Proofreading subject areas

I have wide experience in many proofreading subject areas (specialty proofreading subject areas are highlighted in bold with some further details further down the page:

• accounting (including bookkeeping, and cost, financial, general, and management accounting)
• astronomy (general / popular / beginners), artificial satellites, space exploration, cosmology – I am an amateur astronomer, a member of the British Astronomical Association and the Society for Popular Astronomy, and a former visual observer for the Satellite Orbits Group at the Radio and Space Research Station, Slough*
• banking and investment
• business and management (including organizational behaviour and strategic management)
• commercial real estate / residential real estate 
• economics and economic geography
• education (primary, secondary, further, higher, business, professional, and vocational)
• finance and financial risk management
• history (especially twentieth century, ancient Greek, and the Wars of the Roses)**
• marketing and brand management
• military and defence
• philosophy and ethics
• politics and current affairs
• property management, building construction, surveying, and valuation
• social and cultural studies
• theology and religion.

I also have experience in proofreading non-academic (trade) books on classic cars, crafts, DIY, fishing, gardening, pets, sailing, and sport.

Subjects I do not proofread

• mathematics and statistics
• medical.

As a matter of policy I do not proofread material related to

• erotica / pornography
• violence
• bad language / swearing
• gambling
• hate speech
• racism / sexism / homophobia.

Specialty proofreading subject areas

For over 30 years I have proofread books, journals, and other publications in a wide variety of subjects, and during this time and in previous employment I have built up knowledge and experience in particular fields.

Accounting, banking, business, economics, and finance

Proofreading experience

For over 30 years I have proofread many dozens of books on:

• accounting (all types, for example Colin Drury’s Cost Accounting)
• banking
• economics
• finance
• investment (for example periodic reports for an actuary).

I addition I have proofread the following quarterly journals for some years:

• Journal of Payments Strategy and Systems
• Journal of Risk Management and Financial Institutions
• Journal of Securities Operations & Custody

and helped to maintain and develop a standard house style for these journals.

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Astronomy, space exploration, and cosmology

I am an amateur astronomer, a member of the British Astronomical Association, and a member of the Society for Popular Astronomy. I am a former visual observer of artificial Earth satellites for the Satellite Orbits Group at the Radio and Space Research Station at Slough.

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Commercial real estate

Proofreading experience

For some years I have proofread the following quarterly journals:

• Corporate Real Estate Journal
• Journal of Building Survey, Assessment and Valuation

and helped to maintain and enhance a standard house style for these publications. See Henry Stewart Publications.

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Education

Proofreading experience

I have many years’ experience in proofreading hundreds of books and other media for

• Cengage Learning: books, textbooks, and management education and career development book
• City & Guilds Institute, London: vocational learning modules
• Edinburgh Business School: course notes
• HarperCollins Publishers: textbooks
• National Children’s Bureau: books, reports, and teacher resources
• Oxford University Press: academic and business books
• Pearson Education: academic books, textbooks, and management education and career development books
• Routledge: academic and business books
• UCL Institute of Education Press: books, reports, and journals on education
• UCL Press: books and journals on education and cultural studies
• University of Leicester School of Business (formerly School of Management): online distance learning modules / course material.

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