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Preparing for the accreditation exam
If you're planning to sit for the first Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) accreditation exam this year, or simply thinking about sitting in the future, this workshop is for you.
Presenters Alison Savage and Kate Mackie have been involved in the development of the accreditation system and the exam, while Janice Bird will be part of the team marking the exam papers.
The workshop will cover:
- Exam Part I—sentences to correct, including some multiple choice questions
- Exam Part II—editing the extract, including an opportunity to brush up on your hard-copy mark-up
- Exam Part III—short answer questions
- Panel—tips and suggestions, and time to ask any other questions you might have
To get the most from this session you'll need to try the sample exam first.
- Where:
- Humanities Room 346, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay: see UTas campus maps
- When:
- Saturday 16 August 2008, 2.30pm to 5.00pm
- Cost:
- $25 members, $35 non-members (includes light refreshments)
- Book:
- Return the booking form [MS Word, 123kB] with your payment by midday, Wednesday 13 August to: Workshop Booking, Society of Editors, PO Box 4512, Bathurst St PO, Hobart TAS 7000, or by email to info@tas-editors.org.au.
Accreditation exam
The accreditation exam will be held on 18 October.
Registrations will open in the first week in July and close on 18 September. The cost of the exam will be $490 for financial members of the societies of editors and $650 for non-members or those who are not financial members at the close of registrations. All registrations must be accompanied by a non-refundable deposit of $100; candidates must pay the balance of the fee by 3 October.
For updates, including the trial exam, refer to the IPEd website under Accreditation.
IPEd news
(the Institute of Professional Editors, formerly CASE)
IPEd is an informal body of delegates from the Australian societies of editors. See the IPEd website for up-to-date news and IPEd Notes.
Accreditation
IPEd has produced an issues paper addressing the May conference responses to the draft exam paper and related proposals. It is now posted on the IPEd website under Accreditation.
IPEd volunteer wanted
We're seeking a volunteer to help to develop terms of reference for the national working group on education, training and mentoring. Read the draft terms of reference [PDF, 17kB] here. If you'd like to get involved, email Sheila Allison or call her on (03) 6226 2591.
Testimonials please!
The IPEd Communications Working Group has been formed to facilitate promotion of the business of editing and the worth of editors—something we know but those ‘out there’ don’t.
The research hasn't been done so the best we can do in the meantime is gather testimonials that support our assertion of the value of editing.
We need testimonials with specifics, something along the lines of ‘he streamlined the production process so that we saved time and money’ or ‘she picked up mistakes/inconsistencies that would have caused us embarrassment/cost us money/forced us to pulp and reprint’.
If you have any personal testimonials of this type that you would be willing to share, or if you could solicit one from a recent satisfied client, please consider sending them to us. It would be best if you asked the client if they are willing to have the testimonial, and their name and organisation, published so that we can acknowledge them.
All contributions will be gratefully received. Kathie Stove, Convenor IPEd CWG. [Current Oct 06]