I have been working in publishing since graduating in the 1980s. Initially I worked in scientific (biomedical) journal publishing and, later, software documentation (at ICL). I went freelance in 1998.
Since going freelance, I have successfully completed a wide range of projects and built up good working relationships with many clients. These clients include government organizations, publishers and other businesses.
Some recent projects (many of which are ongoing) are listed below.
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Client |
Task |
| Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) | Editing learning materials. (LTS is the lead organisation for curriculum development in Scotland.) |
| Albany | Working as a technical author on a project to review and revise health, safety and environment manuals for a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. |
| CAPITA | Editing material relating to ICT education at secondary level for a major government organization. |
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Lionbridge Ltd |
Copywriting online newsletter articles for the BT website. |
| JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) | Editing print- and CD-ROM-based materials for JISC's e‑Learning and Pedagogy programme. |
| NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) | Working on materials to support adult and community learning staff in developing the use of e-learning. |
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Becta (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) |
Writing website copy, and copy-editing and rewriting material (including newsletters, fact-sheets, training materials and reports) relating to the use of ICT in education. |
| Childnet International | Copy-editing internet safety information. |
| John Wiley & Sons Ltd | Proofreading 'For Dummies' books. |
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Copy-editing blended learning course materials for Microsoft. (Editing to the style specified by Microsoft's Manual of Style for Technical Publications.) |
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CGP |
Editing GCSE science textbooks (biology sections). (CGP is a major UK educational publisher and the UK's market leader for revision material.) |
| Smart Learning | Proofreading Key Stage 3 resources (for students and teachers) in ICT and English. |
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Teleplan, Norway |
Writing user documentation (printed and online) for a map application, MARIA. (Teleplan is a leading consultancy and systems development company in the areas of telecommunications, media and IT.) |
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Writing e-learning materials (A level, Applied ICT). |
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Bowne Global Solutions (for MessageLabs Ltd) |
Writing user and administrator guides and online Help for MessageLabs' Spam Manager system. (MessageLabs is a leading provider of managed email security services for businesses.) |
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RUAG, Switzerland |
Writing online help and user guides for a test package development environment. |
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Norcontrol IT |
Designing and writing user guides and online help systems (in RoboHelp) for vessel traffic management databases. |
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The Royal Society |
Proofreading publications for the press and public relations department. |
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Please contact me for further information or if you think I may be able to help with a forthcoming project. |