Course description

This course is for people who have some knowledge and experience of proofreading and would like to learn more. Specifically designed to sit between Proofreading 1: Introduction and Proofreading 3: Progress, Proofreading 2: Headway builds on the basic skills you already have to improve your concentration, focus and judgement.

We strongly recommend that you take Proofreading 1: Introduction before you tackle this course.

The course guides you through common editorial conventions, house styles, layout issues and the basics of dealing with texts involving illustrations, tables, notes and references. The exercises cover a variety of texts ranging from public information to academic books. They provide you with plenty of practice in spotting and marking errors both on screen and on paper and are designed to help you develop strategies for dealing with increasingly demanding texts.

Proofreading 2: Headway is an assessed course, with three assignments marked by your tutor. In addition, you have one hour of tutor support as part of your course.

After taking this course you will:

  • be better at spotting errors
  • have strategies for dealing with common proofreading problems
  • be more confident in your ability to judge what must be changed and what is ‘good enough’ to leave
  • have a basic understanding of how to deal with more complex elements such as illustrations, tables, notes and references.


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To purchase this course, please go to the booking page on the CIEP website.



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  Welcome
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  Before you start
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  Resource centre
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  Unit 1: Are you ready?
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  Unit 2: Developing concentration and focus
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  Unit 3: Developing good judgement
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  Unit 4: House styles and editorial conventions
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  Unit 5: Illustrations, tables and other parts of the text
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  Unit 6: Checking the whole picture
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  Course completion
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