About me

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Since 2023, I have been working as a publishing professional in the civil service. Within this role, I copyedit a range of scientific papers, as well as more general publications aimed at the public.

Before moving into publishing, I worked in arts administration, having worked for a professional orchestra as well as a performing arts institute.

Qualifications

  • MA (Hons) Linguistics and English language (University of Edinburgh)
  • MSc Applied linguistics (University of Glasgow)
  • Further copyediting and proofreading (Publishing Scotland)
  • Introduction to copyediting (Publishing Scotland)
  • Proofreading 1: Introduction (CIEP)

Membership

I am an Individual Entry-Level member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.