Date: Monday 12 and Thursday 15 December 2022
Time: 10 am to 12 pm each session

Our regular tutor Cathy Tingle will deliver this course online over two sessions, with a total of 4 hours of online time, including short exercises for people to do on their own.

About the course
This is a new course aimed at people who are moving into academic editing, particularly from an academic research background. Writing your own research paper, thesis or book is very different from editing other people’s, and this course aims to help you make the transition from academic to editor.

Discussion includes:

• Differences between academic research and academic editing
• How copy-editing works: principles and process
• Essential style points to establish
• Anatomy of a journal article, thesis and book
• Managing citations and references
• How to get the best out of authors
• Academic language and phrasing, and when and how to rephrase
• Common problems in academic text and how to fix them
• Tips for working like an editor
• Resources for academic editors

At the end of the course you will be provided with a comprehensive delegate pack and a list of useful resources.

To find out more about the course and tutor, visit the Publishing Scotland website.

Fee
The fee for Publishing Scotland and CIEP members is £100+VAT (£120 including VAT)
The fee for non-members is £135+VAT (£162 including VAT). A 25% discount is available to BookMachine members. Insert the discount code at the checkout stage.

Booking will close at midnight on Wednesday 7 December 2022.