1. Introduction 1.1 Capstone Editing provides a Conference Travel Grant for Postgraduate Research Students provides up to A$3,000 for one student per year to assist in covering the costs of attending a conference in relation to their degree (Grant). 2. Eligibility Criteria 2.1In order to be eligible for the Grant: 2.1.1subject…
Overview The Capstone Editing Conference Travel Grant for Postgraduate Research Students provides up to A$3,000 for one student per year to assist in covering the costs of attending a conference in relation to their degree. The purpose of attending the conference should be to assist with the student’s research or…
In all our editing and interactions with our clients and editors, Capstone Editing maintains the highest standards of academic and professional integrity. Editing for postgraduate students When editing for students, we strictly adhere to the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’, which were revised by the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd)…
The first article of this series—‘What is Find and Replace? And Why You Should Be Using It’—introduced you to Word’s Find and Replace dialogue box and the many options at your disposal when creating a Find and Replace search. The next article in the series—‘What You Can Do with Find…
March was Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. To show our support, Capstone Editing asked Jennifer LaRocco from Cerebral Palsy Guidance to give us some information about the condition and how to help those living with it. Raising awareness for cerebral palsy (CP) and funding for research is important all year long. But March…
This year, Capstone Editing has extended the application closing dates for four of its grants for postgraduates, Honours students and female academics. Many universities list these grants on their scholarship pages, but some choose not to advertise external grants. For this reason, it can be a little difficult for us…
We’re all familiar with the archetypal ‘broke uni student’. They live off two-minute noodles, whinge about the cost of expensive textbooks and party until 3 am. I’ve even heard it said that poor uni student days are a rite of passage: everyone goes through them and it is just part…
In the spirit of full disclosure, I feel I should begin by stating that I am an academic editor. However, I am also a published academic. My field is Australian Indigenous history. In writing about the importance of academic editing, I am speaking as an academic with insider knowledge: as someone who…
Next to tuition, textbooks are one of the dearest expenses a university student will face. University-prescribed textbooks are the cornerstone of the textbook industry—a USD14 billion industry in the United States, and a AUD400 million industry in Australia. The price of textbooks has risen fifteenfold since 1970 and the average…
The serial comma (also known as the Oxford comma) is a very controversial punctuation mark! It is so controversial that it was recently featured in a news article on the CNN website, ‘Should we give a damn about the Oxford comma?’ What Is a Serial Comma? The Macquarie Dictionary (2017) defines the…