Online editing
A long-standing relationship with
the Department for Children, Schools and Families
(formerly Department for Education and Skills) means that
I have extensive experience as a web editor. Please
contact me for details of my
availability and rates.
Online Publications for Schools (Sep 2004–Dec
2005)
Responsible for establishing and maintaining
consistent editorial standards on
Online Publications for Schools, a
site delivering critical information to teachers.
Trained users of the site’s bespoke content
management system, managed other editors working on
the site and quality checked contributions to the
site from departmental policy teams.
Sure Start (Aug–Dec 2007)
Sole editor of
Sure Start, a website aimed at
providers and users of early years services, writing
daily news updates and maintaining content.
Schoolsweb (July 2006–July 2008)
Involvement at
various stages of the development of this major new site
which will bring together all material from the
department which is aimed at teachers:
- Worked alongside information specialists to develop
a taxonomy describing the content which would be within
the scope of the new site.
- Engaged in user acceptance testing of the new
content management system.
- Repurposed content from legacy websites, making it
suitable for an upcoming site. Involved the editing of
material, setting of new metadata, and use of a highly
content management system.
Foundation Learning Tier support programme (January
2009–present)
Editor for a
website supporting education
provision at Entry Level and Level 1 within the
Qualifications and Credit Framework. Writing and
adapting text for the site, developing a new
information architecture and working to make the
site more user-friendly.