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Proofreading and Editing Services in Australia

Do you have a bunch of documents to be proofread or edited by a professional? WordsRU can help. For close to two decades, we have helped hundreds of businesses and students across Australia with all types of proofreading and editing tasks. We have a team of experienced, native English-speaking proofreaders who can deliver fast, secure and 100% confidential editing and proofreading services for an affordable price.

What can we proofread?

We can proofread and edit documents in any subject, and you can count on our editing expertise to perfect:

• research papers
• dissertations
• company documents
• web contents
• blogposts and

Our editing and proofreading services include checking your document for:

• grammar and spelling
• word choice
• sentence structure
• correct use or application of Australian English
• punctuation and capitalisation
• style, tone and flow
• repetitions and redundancies.

Quick and affordable proofreading services available 24/7

As a leading provider of online proofreading and editing services in Australia, we offer our services round the clock and are always available to answer your questions. We understand the importance of meeting deadlines, and have an inhouse editorial team to serve you on weekends and holidays too. The aim of our online editing service is to deliver error-free documents in a timely fashion. To know more about our editing and proofreading services, email your questions to [email protected].

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First, we’ll have a short introductory call to learn more about your content editing needs and goals. You can ask any questions, and we’ll talk you through our editing services and process.

We’ll kick off a pilot (which usually lasts a month) so you can try our content editing and we can learn your style guide and refine our service based on your needs.

Your project manager will fully onboard your team (usually via Slack) and, based on your pilot, curate an editing team that seamlessly integrates into your content production pipeline.

Editing & Refinement

We’ll support your team by editing your content and continuously refining our service – and your style guide – based on your feedback. We will scale with your content and production cycle, allowing your team to focus on strategy and content creation.

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Absolutely. We start with a one-month pilot to understand your content and needs and set you up on the best plan. You pay only for the editing services you use, so if we’re not the perfect fit, you can walk away, no strings attached.

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While we’re able to provide classic proofreading, copy editing, line editing, and developmental editing, we like to assess your content during the pilot and design a tailored service based on your style guide and exact editing needs.

Yes. We can provide a fact-checking service (which is popular with clients publishing AI-generated content).

We also offer formatting and a range of other editorial services and can work in third-party applications and content management systems. We pride ourselves on being nimble, so don’t hesitate to ask if there’s something you think we can help with.

We are experts at editing AI-generated content ; many of our clients have transitioned to creating content via AI.

We’ve also established our own AI content editing guidelines, spearheaded conversations about how to ensure SEO best practice and ethical standards, and partnered with Hypotenuse.ai to offer seamless AI content generation and human editing – helping our customers rapidly scale their content creation.

Yes, we can edit to specific SEO requirements, and we have editors who specialize in SEO content. We are experts at ensuring that content is edited in line with Google’s E-E-A-T guidelines and regularly edit to incorporate keywords in a natural and conversational way.

Our editors are all qualified and trained via Knowadays, which provides the industry-leading professional editing course .

We recruit only the top graduates, and most of our 1,000+ editors have additional qualifications, providing a depth of experience across all industries and content types. So if you have a specific content request, we can provide an editor qualified in that field. Just let us know.

We support lots of clients with seasonal content and can structure a plan with this in mind, ensuring that you pay only for the editing services you need.

Yes, our Business Lite and Managed Services plans benefit from having a dedicated editing team that will learn your style guide(s) inside out and develop a deep understanding of your team’s tone, brand voice, and unique editing needs – ensuring thoroughly consistent content.

The sky is the limit! Some of our clients submit dozens of content pieces a month while others submit thousands, and we specialize in editing content at scale, so you’re in great hands.

Schedule a call with us today, and a member of our friendly team will be happy to answer your questions and discuss your unique editing needs. You can also drop us an email at [email protected] .

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Melbourne, Australia

I'm an accredited editor with experience at Lonely Planet, an interest in travel and self-help writing and an addiction to reading.

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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Travel, Nature

Melbourne VIC, Australia

An award-nominated editor of information books for adults and young people. Major areas include environment, animals, science and education.

• Victorian State Government, Departments of Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources.
• Department of Planning and Environment, Victoria
• Department of Education, Victoria

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Genres: Agriculture, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Nature, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Physics & Chemistry

Murwillumbah NSW, Australia

General and academic books in humanities, self-help, social sciences. Clients have published with Ashgate, Routledge, and Springer.

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Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Life Sciences, Math & Science, Education & Reference, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Biographies & Memoirs

Adelaide SA, Australia

An editor with expertise in STEM editing (books, research papers, and theses). Worked for Macmillan, Elsevier, Springer, Cengage, AACR

• MacMillan Publishing Services Ltd. (MPS Ltd.)
• Aptara, Inc.
• Thomson Digital

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Math & Science

23 years experience in editing all subjects. Memoir/Biography, History, Politics and Arts/Literature expert, with some Fiction editing too.

