The Society is a member of the Institute of Professional Editors Limited (IPEd)
Institute of Professional Editors
The Society of Editors (Victoria) Inc. is a member of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). The Institute (formerly the Council of Australian Societies of Editors or CASE) is a body of delegates from the Australian societies of editors that coordinates national activities. IPEd was established as an Australian Public Company in 2008 and is in the process of setting up a scheme for granting accreditation to competent editors.
The IPEd website carries news of activities and related documents in areas such as accreditation, standards, and promotion of the editing profession.
IPEd reports regularly through IPEd Notes, which appear on its website and in the newsletters of the societies.
The IPEd delegate for Victoria is Rosemary Noble.
Latest news
2nd IPEd exam
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) held its second accreditation exam on 12 September 2009. Of the 85 candidates who sat the exam, 43 passed. IPEd congratulates all successful candidates and welcomes them to the community of Accredited Editors.
A comprehensive report about the exam is now available on the IPEd website.
To obtain further information, contact your Accreditation Board delegate, Julie-Anne Justus, or check the IPEd website.
First Accredited Editors
Congratulations to the first cohort of Australian Accredited Editors!
Certificates will be presented officially at the Society of Editors (Vic.) dinner meeting on Wednesday, 4 March. Certificates will be mailed out following that meeting to those who have requested mail-outs or who cannot attend the meeting.
The Accredited Editors who are members of the Society of Editors (Vic.) are:.
| Cassandra Ball Rhonda Barson Tony Berry Jennifer Bonnie Paula Bradley Philip Bryan Joy Claridge Helena Clements Alexandra Cloud Geraldine Corridon Ingrid De Baets Cathy Edmonds Kate Hawkins |
Peter Hickman Michael Howes Penelope Johnson Julie-Anne Justus Janice Keynton Geoffrey Marnell Sylvia Marson Elizabeth McAdam Tess Moloney Rosemary Noble Deborah Patterson Catherine Pilbeam Christina Ratcliffe |
Eve Recht Kelly Robinson Owen Salter Natalie Simpson Ann Standish Elizabeth Steele Gabrielle Stefanos Margaret Trudgeon Frances Wade Hui-chang Wang Sally Woollett |
The 2008 exam papers have been bundled up and securely stored but the evaluation of the process and the extraction of useful data continue. A full report on the 2008 exam can be found at http://iped-editors.org/content/report-2008-exam.
To obtain further information, contact your Accreditation Board delegate (Julie-Anne Justus, at iped_accred@socedvic.org).
For more information about IPEd, visit their website at: www.iped-editors.org