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Editors’ and Proofreaders’ Alliance of Northern Ireland

Clare Robinson

Professional memberships

CIEP Advanced Professional Member

Qualifications

MA French, Queen’s University of Belfast
PGCE (Modern Foreign Languages, French), Open University
BA French Studies, Queen’s University of Belfast

Training and professional development

Basic Proofreading Course (Pass with Merit) (PTC, 2020)
Proofreading 1 (Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, 2020)
Copyediting 1 (Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, 2021)
Copyediting 2 (Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, 2022)
Medical Editing (Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, 2024)
Handling Large Editorial Projects (Edit Better, 2025)
Editorial Project Management (PTC, 2025)

Languages

French (fluent/C2); Spanish (intermediate/B2); Japanese (beginner/A2); Italian (beginner/A1)

Experience

Freelance proofreading and copyediting since 2017, working with authors, editors and project managers.

Media

Academic manuscripts, dissertations, reports, grant proposals.

Skills and services offered

Copyediting, proofreading, line editing

Subject areas

Non-fiction: medical writing; equality, diversity and inclusion; education; business/management.

Specialisms

Qualitative and quantitative data, academic referencing (Harvard, APA, MHRA, OSCOLA)

Clients include

Ofcom, Executive Office of Northern Ireland, Aptara (content packager), Grantify (grant proposal review), Advance HE (research non-profit)

Examples of work undertaken

Proofreading:
Treatment of International Students with Disabilities or Special Education Needs (PhD dissertation), Dr Anne Rowan.
Social Determinants of Educational Underachievement in Europe and Buffering Aspects (educational report), Dublin City University for SCIREARLY.
Internal reports on equality, diversity and inclusion for UK universities, through Advance HE.

Copyediting:
Ofcom’s 2025 statement and volumes on Protecting Children from Harms Online.
Future Science and Future Medicine journals, e.g., “Cloud-based digital healthcare development for precision medical hospital information system” in Personalized Medicine, 20(5), 2023.

Additional information