Genres: Entertainment, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Law, Sociology, Art, Biographies & Memoirs, Political Science & Current Affairs

Brisbane QLD, Australia

Experienced copyeditor specialising in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Previous clients include Wiley and Macmillan.

• Wiley Australia
• Australian Academic Press

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Education & Reference

Coffs Harbour NSW, Australia

Proofreader and editor with structural expertise and market insight. Here to make writing the best it can be.

• New Holland
• Hachette and Curtis Brown

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Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Science Fiction

An editor of all genres, having worked for indie and trade publishing clients for 20 years, my expertise is developmental and copyediting!

• University of Queensland Press
• Macmillan Education Publishers
• New Holland Publishers
• Steve Parish Publishing

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Coming of Age, Fantasy, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Children’s Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Children's

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‘Your’ or ‘you're’? ‘Their’ or ‘they're’? Such questions about language use have been the bane of writers from time immemorial. Spelling or grammar errors are precisely the kind of details that can damage the quality of your work, so it’s imperative that your book goes through several rounds of editing before publication. The final round is proofreading, which should be tackled by an experienced and reliable professional, someone who has the knowledge and ability to guide your project to success. Publishing a high-quality final product shows respect to both your career and your readers.

Whether your manuscript consists of a fiction translation or a business or health book, you’ll find a proofreader for hire in Australia or beyond on Reedsy’s marketplace. Our proofreaders are some of the most accomplished people in the publishing industry, and have worked on a wide variety of genres for big names in the publishing industry, such as Harcourt and Oxford University Press. Yours could be the project they work on next.

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Editing services to boost your image

Editing and proofreading services ensure your content makes the right impression. If your audience struggles to read your content, they will disengage. Fortunately, there’s an easy and effective way to remove errors and make your content more readable. Professional proofreading and editing services hold the key.

Word Nerds achieves integrity and readability for all business and government documents. While no one can prove they offer the best proofreading services, we have completed thousands of proofreading and editing projects. Our attention to detail ensures quality results from the editing process.

Editing services to match your needs

Every piece of content can benefit from professional editing services, but each has unique editing and proofreading needs.

Word Nerds has you covered with a choice of services that can be tailored to fit your specific document. Our clients include businesses, government departments and educational institutions. Ensure your business, professional and technical documents make the right impression with:

• Structural editing – we determine whether your document’s language, content, structure and presentation fit your objectives and reader expectations.
• Copy editing – we review each sentence to ensure accuracy and consistency with correct grammar, spelling and punctuation, and effective sentence structure. We improve and correct your content line by line.
• Academic editing – our expert editors can assist with proofreading and editing for a broad range of academic subjects, whether it’s an undergraduate paper or PhD thesis.

The aim of editing is not to change but to improve writing style and the overall quality of the content.

Proofreading services Australia

Proofreading services (sometimes spelled proof reading services) is the final stage of perfecting written content after editing it. During this process, we conduct a final check of your document for grammar, spelling, punctuation, style and consistency errors. We offer business proofreading services and academic proofreading services. Plus, we have completed proofreading in Australia for projects, large and small, for all levels of government. As proofreading companies go, we have years of experience working for all types of organisations.

Professional editors and proofreaders

Are you serious about achieving content that is clear, concise and correct?

If so, there’s no substitute for a thorough understanding of local knowledge, quality and language usage. Word Nerds is your proofreading company of choice. Our copy editors deliver the highest-quality proofreading and editing services from Melbourne to organisations across Australia. With a keen eye for detail, our professional editors work to make error-free documents and publications. They are based on Australia, so they understand the subtleties of Australian English which are often missed by overseas editors.

At Word Nerds, we:

• Have expertise in Australian style and editing conventions
• Use the latest style guides for Australia
• Can create a custom content style guide specifically for your organisation.

Don’t let errors diminish your message. Word Nerds is the leading proofreading company to work on your content. Our professional proofreading services and editing services will perfect your content to boost your impact.

Examples of our editing and proofreading services

We offer a full range of editing and proofreading services, whether for business, academic, government, or personal documents and publications:

• Article editing services – ready your articles for publication online or in printed formats. This includes journal articles that meet publisher requirements.
• Document editing and proofreading services – for all types of business, government, technical and academic documents.
• Proofreading services for business – have your important documents checked with business proofreading services.
• Children’s story editing service – for children’s stories, young adult content or picture books. Our children’s book editors provide language editing to ensure the content is appropriate for the target age group.
• Business editing – we improve the effectiveness of business documents and publications with professional business editing services.
• Book editing – we work with new and published authors with manuscript editing to assist with the book publishing process.

