This book explores proofreading and editing from a variety of research and practitioner-led perspectives to describe, debate, and interrogate roles and policies within the student and research publication context.

Nigel Harwood is Professor in Applied Linguistics, School of English, University of Sheffield, UK.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Proofreading and editing in student and research publication contexts

PART A: STUDIES OF PROOFREADING AND EDITING IN STUDENT CONTEXTS

Chapter 2. The informal and the invisible: Students' pursuit of proofreading among network ties

Chapter 3. Grammar and proofreading in a writing centre: History, expectations, and possibilities

Chapter 4. "Please can you proofread my thesis?" Exploring initial student enquiries for thesis editing in Australia

Chapter 5. Student and lecturer perspectives on proofreading and academic integrity

Chapter 6. 'It's a minefield' - Uncertainty about the ethics of the proofreading of student writing

PART B: PROOFREADING AND EDITING GUIDANCE AND POLICYMAKING

Chapter 7. How do we guide students about proofreading? Institutional policies, study skills advice and teaching

Chapter 8. Providing guidance to professional editors on editing theses: The Australian experience

PART C: STUDIES OF PROOFREADING AND EDITING IN RESEARCH PUBLICATION CONTEXTS

Chapter 9. Proofreading of academic writing for international publication: Ethical issues concerning authorship and writer development

Chapter 10. Language professionals as cultural mediators: Whose style matters?

PART D: REFLECTIONS ON PROOFREADING AND EDITING IN STUDENT AND RESEARCH PUBLICATION CONTEXTS

Chapter 11. Editing, adjudicating, and certifying scholarship: A humanist approach

Chapter 12. Afterword: Revisiting the boundaries of editing and proofreading