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EDITING PRACTICE BWR305

Duration (approx) 100 hours
Qualification
Statement of Attainment

Editing Practice Course - Improve your Editing Skills and Job Opportunities! 

  • Online editing practice course. Self-paced. No deadlines. Flexible start date. 4 lessons.
  • Learn to work to specification for online publication. Understand layout.
  • Improve your practical editing skills editing with numerous editing practice tasks.
  • Get extensive feedback from our expert tutors.

What will you learn in the course?

Develop your ability to edit text and illustrations to meet specifications.  The four lessons cover -

  1. Working to Specifications
  2. Editing Articles for Online Publications
  3. Submitting Articles for Online Publications
  4. Preparing and submitting Layout for publication

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Why Study Editing?

Excellent editing skills offer you numerous opportunities in employed or freelance editing work.  For example - TV, radio, websites, eBooks, articles, news, journals, film etc.  

Editing skills are also useful in many different careers, as part of an existing role. For example, editing business documents, reports, marketing materials etc.

Who Is This Course Suitable For?

Suitable for anyone wanting to improve their editing by getting more practice with tutor support

Are there any prerequisites for studying this course? 

We suggest that you have some experience of editing and publishing before studying the course, and experience using a computer.

If not, we suggest studying courses, such as the ones below -
Publishing I and Editing I, or equivalent.

What Will You Learn in This Course?

  • Learn how to edit content and prepare layouts
  • Start a career in editing or publishing.
  • Learn the production of an online publication from start to finish.
  • Develop your ability to edit text and illustrations for articles.
  • Prepare the layout for articles.
  • Improve your skills in Professional Editing
  • You will work with a tutor (member of our academic staff) who will oversee your role as copy editor for an online publication.
  • Use your knowledge to start or advance your career.

What do our students think of the course?

"I took the course because I needed to learn to edit electronically. My previous editing course dealt almost exclusively with manual editing. What I wasn't prepared for was that a good deal of emphasis was placed on writing as much as editing. I found this very valuable, given that I actually prefer to write, but I also think you need to be able to edit as well."
ACS Student, Editing Practice

"[My tutor] continually challenged me and I rose to it every time. I had to repeat some of my work, but I did so willingly. What makes her so unusual is her positive attitude. I don't feel that she actually criticised me, but always made constructive suggestions aimed at improving my work, which is why I never minded repeating it. I am also grateful for the way she helped me to sell my writing for the first time. All my published work up to when I sold my first article last year was unpaid work. Her suggestions have also helped me to understand that there are many different types of writing, and I would like to do a course in advanced freelance writing.
K. Box, Editing Practice

What Next?

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Meet some of our academics

John MasonWriter, Manager, Teacher and Businessman with over 40 years interenational experience covering Education, Publishing, Leisure Management, Education, and Horticulture. He has extensive experience both as a public servant, and as a small business owner. John is a well respected member of many professional associations, and author of over seventy books and of over two thousand magazine articles.
Dr. Gareth PearceGraduated from the University of Nottingham in 1982 with a B.Sc.(Hons) in Animal Science. Between 82 and 85 worked as Research Assistant and Demonstator in Animal Science at the University of Leeds. Over more than 30 years he has furthered his studies, obtaining eight significant university qualifications including degrees in Veterinary Science, Wildlife Conservation and Animal Behaviour. Gareth has significant teaching experience around the world as a faculty member at eight different universities including Associate Professor at Murdoch University and Director of Studies in Veterinary Science at Cambridge University. He has over 100 prestigious research papers published, and enjoys an outstanding international reputation in the fields of animal and veterinary science.
Maggi BrownMaggi is regarded as an expert in organic growing throughout the UK, having worked for two decades as Education Officer at the world renowned Henry Doubleday Research Association. She has been active in education, environmental management and horticulture across the UK for more than three decades. Some of Maggi's qualifications include RHS Cert. Hort. Cert. Ed. Member RHS Life Member Garden Organic (HDRA) .
Tracey Jones (writing)Tracey has enjoyed creative writing since she was a child. She has had several short stories published and a novella. She is also a keen writer of children's stories and poetry. She has also written many academic and non-fiction books in the fields of psychology, sociology, child development, writing and marketing.


Check out our eBooks

Creative WritingThe Creative Writing ebook can be useful for writing students or even professional writers to help improve their writing techniques and skills. The Creative Writing ebook is a fabulous starting point for budding writers. The topics that are covered within this book are an introduction to creative writing, Methodology and technique- the building blocks of writing, Genres, Creative non-fiction, creative writing techniques, developing your skill, building your career and a Glossary.
English GrammarThe English Grammar ebook can be a great reference for students, people who are learning English and anybody who writes anything- ever. The English Grammar ebook takes grammar back to basics to help confirm correct use of grammar. Topics that are covered within this course include 1/ Introduction- the components of language, 2/ Types of words, 3/ Punctuation, 4/ Upper and lower case, abbreviations, numbers, bullet points and 5/ Using words together.
Professional WritingProfessional writing is any writing that you are being paid for. It can include fiction writing, a best-selling book, articles in a magazine, articles in a newspaper, blogs for companies, technical manuals or procedure manuals, copy for catalogues, newsletters, text books and other academic material and so on.