“Very enjoyable... very informative in a comfortable way.”

Booksellers Association delegate (on a proofreading course)

“...my English teacher never covered these topics in five years.”

Guernsey Training Agency delegate (on a grammar course)

“Well structured – good mixture of teaching and exercises.”

Penguin delegate (on an editing course)

Case studies

We regularly run courses for a range of organisations both inside and outside of publishing. Here are a few examples of the kind of training we have delivered recently.

We developed and ran a two-day editing course for one of the world’s leading academic and professional publishers. After the initial brief, we worked with the client to ensure that the programme met the needs of the delegates and didn’t cover territory with which they were already familiar. The course looked at a range of subjects, including:

the differences between editing and proofreading
working on screen
editorial style
some punctuation, grammar and spelling issues
dealing with illustrations
legal issues such as copyright, libel and negligence.

Another large academic publisher approached us for a half-day proofreading course for a number of its marketing staff. We developed a course and handouts that were built around the delegates’ jobs and the organisation’s products.

We recently ran a web writing course for a large consumer publisher. This covered not just how to write effective online copy, but also how to help ensure that this writing is picked up by search engines.

Tailor-made training: subject areas

Proofreading

Proofreading for business
Proofreading for publishers
Working with freelance proofreaders

Editing

Copy-editing
Editing for business
Editing for the web
Editing STM (scientific, technical & medical)

Writing

Writing for business
Writing for newsletters
Writing for the web
Writing to persuade
Grammar, spelling and punctuation