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Honorary president: Judith Butcher Honorary vice-president: David Crystal OBE

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In-house training: Meeting your editorial training needs

'SfEP was an ideal choice, providing a bespoke programme of in-house training that was interesting and immediately useful.'

Natalie Orringe, media officer, Policy and Communications Directorate, Westminster City Council, London

The Society for Editors and Proofreaders provides tailored in-house courses to both conventional publishers and non-publishing organisations such as local authorities, statutory bodies, service providers and businesses.

The organisations to which we've provided in-house training include:


  • Company of Biologists
  • East of England Development Agency
  • House of Commons
  • International Bar Association
  • Lhasa Ltd
  • Ogilvy Healthworld
  • L'Oréal
  • Parliamentary & Health Ombudsman.

Building on an established portfolio of training courses, ranging from introductory to advanced, we can respond to the changing needs of organisations – and individuals – for basic training, support and ongoing development of editorial and writing skills.

We come to you – for a day, half a day or a couple of hours – and run a programme that is tailored to your organisation, at a location to suit you, whether in-house on site or at a local hotel or conference/training centre. We can deal with large or small groups and can also provide one-to-one tuition.

Our tutors deliver courses across the full range of editorial and writing skills, including:


  • grammar
  • punctuation
  • proofreading
  • copy-editing
  • on-screen editing
  • writing and editing for the web
  • writing
  • handling illustrations
  • project management
  • specialist editing skills in the areas of science, medicine, music, mathematics and the law.

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Consultancy and mentoring support

The SfEP also has specialists in a wide range of subjects who can provide one-to-one consultancy in a particular area and/or ongoing mentoring support accessed as and when it is needed.


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'I joined the SfEP while I was working in house for a B2B publisher … In the first couple of years, I found the training courses a wonderful complement to my on-the-job training.'  Abi Saffrey