Proofreading in Melbourne and beyond

Please call us on 1300 731 955 or use the contact form to discuss your needs. We’ll be glad to discuss our editing and proofreading prices and turnaround times and provide a fixed-price quotation for your project. We can also provide samples of our proofreading and editing services from our long list of clients we’ve helped since 2005.

Our proofreaders and editors are native English speakers based in Australia and meet the highest standards to deliver high-quality results. They work with organisations across Australia, including Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, and all points in between.

If you’re looking to have your content written for you, we offer content writing services , copywriting services and business writing services .

Thesis Editing

Don’t let errors cause your thesis quality to falter at the last hurdle! A thesis represents many years of intensive research. Perhaps it is your first foray into academic publication. Elite Editing understands the enormous amount of time you have invested and the challenges you have overcome to reach this critical stage in your academic journey.

Coherent presentation of arguments and accurate  thesis editing  and  proofreading  are essential at this point. Only a fresh yet experienced pair of eyes can truly provide the clear, accurate thesis editing you need. Here lies the value of having your thesis reviewed by Elite Editing. Our dedicated thesis editing service ensures word perfection and professional layout in this foremost document of your academic career. Your thesis will be treated by us with the care it deserves.

Thesis editing by specialist eyes

Elite Editing  thesis editors  are the most accomplished in the business and fluent in the many conventions of thesis editing and writing. We have meticulously proofread and copyedited work for countless postgraduate candidates over many years. So we understand firsthand the ‘error blindness’ that even the most accomplished authors face on such intensive projects.

Our expert  academic editors  are not only highly qualified in academia themselves; they have also received rigorous in-house training covering all aspects of specialist academic editing, from appropriate conventions of academic language and tone to in-depth referencing knowledge of all styles, including all arts, science and legal conventions. Our thorough editing and proofreading ensures your text is error free and compliant with all style requirements, including stringent university thesis presentation requirements. In addition, with a fresh perspective, we apply specialist thesis editing to ensure all arguments are clearly articulated. We work quickly and efficiently to return a publication-worthy thesis that retains  your  distinctive voice.

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Beat error blindness with professional thesis editing

You and your thesis need some distance! When you’ve shared such a long-term relationship, it is almost impossible to see the errors in your own work. Your eye will tend to see what it expects to see instead of what is actually there. Don’t chance typos, confusing sentences or jumbled ideas going under the radar. Elite Editing brings a fresh set of experienced academic eyes to edit and proofread your thesis thoroughly.

Our full thesis editing service ensures:

• Coherence – logical flow and articulation of all presented arguments
• Competence – flawless grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Compliance – accurate layout and format according to academic conventions
• Consistency – uniformity of style, language, key terms and referencing throughout

We’ll even perform some of the most labour-intensive thesis preparation tasks on your behalf. We will:

• Create a compliant Table of Contents, List of Figures and List of Tables
• Correctly place, format and number all thesis figures and tables
• Create university-specific preliminary pages in the correct order and format for a thesis.
• Cross-check all abbreviations, ensure correct usage and create a List of Abbreviations
• Satisfy specified university formatting guidelines or format to generally accepted academic standards
• Cross-check all in-text citations against end reference lists
• Detect any missing information in the reference list
• Format your appendices for internal consistency

 and any department-specific thesis editing policies

Impeccable client support

Elite Editing puts academic writers first and we keep the communication channels open. If required, your editor will contact you to raise any questions about your thesis editing. If you need to contact us at any time, our client support team is available 365 days a year to provide you with all the professional attention you need, from pre-edit inquiries to dedicated aftercare. Any last-minute messages you have for your editor will be passed on immediately to ensure seamless and efficient communication and thesis editing.

Academic integrity and IPEd membership

Elite Editing is a corporate member of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). We uphold their  Australian Standards for Editing Practice and follow their Guidelines for Editing Research Theses . Australian universities require all editing of higher degrees by research theses  to be conducted in accordance with these important standards and ethical guidelines. This means that your thesis will be polished to perfection by us without altering the structure, content or individual expression of your work. For this reason, many Australian universities have an ongoing professional relationship with Elite Editing and keep us on their list of trusted editors for students.

Put our thesis editors to work for  you

You deserve a thesis that does justice to your years of hard effort. Elite Editing’s comprehensive service covers everything from specialist thesis editing to eagle-eyed proofreading.

Do you have some questions first? Check out our frequently asked questions  or see what others think of us by reading some client  testimonials . Or just  call us . We would love to assist you.

