If you’re considering applying for a PhD in your chosen specialisation, the first thing you should do is decide on your thesis. Once you’ve done that, the next step is to get that thesis looked at by your chosen PhD supervisor. This can be an intimidating thing to do; you’ve…
My name is Beth Cooper, and I am a medical student in Western Australia. In 2021, I was fortunate to be named the winner of the Capstone Editing Textbook Grant. Through this grant, I was given the opportunity to purchase textbooks for my degree. This grant has provided me with…
Students are often unsure of exactly how they should format their essays, assignments and reports for university if they haven’t been given specific or precise guidelines by their lecturers or tutors. Luckily, there is a standard way to format essays for university that is generally accepted across Australian and New Zealand universities.…
Can a mentor turbo-drive your academic career? We expect so much from our mentors, but formal workplace mentoring schemes can be disappointing. Much like a good marriage, there does need to be a certain chemistry between mentors and protégés (or mentees) for it to last beyond the first date. What…
For me it is often the endless housework that surrounds me, as I frequently work from home. It always seems far more important to tend to the washing, clean the skirting boards or weed the vegetable patch than to sit down at my desk and write. In particular, some tasks…
Studying abroad is a two-in-one package: you will get your degree and learn a new culture. By the time you graduate, you will probably know how to speak a new language and cook foods from a different culture—and you will have made close international friends. If you have ever dreamed…
Are You A Working Parent? Many freelancers find themselves in a position in which they need to both work and earn money to support their families. They find that, in the aim of benefiting themselves with the luxury of living life freely, they cannot ignore the responsibilities of their homes.…
As the job market is rapidly changing, and the gig economy has been one of the leading trends for several years now, there is an important question that must be asked and answered: what are the best insurance options for freelance editors and other individuals who are involved in this…
Starting a small business is always a challenge. There are lots of factors to consider: how do you pick the right business model? How do you get funding that’s appropriately sized for your business? Will you be able to maintain what can be a gruelling work pace in the early…
In the article ‘How to Use MS Word for Proofreading’, I discussed some of the ways you can take control of Word 2016, to make its proofreading tools more efficient and accurate by tailoring them to your needs. In that article, I explained how to check your Proofing Options, including…