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Plain English ‘lacking in government resources’

Editors know the value of communicating important information in a simple, easy-to-understand way. But, according to Dr Cath Ferguson, a senior research fellow at Edith Cowan University, governments need a lesson on how to communicate more effectively.  In her...
SCAANZS seeks expressions of interest

SCAANZS seeks expressions of interest

IPEd will be asking for expressions of interest (EOIs) from Professional Members to join the Standing Committee on Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Style (SCAANZS).  SCAANZS has a role to monitor or review style manuals and style issues on behalf of members. We...
CEO announces IPEd and PEG’s agreement

CEO announces IPEd and PEG’s agreement

Hi I’m pleased to announce that IPEd and the Professional Editors’ Guild (PEG), based in South Africa, have signed an affiliate agreement. The agreement includes: promoting each other’s events to our memberships, where relevant organising combined events recommending...

Honorary Life Member profile — Colin Jevons

When and why did you join IPEd? I joined the Society of Editors, later known as the Society of Editors (Victoria), as an organisation that supported editors to become more professional. I joined in the depths of a recession, after I’d graduated with a science degree,...
Mentoring Program

Mentoring Program

‘Be kind to each other.’ We hear that often — but what do we mean by it? Tread gently. So what do kindness and treading gently have to do with mentoring? Heaps! Mentoring can have a huge impact on the wellbeing of both mentor and mentee in a relationship. In the...