Thesis Editing Referral Program

Once we have returned your edited thesis to you, you may take advantage of our Thesis Editing Referral Program. You can receive cash back for each person you refer to us who uses our thesis editing service (for a thesis of over 20,000 words), and there is no limit to the number of people you can refer. You can read more about the program here  or  contact us  for more information.

Elite Editing Thesis Write-up Scholarship

As part of our dedicated approach to supporting students during their postgraduate journeys, every year Elite Editing awards a scholarship of $6000 to a postgraduate student to provide financial assistance for a period of 12 weeks. The scholarship is intended to free the student from other forms of employment and allow them to concentrate solely on the task of writing their thesis. More information about our Thesis Write-up Scholarship and how to apply can be found here .

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• World-class thesis editors reviewing your  work
• Constant availability – thesis editors on hand 24/7, 365 days of the year
• Experienced coaching ­– expert guidance to improve your thesis writing
• 100% satisfaction guarantee – our thesis editors work until you are happy
• On time delivery guarantee – if we are late your editing will be free
• Value for money – best possible thesis editing for lowest possible price
• Upfront pricing – clear quotes and inclusions at the outset mean no surprises
• Road-tested thesis editing – see our  Testimonials from satisfied clients
• Fast, accurate service – special Urgent Service meets your tightest deadlines
• Trusted reputation – university professors, lecturers and tutors recommend us

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Thank you Elite Editing for a great job! The work you have done was fast, excellent and professional! Elite Editing not only edited my work beautifully, they also sent me a sheet detailing comments on further improvements I could make. I appreciate your service greatly not only for the high quality work but also, your professionalism and endeavour to assist! It was an amazing experience and I have learnt a lot.

I was so delighted that Elite Editing made it exclusively possible for my thesis editions for submission. It was money's worth. Great job with maximum satisfaction!! Elite Editors rock with fantastic invaluable written reports and advise.

Thank you for the highly skilled editing service provided for my thesis. I am thrilled with the formatting and the greatly improved presentation, including tables and figures. The attention to detail in identifying errors and lack of clarity throughout is much appreciated. The reference list obviously need a lot attention too and I’m grateful for the patience shown in addressing missing information.

As a PhD student and a single mum of 2 small children, meeting the deadline for submission has been a challenge. To be able to send my thesis to Elite Editing and know that my thesis will come back to me 300% better was such a relief. The quality of work that I received was amazing....can not thank you enough for the tremendous work you have completed to my thesis. Thank you

I would highly recommend Elite Editing!!!. Not only Elite Editing copy edit my thesis to an acedemic writing standard, they also formatted my thesis to an APA standard. On top of that Elite Editing also formatted my entire thesis according to my University requirement which the editor downloaded from my university website, how cool is that. In addition to that, the editor read in detail all my references, format it and let me know if they were any references missing in the text I should add at the end. This saves a lot of my time since the final stages of PhD is extremely stressful. I would defenitely use Elite Editing again in the future.

Elite Editing were exceptional. The assistance I received from Peter initially, then Maise and Kellyanne was beyond what was expected. I made last minute changes and needed help quickly which was no problem for the team at Elite. I am extremely grateful and would certainly recommend to anyone who needs fast, polite and understanding service.

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When you’re reading the content you see for the first time, even the smaller errors can catch your eye – and annoy you. People who have been looking at academic writings, such as your professors, can spot errors almost instantly.

However, the person who writes an assignment can easily miss them. Whether it’s because they’re too tired from the research and writing, or they are too attached to what they wrote and know the content flow – errors are very frequent in papers that you proofread on your own.

This is why even the greatest writers in the world request proofreading and editing help. Lucky for them, and for you, there’s an Australian essay writing service that can do this flawlessly, leaving no mistake behind. If you need some proofreading Australia, and you definitely do for all your papers, we are the go-to company for it.

What Is Online Proofreading?

Most people are tasked to do some proofreading at least once in their lives. Whether you’re still studying and need to polish your paper, you are writing reports at work, or crafting an article for your blog, proofreading is an essential part of it. With the Internet and the options it offers us, the written content is more present than ever – and so is the need for a method that makes it accurate.

Mistakes in the writing can have a massive impact on how people view that content. This is why you definitely need assignment proofreading – to ensure that you get the highest grade possible. It so often happens that a well-researched, greatly written paper is graded lower simply because the student failed to detect and eliminate those annoying errors.

This is where online proofreading jumps into the picture. An online proof reading service will do exactly what you are tasked to do, only virtually. You send your paper to us, and we check it for errors in:

• Consistency
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When our proofreaders see your assignment as error-free content, we send it back to you online.

