the request that gives a policy officer all three.
- What a model does well
- Three things to give it before it writes
- What a first draft is not
- The mistake people usually make
You compare two versions of the same piece of work, choose the stronger one, and see the reasoning behind the answer.
- 02
Lesson
Audience
This lesson teaches you to write for one reader by asking what they know, what they care about, and what they must do after reading. You mark each sentence of a draft for a charity's trustees as written for this reader or written for anyone.
- What writing for an audience means
- Written for this reader, or written for anyone
- What it is not
- The usual mistake
You mark 4 statements from a realistic case and receive an explanation for each one.
- 03
Lesson
Claim
This lesson defines a claim as a fact, a reported agreement, or a commitment, and explains why models add claims that nobody has checked. You compare a team announcement with the signed policy and meeting notes and mark each claim as one you can support or cannot support yet.
- What counts as a claim
- Why models add claims
- Can support, or cannot support yet
- What this is not, and the usual mistake
You mark 3 statements from a realistic case and receive an explanation for each one.
- 04
Lesson
What you will sign
This lesson introduces the signature test, which asks whether you would say each sentence to the reader in person, and names the four kinds of sentence that fail it. You edit a team leader's report to her manager so that every sentence passes while the facts are kept.
- The signature test
- Four kinds of sentence that fail
- What the test is not
- The usual mistake
You repair a flawed draft so it meets the standard the lesson sets, and your revision is checked against it.
- 05
Lesson
One finished piece
This lesson runs the draft request and the three passes in order on one email and explains why the order matters. You repair an unagreed commitment in practice, then choose which of two versions of a client email has genuinely been through every pass.
- What finished means
- The four passes, in order
- What a finished piece is not
- Where people go wrong
You compare two versions of the same piece of work, choose the stronger one, and see the reasoning behind the answer.
- 06
Course assessment
Course assessment
This lesson recaps every move in the course and takes one all-staff announcement through each pass in turn. You then answer seven scenario questions set in project management, estates, HR, IT, policy, and team leadership, and you need six correct answers to pass.
- The draft request and the audience pass
- The claim pass and the signature pass
- How the assessment works
You judge 7 new workplace situations, with feedback on every option, and need 6 correct to pass.
- 07
Final work and signed record
A standard for the next one
This lesson explains what a personal writing standard is and why a line that names a specific kind of sentence is worth more than a general caution. You submit your finished piece, write your standard in labelled parts, and sign it for your record.
- What a writing standard is
- The line that matters most
- What a standard is not
- How your submission is checked
You write the writing standard for your own work, part by part, and sign it as your record.
GOOD WORK.THE WRITING STANDARD, SIGNED.
WHAT CHANGES
What the course changes for you and your organisation.
- 01
No promises you cannot keep
The claim pass catches sentences such as 'as agreed' or 'we will roll this out in the spring' before they reach a reader who is entitled to rely on them. Your organisation sends fewer messages that commit it to something nobody decided.
- 02
Writing that fits its reader
The audience pass shapes each piece around what one named reader knows and must do, so senior readers get the decision first and specialists keep the detail they rely on. Readers act sooner because they do not have to search for the point.
- 03
A standard that survives busy days
Your writing standard reduces the course to the few rules you personally need, written in your own words and short enough to keep in view. It gives you a quick check to apply when time is short and the temptation is to send the draft unchanged.
- 04
Drafts you are prepared to sign
KPMG and the University of Melbourne found that 72% of people in the UK are unsure whether online content can be trusted because it may be AI generated. Readers judge an organisation by what it signs, so employers need writers who turn fast drafts into clear claims they can stand behind.
ROLES THIS SKILL SHOWS UP IN
Roles where these skills are already valued and paid for.
These figures are published salary bands and wage premiums, not a guarantee that finishing this course moves you to the top of the range. They are here so you can see what the market is already paying for the work you will practise.
AI Prompt Engineer
£62,750 to £115,000, midpoint £92,500
Robert Half's 2026 UK guide. London midpoint is £125,750.
Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Midpoint £65,750
The neighbouring engineering role in the same Robert Half guide, for people who take the brief into a built system.
Machine Learning Engineer
Midpoint £75,000
Same guide. The brief you write here is the instruction that role then tests.
AI enablement or operations lead
Premium on the role you already hold
PwC found specialist AI skills carried a 34.2% wage premium in 2025. Many of those postings sit inside operations, customer, and people teams rather than a lab.
Customer communications or account work
The same seat, with a skill the posting now names
The course artefact is a prompt card a colleague can run. That is the work those teams are hiring people to supervise.
Learning, knowledge, or product operations
Listed against the AI-skilled premium
These roles now ask for someone who can brief a model, check the output, and leave a reusable instruction. That is the check this course marks.
QUESTIONS
Questions about AI for Writing and Communication
- What is AI for Writing and Communication about?
- An AI tool can produce a clean first draft of an email, briefing, or report in seconds, but it writes for a general reader, adds claims nobody has checked, and fills gaps with polished phrases you would never say. The draft saves the typing, while the judgement about the reader, the evidence, and your own voice still has to be yours before the piece goes out under your name. The course teaches you to brief the tool with your point, your reader, and your material, and then to take the draft through three passes in order: an audience pass, a claim pass, and a signature pass. You finish with one real piece of writing you are prepared to sign, together with a short personal writing standard that you will apply to the next piece.
- Who is AI for Writing and Communication for?
- Managers who write updates, requests, and announcements for directors, teams, and clients and want AI drafts that fit each reader. Communications and policy staff who prepare briefings and notes where every claim and every reported agreement must be supportable. Consultants and specialists who write proposals and reports and need the finished piece to sound like them rather than like a template. Professionals who already use an AI tool for occasional drafting and want a dependable method for turning its output into work they are prepared to sign. No specialist background is assumed, and every term is explained before it is used.
- What will I be able to do after AI for Writing and Communication?
- You will be able to brief an AI tool with a one-sentence point, a named reader, and your own facts, so that its first draft is specific rather than generic. You will be able to rewrite a draft for its actual reader, putting the request or decision first and removing sentences that could have been written for anyone. You will be able to find every claim in a draft, including reported agreements and commitments, and support it, weaken it to fit the evidence, or remove it. You will be able to apply the signature test and replace padding, inflated language, false warmth, and hedging with plain sentences in your own voice. You will leave with a finished piece of real work and a signed writing standard naming the kinds of sentence you will never let a model write for you.
- How long does the course take, and how is it taught?
- The course takes about 2 hours and is studied online at your own pace. It has 5 lessons, each with a worked example, a practice exercise, and a check on a new case, followed by a course assessment of 7 scenario questions in which you need 6 correct to pass. Your progress is saved to your account.
- Do I get a certificate?
- Yes. When you pass, you sign a record that names you, the course, and the writing standard. Anyone you share it with can verify it online and download it as a PDF. The record confirms what you completed and does not claim compliance with any regulation.
- How much does it cost, and when can I start?
- The course costs £99, paid once by card through Stripe. Access begins as soon as payment is confirmed, and you can save a sign-in to return to the course from any device.
- Can my organisation train a whole team?
- Yes. Individuals can buy any self-paced course online, and organisations can book trainer-led courses for teams, in person or online, through the Experrt Academy.
More ai courses are listed on the self-paced ai courses for professionals page.
THERE IS A NEXT CHAPTER.
Start today, and finish with
the writing standard your organisation can use.
Checkout takes an email address and a card, and access begins as soon as payment is confirmed. When you finish, you sign a record that names you and the writing standard, which anyone you choose can verify online. The record confirms what you completed and does not claim compliance with any regulation.