academic enrichment and educational support

for children and young people

at home and at school

and

writing, editing and translation

academic writing

editing and proofreading

I work in two main fields: academic enrichment and educational support and editing and translation

This site is written for you if you are :

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an educator at home or at school looking to extend the curriculum

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a student or teacher looking for unusual academic study options

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a homeschooler and/or teacher interested in enrichment

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an educator working with younger children, interested in project work

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an academic advisor or mentor exploring options for students

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a university applicant in the UK or abroad, looking for support with the application process

a young person thinking about university options

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a student or writer needing help with written documents or general texts

Enrichment

“I was on a long flight across the Pacific, staring idly out the window at moonlit ocean, when it occurred to me with a certain uncomfortable forcefulness that I didn’t know the first thing about the only planet I was ever going to live on. I had no idea, for example, why the oceans were salty but the Great Lakes weren’t. Didn’t have the faintest idea. I didn’t know if the oceans were growing more salty with time or less, and whether ocean salinity levels was something I should be concerned about or not ... And ocean salinity, of course, represented only the merest sliver of my ignorance .... ”
— From a Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, published by Doubleday. Copyright @ Bill Bryson 2003. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd.

If you are interested in any aspect of academic enrichment or learning beyond the curriculum, whether at home or at school, visit the Enrichment page linked here:

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Writing , Editing and Translation

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For ESL students and authors

  • Spanish to English translation

  • ESL and EFL documents

  • copyediting translated material (English from Spanish source text)

  • proofreading and editing

  • grant applications, university applications

  • research proposals and academic articles

  • English language tests preparation

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For students, researchers and academic authors

  • academic writing

  • proofreading and editing

  • dissertations and theses

  • academic projects, research reports

  • journal articles, conference proposals

  • book chapters

  • grant applications

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For GCSE and A level students

  • essay writing practice

  • university applications: personal statements, additional written work

  • Academic IELTS test preparation

  • preparation for additional tests (ELAT, HAT, TSA)

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For publishers and higher education institutions

  • proofreading and editing

  • materials design

  • copywriting (website content, articles, correspondence)

  • pre-sessional course material for ESL/EFL students

For homeschoolers

writing projects and practice for all ages

identification and practice of writing types for different subjects

extension activities for writing (e.g., contributions to young people’s science magazines and arts projects)

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