The proofreader services are different from professional editing services Australia. Many students mistake the two. When your academic piece is ready, it is usually first edited, and then proofread. Why? Because when you edit portions and pieces of the paper, you can make new mistakes that require a proofreader.

This person’s job is to find the errors that slipped through the cracks. Even if you have all the time in the world to write your paper, which you probably don’t, you can still make errors in it, especially if it’s a big one. Thanks to their experience and amazing attention to details, qualified proofreaders Australia can find all the errors – and eliminate them.

When You Need Our Academic Proofreading Service Australia

Researching for an assignment and writing it can take a lot – especially if it’s a tough paper, a big assignment, or a complicated topic. When students finally get to the point when they need to fix the paper, they are too tired and not at all focused.

Some choose to take a break and look at it later with fresh eyes. But, how fresh will this be if you already know what’s in the content since you’ve read it? The brain often skims through texts it is familiar with, so even if you’re a great writer, you cannot do professional proofreading on your own assignment.

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Your Guide To Thesis Editing in Australia

A background to thesis editing.

Thanks to friends, family, supervisors and fellow students, thesis editing has been around as long as postgraduate degrees, but professional thesis editing services are relatively new, especially in Australia.

As a result of intense competition, higher standards and the ever-increasing demands of academic success, postgrad students wanting to progress in academia, win funding or land a good job now find themselves looking for an edge to increase the quality of their thesis as well as any publications, like journal articles, they write along their journey to graduation.

Professional thesis editors and proofreaders provide this edge by making theses as perfect as possible. A highly trained copyeditor will ensure that the thesis topic, research, reasoning and conclusions are clearly and concisely set out and easy to understand. All this makes a favourable impression on thesis examiners.

The Importance of Thesis Editing for Students

You could have the best thesis topic in the world, with groundbreaking insights, and life-altering conclusions, but if your grammar is sloppy, your formatting inconsistent, and your referencing incomplete, your brilliance will most likely be overlooked.

Perhaps your formatting is clear, and your referencing meets university requirements, but you’re prone to ‘silly’ mistakes (like incorrect apostrophes) or switch between American and Australian English.

You could proofread your own thesis, but your brain tends to compensate for these mistakes by reading correctly what is incorrectly written. Research shows that every time you read a document, your brain automatically uses less energy to do so. It sees what it thinks is there, not what is there. And how many times have you read your thesis?

There are thesis editing apps and programs, which are considerably cheaper than hiring a professional thesis editor to proofread your work. But they tend to miss mistakes and make incorrect suggestions. We are all familiar with the basic errors they miss, such as homophones, where the spelling is correct, but you’ve used the wrong word, like leek instead of leak. But when it comes to the sophisticated level of language that you should be using in your master’s or PhD thesis, a spelling and grammar checker will miss even more because it will often misinterpret your meaning. There’s no AI replacement for the human brain, yet!

A reputable thesis editing company with experienced academic editors and proofreaders will pick up the smallest mistakes and inconsistencies so that your hard work is presented in the best possible way.

The Increasing Popularity of Thesis Editing

Demand for professionals to proofread and edit theses is growing for several reasons. 

Many universities have a growing contingent of international students for whom English is a second or even third, fourth or fifth language. They need someone to proofread and edit their work to ensure the language, grammar, and syntax are correct, and the information is clear and well organised. Thesis proofreaders ensure international students are not handicapped by the tricky (and sometimes nonsensical) English language.

Many academic supervisors recommend thesis editing services because they make their lives easier. It’s more pleasant to read error-free writing than work spotted with mistakes that distract and detract from the work and muddy meaning and intent. 

Proofreading and editing take a long time, especially if it’s a 100-page undergrad thesis or a 300-page postgrad dissertation. No matter how good they are at writing, it’s remarkably difficult for anyone who isn’t a professional editor to remain focused and conscientious, and to catch every error. Hiring professional editing services saves time, lessens stress and guarantees the 100% focus and attention that your work deserves.

Ethics and Guidelines of Thesis Editing

There is a distinct difference between editing to improve content (i.e., research, ideas, information and sophisticated matters of structure) and editing to correct and improve grammar, syntax, spelling, consistency, formatting and referencing. The first essentially rewrites work and is considered cheating. It’s referred to as ‘substantive editing’ and is prohibited by university guidelines. The second cleans up work to remove ambiguity, confusion and inconsistency in language, citations and cross-references.

Ethical thesis editing abides by the standards determined by professional editing organisations and universities to guide service offerings. Unethical editors throw the guidelines out the window and provide any service students are willing to pay for, even if it is technically plagiarism or cheating.

