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Fish, Ink
Work

Years of writing for universities and the sector

From leadership communications across the higher-education sector to HIV-education curricula and a Covid-era learning platform — a few examples, the kind of work I do, and real publications you can read.

Selected case studies
HELM — Higher Education Leadership & ManagementHigher education · Universities South Africa

HELM — Higher Education Leadership & Management

For several years I've worked closely with HELM, an initiative of Universities South Africa — providing advocacy and communication support, strategic writing, programme documentation, reports, brochures, posters and web copy. The work has spanned programmes such as Women in Leadership, Student Affairs & Student Success, Foundations of Leadership and ENGAGE, and broader sector conversations on governance, institutional change and university management.

Programme of Universities South Africa · DHET-supported

HIV-prevention curricula & a Covid-era LMSHealth & youth education · HIV prevention

HIV-prevention curricula & a Covid-era LMS

Working as part of expert teams, I've developed HIV-prevention and sexual & reproductive health curricula, facilitator manuals, mentor guides, brochures, posters and online learning resources. This included designing and populating a learning management system that enabled hundreds of youth facilitators and supervisors across South Africa to complete structured training during the early days of Covid-19.

Curricula · facilitator manuals · LMS design

The kind of work I do
Reports

Annual & conference reports

Institutional reports that tell a credible story and capture the substance of a debate — concept to print.

Strategy

Strategy & concept documents

Strategy documents, concept papers and briefing notes that give shape to complex institutional thinking.

Writing

Opinion pieces & media articles

Policy issues and institutional positions made accessible to a wider public audience.

Writing

Speeches & talking points

Words that let a leader speak with clarity and purpose.

Research

Research & event reporting

Interviews, workshops and conferences turned into coherent, usable reports.

Comms

Programme documentation & web copy

Materials and copy that keep a programme legible to its stakeholders and the public.

Learning

HIV & health-education curricula

Curricula, facilitator manuals and mentor guides for youth and health programmes.

Learning

Online learning & LMS

Structured online training — including an LMS that reached hundreds of facilitators during Covid-19.

Editing

Editing & publication planning

Editing, layout planning and quality management across whole publications.

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