Academic Proofreading and Editing Services

essays, thesis, PhD dissertation, articles, books, chapters, reports

Please bear with me as the Academic Proofreading and Editing website is being updated and improved! This will modernise the website to enhance ease of access, sharing and offer new services including online video tutorials covering the basics of proofreading and editing for all clients.

In the meantime, full proofreading and editing (and all other) services remain available. I can still be contacted through the usual email address:

E: drgeoffreywood@gmail.com | M: 07772126233 (within UK) 00 44 7772126233 (outside UK)

Hello! Welcome to the website for Dr Geoff Wood’s Academic Proofreading and Editing Services.

I offer a professional academic proofreading and English language editing service to native and non-native English language students and academics at highly competitive prices.

My service is comprehensive, offering a range of inclusive services beyond those typically provided by proofreading services. In addition to checking spelling, grammar, punctuation and referencing I also check the overall sense of your work, e.g. have you answered your research question(s) and aims and objectives? How have you done this? Is it appropriate? I do this by checking for cohesion and logic of argument, context, structure and presentation and editing, i.e. to clarify sentences, etc. where the meaning is not as clear as could be and offer suggestions to refine and improve the piece of work. Overall, my service will improve the readability and presentation of your work.

With over 15 years experience in academic proofreading and English language editing, I offer a professional service to students and academics that takes the stress out of writing, submitting and publishing essays, dissertations, PhD theses, articles and reports, whether to a college, university, peer-reviewed journal or other organisation. Resulting in a highly polished and professional document, this leaves you free to concentrate on writing, confident that the examiner will assess your output purely on the content (all your hard-work!).

With extensive academic and professional experience in the sciences, arts and humanities and social sciences over many years, I understand that different people will have different requirements and that deadlines can arrive faster than we hope! Responsive to your personal needs, my service is both fast and accurate and includes the option to discuss your concerns and aspirations (e.g. via skype, telephone or face-to-face, where possible).

Please contact me for a chat about your work and a free quote.

About me

DSCF0280 (2)I am an experienced academic proofreader and editor

My name is Geoff Wood. I have over 15 years experience working as a freelance proofreader and English language editor for academics and students, both native and non-native English speakers throughout the UK (e.g. Cambridge, Dundee, Reading) and abroad (primarily in Europe, Africa and South America).

Although my current academic and professional specialisation is in energy and environmental law, policy and regulation, I have extensive interdisciplinary experience and knowledge across the sciences, arts and humanities and the social sciences and related areas, e.g. I have a BSc(hons) in Geology and Geography, a BSc (hons) in Animal Behaviour and Ecological Geography, an MSc with distinction in Renewable Energy and Environmental Modelling and a PhD in Energy Technology Law, Policy and Regulation. I also have experience in the areas of planning, resilience and sustainability. My particular background facilitates my ability to understand where students and academics are “coming from” with regard to their work, and in turn this enhances my ability to improve the work that I do!

I am a native English speaker with experience teaching, tutoring, supervising and examining students in a broad and diverse range of subjects. In addition to my own academic experience (e.g. essays, dissertations, thesis, reports, etc) I also have personal experience in academic publishing (books, book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, blogs, reports, consultancy) and am an official editor for the world-class journal Planning and Environment C: Government and Policy. Please feel free to click on to the link here or here to access my professional webpages.

Having experienced first hand the difficulties and stress that many of you will be experiencing, I make every effort to ensure that my service is responsive to your needs, with the aim to provide a service that both de-stresses your work, leaving you free to enjoy it more and, by providing a highly polished and professional piece of work, allows you to reap the benefits of your hard work!

For more information about my proofreading service, click on the Contact Me heading for details.

What I do

  • Before commencing to proofread and edit your work, I will arrange to have a discussion with you about the piece in order to enhance my overall understanding of what you are doing, your aims and aspirations. This improves my ability to work on your document.
  • I will read your document fully and carefully (e.g. word by word) to improve my understanding of your work. This also enables a “fresh pair of eyes” to assess your work, in terms of how well you have explained yourself and set out your ideas and concepts, etc. This approach means that I am in an excellent position to pinpoint any lack of clarity or confusion in your work. When one is very close to the work in question, it is often difficult “to see the woods for the trees.” One of the key aims of my service is to help you avoid this situation!
  • Use ‘Track Changes’ to record every single change made to your document, giving you ultimate discretion over any changes made and to better understand the changes.
  • Use ‘Comments’ to elaborate on changes that I have made or to highlight any issues or concerns. Comments can also include suggestions, where applicable.
  • At pre-agreed points in the process, we can discuss any issues or problems (via skype, email, telephone or face-to-face) – this means that you will be kept up-to-date with the process. I also often find that if any significant issues are highlighted and discussed with the author as early as possible, this will give them more time to think about how they want to address them, thus facilitating meeting deadlines.
  • I am also very happy to discuss any issues you have after you have accepted the final proofread and edited version of your work.
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