Always hire editing and proofreading professionals who clearly state their code of ethics and can name the guidelines that they are following. Avoid those who don’t and who dodge questions about their professional academic editing accreditations.

Why Thesis Editing is Permissible by Universities

Thesis editing is permissible for postgraduate students provided you and the professional editing and proofreading service provider you choose abide by the guidelines developed by the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) in collaboration with the Australian Council of Graduate Research (ACGR). These important rules are called the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’. Universities draw the line at changes to content and sophisticated matters of structure. So editors can correct your grammatical errors, cleaning up your commas and colons, but can’t wholly rewrite your sentences.

Your supervisor or your department’s friendly admin staff might be able to recommend particular professional thesis editing service providers that are familiar with your university’s rules and your specific department’s preferences when it comes to things like formatting and referencing.

Editors and proofreaders eliminate mistakes and ensure consistency. They aren’t there to do your research and write (or rewrite) your thesis for you. Some unscrupulous editing service providers may offer these services. If they do, run a mile because it’s a violation of all academic editing guidelines.

The Institute of Professional Editors Limited (IPEd)

IPEd is the professional association for Australian and New Zealand editors. It provides professional accreditation and helps members stay on top of their craft with ongoing professional development opportunities. It establishes and promotes professional standards, and holds members to these standards.

The IPEd website has a guide to editing research theses, including guidelines for ethical editing specific to academia and creative work submitted for examination purposes. The institute is responsible for publishing any revisions, approved by the IPEd Board and endorsed by the ACGR, to the thesis editing guidelines. 

Thesis editors and proofreaders, academic supervisors, and research students themselves must familiarise themselves with the guidelines and follow them, especially regarding restrictions and limitations imposed on academic editing. 

Accreditation is not easy to come by, as applicants have to achieve a grade of over 80% in a rigorous four-hour exam. IPEd strongly recommends that editors have more than three years’ full-time experience before they even attempt the exam. Accredited editors must renew their accreditation every five years.

Australian Thesis Editing Companies

You have two options if you want to hire professional thesis proofreading and editing services:

• Choose a company that specialises in academic proofreading and editing.
• Choose a freelancer that specialises in academic proofreading and editing.

Specialisation is the key: there is a world of difference between editing a corporation’s annual report and a 200-page doctoral thesis. The requirements and standards are like chalk and cheese, as are the rules and ethics regarding what is and isn’t allowed in academic editing.

We’re going to look at four of the top thesis editing companies in Australia and the freelancing option with regard to three points:

• Delivery time

1. Capstone Editing

Ethics: .

• Capstone Editing abides by the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’, the Australian Standards of Editing Practice and specific rules and guides for each university concerned—no substantive (structure or content) editing for students. 
• Most of the editors employed are Accredited Editors and Professional Members of IPEd.
• The company is a corporate member of IPEd.
• The website has a Code of Ethics .

Delivery Time: 

• There are three delivery options: Standard, Express and Priority.
• There is a Last-Minute service available on request—provided a suitably experienced thesis editor is available.
• Turnaround time varies according to word count and the level of editing service selected.
• The Premium editing service with Standard delivery for 5,000 words is 3 days; Priority delivery is 24 hours.
• For 5,000 words, the Platinum package has a Standard turnaround of 4 days and Priority turnaround of 2 days.
• Long theses (up to 100,000 words) have a Standard turnaround of 14 days and Priority time turnaround of 7 days.
• Capstone Editing has an On-Time Guarantee.

Cost: 

• Cost depends on word count and the editing service and turnaround selected.
• For example, 5,000 words of Premium editing with a Standard 3-day delivery is $282.49. 
• On the other end of the spectrum, 80,000 words of Platinum editing with Standard delivery of 14 days is $2,696.11—for the Priority service of 7-days, it’s $3,165.69.
• Capstone Editing is the only editing service to offer interest-free repayment plans.

2. Elite Editing

• Elite Editing abides by the requirements of the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’, the Australian Standards of Editing Practice and specific rules and guides for each university concerned—no substantive (structure or content) editing for students.
• There are four delivery options: Standard, Express, Urgent and Extra Urgent (if thesis editors are available). 
• Turnaround time varies according to word count.
• Up to 5,000 words, Standard delivery is 5 days, and Urgent is 2 days.
• Up to 50,000 words, Standard delivery is 14 days, and Urgent is 7 days. 
• *More than 50,000 words require a special quote.
• Elite Editing has a 100% Delivery Guarantee.
• Cost depends on word count and turnaround selected.
• 5,000 words of with a Standard 5-day delivery is $280.
• Higher up the scale, up to 50,000 words with Standard delivery of 14 days costs $1,745 and $2,155 for the 7-day Urgent service.

