Academic Editing
Strengthen clarity, consistency and academic presentation without losing your voice.
Academic Editing provides language and technical support for postgraduate research documents. The aim is to improve readability, coherence and presentation while preserving your argument, meaning and authorship.
Support can include language editing, consistency checks, structural presentation and technical corrections appropriate to the scope of the document.
What can Academic Editing help with?
Language and grammar
Improve sentence construction, grammar, punctuation and readability while preserving your meaning and voice.
Clarity and flow
Strengthen transitions, paragraph flow and the clarity of academic expression.
Consistency
Check terminology, tense, abbreviations, headings and style for consistency across the document.
Formatting and presentation
Improve the technical presentation of headings, tables, figures, spacing and other document elements.
Referencing consistency
Check the consistency of in-text citations and reference-list presentation according to the required style.
Final document checks
Identify remaining language, presentation and consistency issues before submission.
What Academic Editing does — and does not — include
Academic Editing strengthens the presentation of your work while preserving your authorship, argument and academic responsibility.
What Academic Editing can include
Language and grammar corrections
Improving clarity and readability
Strengthening paragraph flow and transitions
Checking consistency of terminology and style
Formatting and presentation adjustments
Checking citation and reference-list consistency
Identifying areas where wording is unclear or awkward
What Academic Editing does not include
Writing new academic content on your behalf
Replacing your argument with one created by the editor
Fabricating or altering research findings
Making methodological decisions for you
Completing assessments or research tasks on your behalf
Guaranteeing supervisor, examiner or institutional approval
Your ideas, argument and research remain your own. Editing is there to strengthen how they are communicated.
How the editing process works
The editing process starts with understanding the document, the level of support required and the expectations you are working toward.
Send your document
Share the section or document you would like edited, together with any relevant institutional guidelines, referencing requirements or specific concerns.
Confirm the scope
The document is reviewed to determine the appropriate level of editing, expected turnaround time and any limitations or priorities that need to be discussed before work begins.
Receive your edited document
You receive the edited version with changes and feedback clearly presented so that you can review, accept or respond to the suggestions while retaining ownership of the final document.
Before you send your document
Providing the right information at the start helps us understand the scope of the work and give you an accurate indication of turnaround time and cost.
Please include
Your document in Microsoft Word format
Your required referencing style or institutional guideline
Your submission or preferred return date
Approximate word count
Any specific supervisor, examiner or institutional instructions
A brief note explaining what kind of editing support you need
It also helps to tell us
Whether the document has already been reviewed by your supervisor
Which sections you are most concerned about
Whether you need language editing, technical editing, or both
Whether tables, figures, appendices or reference lists are included in the scope
Not sure what level of editing you need? Send us the document and a short description of your concerns, and we can help you determine the appropriate scope.
Ready to have your document reviewed?
Send us your document and requirements so we can discuss the scope, turnaround time and next steps.