3. Expert Editor

• Expert Editor abides by the Institute of Professional Editors guidelines for editing research theses—will not assist with content.
• Students enter a preferred return date, and Expert Editor undertakes to meet that deadline.
• Short turnaround times may be accommodated.
• If a deadline is too tight, an alternative delivery time is suggested.
• Expert Editor has no guarantees regarding meeting deadlines.
• Cost depends on word count. Turnaround times need to be negotiated.
• 5,000 words costs $221.
• 80,000 words costs $2,080.
• Payment is normally upfront. But for large thesis projects (over 80,000 words), it’s possible to pay half up-front and the other half before the delivery date.
• Scribbr is a Dutch academic proofreading and editing company that operates internationally. 
• Not all thesis editing services provided to students are permitted by Australian universities. 
• It’s up to students to know exactly what is and isn’t permitted and purchase the services allowed by the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’ and the rules relevant to their university.
• Turnaround times are negotiated, with services of 1, 3 and 7 days offered for short documents. The website notes that at least 7 days are required to edit up to 75,000 words, and that more time might be required depending on the quality of the document.
• Scribbr has no guarantees regarding meeting deadlines.
• Cost depends on word count, level of study, amount of editing services chosen and turnaround selected.
• 5,000 words with a turnaround time of 3 days costs $245 if you are a master’s or PhD student, or $328 if you add on a Clarity Check—something that is already included in Capstone Editing’s and Elite Editing’s standard editing services.
• Going up the scale, 80,000 words will set you back $2,275 for the Proofreading & Editing service only, or $3,155 when you add on the Clarity Check.
• **There is a $25 setup fee.

5. Freelancers

• Individual thesis editing freelancers determine their own code of ethics. 
• If in doubt, look for an Accredited Editor who is also a Professional Member of IPEd.
• They should abide by the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’.
• Delivery time depends on the freelancer’s schedule and on the student’s needs. 
• Delivery estimates are worked out on a case-by-case basis.
• Students should be aware that if their freelance editor is unable to complete the job for any reason, there may not be anyone in place to replace them automatically.
• The cost of editing provided by a freelancer will be determined by that individual, based on factors such as his or her qualifications and experience. The tend to quote per project rather than having set fees, and they might charge by the hour instead of according to word count. Rates can vary widely.
• The Institute of Professional Editors has recommended rates for freelance thesis editors and proofreaders. 
• For example, freelancers with fewer than two years’ experience should normally charge $60 to $80 per hour. 
• Freelancers with extensive or specialised experience normally charge $110 to $160 per hour.
• Many freelancers advertise on niche job websites. 

Factors for Selecting a Thesis Editing Service

Your thesis has the potential to set the tone for your career, so you need to research your options and choose the professional editing company that best suits you, your needs and your means.

Google is a blessing and a curse. It will give you thousands of search results, but it doesn’t tell you which of the thesis editing and proofreading companies that come up are genuinely reputable and which might be popular but have no regard for ethics.

There are three important criteria to consider when making your choice:


Let’s take a closer look.

Does the company abide by the guidelines set by the Institute of Professional Editors and the Australian Council of Graduate Research? These guidelines determine which services are ethical and permissible for postgraduates to use for their academic editing and proofreading and which aren’t. 

For example, it’s okay to correct grammar and syntax and ensure consistency and completeness concerning, for example, formatting, references, capitalisation and punctuation.

It’s not okay to change the content or structure of the thesis, and it is certainly not ethical to carry out additional research or rewrite sections. While the thesis editing and proofreading guidelines are standardised in Australia, it’s important to note that some departments may have their own guides that explain what is allowable.

For example, express permission to use a thesis editor may be required, or you may need to show your supervisor both the unedited and edited versions of your thesis. Make sure you know and follow your department’s specific rules.

Delivery Time

Editing delivery time depends on the length of the document or thesis being edited. It also depends on what you want to be done; that is, a standard editing or proofreading service, or one that is heavier and more extensive (while still following the guidelines). For example, it’s not possible for a 25,000-word thesis to be properly edited and proofread in 24 hours.

Some thesis editing service providers have different levels of service, which affects turnaround time. For example, a standard service package at a standard delivery time could take anything from three to 28 days. Many companies offer a priority option, in which case it could take between one day and two weeks.

You might need something more than a standard service, though, especially if English isn’t your first language or you have dyslexia. Extra-strength thesis editing needs extra time. For example, a 25,000-word thesis requiring heavy editing or additional editing services could take a minimum of five days, even with a priority turnaround time.

While you can rely on the quality of work from reputable editors and proofreaders, it’s recommended that you give yourself plenty of time to carefully read the finished product to ensure that everything is as it should be. Depending on the level of service chosen, a specialist academic editor might also provide you with guidance and advice about additional work you need to do yourself to improve or complete your thesis, for example, if references are missing or more support for your argument is required.

The cost will depend on your document’s length, turnaround time, level of service and service provider. It also depends on whether you go with a thesis editing company or a freelancer. Quality and reputation can also affect the price. While expensive services don’t always equate quality, super cheap rates generally indicate shoddy, ethically ambiguous work.

A few cost examples:

IPEd has recommended rates for freelancers; this varies from $60–$80 per hour for someone with fewer than two years’ experience (a level of expertise that would typically not be considered adequate for academic editing or thesis editing) to $110–$160 per hour for someone with extensive experience and a specialisation. (Rates calculated by IPEd in January 2020 and to be reviewed annually.)

If you go with a thesis editing company, you’re looking at (approximately) $370 to $500 for a 10,000-word Honours thesis. For an 80,000-word PhD thesis, you’re looking at (approximately) $2,080 to $3,200.

Capstone Editing is the only thesis editing company to offer payment plans that allow you to pay the service cost over a chosen period (3, 6, 9 or 12 months). This is invaluable for students who can’t come up with a wad of cash in one go, especially scholarship students and international students already paying high tuition fees.

Expert Editor offers undergrad and postgrad students the ability to pay for half of their thesis editing up-front and the remainder upon delivery of the edited service, another helpful option for cash-strapped students.

5 Tips for Writing Your Thesis

Hiring a thesis editor or proofreader is all good and well, but first, you need to have something to send them. Let’s take a quick look at how to write your thesis.

1) Pick a subject you find interesting

You’ll be working on your thesis for a long time, so you better find the subject fascinating. This way, you’re more likely to engage anyone who reads your thesis and make them interested too.

2) Drill beneath the surface to discover your research questions

Once you’ve chosen a thesis subject, you need to delve deeper and discover the questions about it that remain to be answered. You and your supervisor can work together to look for areas that require deeper exploration. While it is acceptable for an Honours research project to simply do something that has been done before in a different way, a master’s or PhD thesis topic must allow your research to make a unique contribution to the field.

3) Tackle your thesis a little bit at a time

Performing your research and writing a thesis is a big project, and it can be daunting; so start with what you know and what you want to prove, and put together a research plan and a basic thesis structure. You can then tackle the larger project one small step at a time. 

4) Use the correct formatting and preferred templates

Find out whether your university supplies a template to guide the structure and formatting of your thesis. Some departments even provide a specific Word template for their students to use.

Use the template from the get-go, even for recording your research, so you don’t create unnecessary stress for yourself by having to re-do work later on.

Find out your department’s preferred referencing style and use it from the beginning, at the research stage. Record all the sources you have read and accessed, in the correct referencing style, not just for your own records but also in case you are asked to provide a bibliography rather than just a reference list (which only includes those sources that you have cited in your thesis).

5) Don’t get bogged down by order

When it comes to writing up your thesis, don’t worry about putting it into words in any precise order. Opinions vary, but a general guide is to start with the easiest bits to gain momentum and then finish with the parts you find the most difficult. So long as you have a detailed plan before you begin writing, it doesn’t matter in what order you write your sections or subsections.

Two quick tips before we go:

1) Take advantage of your academic supervisors’ experience, but don’t rely on her or him.

2) ‘Save As’ your work at least once every 20–30 minutes (don’t just ‘Save’ over top of your work!) and back it up on external devices and the cloud. The last thing you need is to lose hours of work because your computer crashed, let alone months or years because—God forbid—your house burned down during your postgrad degree! (Hey, it’s happened!)

Final Points

If you’re looking for a thesis editing and proofreading provider, a quick Google search will show you’re spoilt for choice. However, it takes a little more than a few search phrases to find a quality, reliable, reputable and accredited professional editor—let alone one qualified and experienced enough to edit your doctoral thesis as opposed to a short story or a company’s brochure.

Delivery time and cost are important factors in choosing a thesis editing company or freelancer, but don’t underestimate the value of professional accreditation. Accreditation by itself doesn’t guarantee quality either, but it’s an indication that the company or freelancer concerned is suitably qualified and operates ethically, that is, within universities’ acceptable parameters. 

Don’t be afraid to ask editing service providers probing questions, and if you encounter resistance, close the tab and look elsewhere!

Good luck! Use the research and analytical skills you’ve obtained during your degrees in your search for a thesis editor, and we are confident you will end up in good hands!

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