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Our learning resources library is completely free, and will help boost your skills.
You get access to all of our ebooks, sample lessons and training podcasts.
Help yourself to the materials below, they are yours to download and keep!
We hope you find them useful.
Ebooks
Our prospectus
Our staff training prospectus
Five vital steps to boost your career
Promoting brand YOU
Six insider tips for budding proofreaders
Essential tips for writing persuasive copy
Ten simple steps to improve your writing
Why social media marketing is needed
Job interview tips
Tips for creating a career blog
Boost your reading speed by 50%
Learning tips
Sample lessons
Sample lesson 1
Here is a sample lesson taken from our Proofreading and copy editing course – Spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Sample lesson 2
Advice blog
Our proofreading course includes a lesson on academic editing
Our proofreading course includes a lesson on academic editing, which explains how to edit front and back matter such as footnotes, title [...]
Do you have what it takes to complete a proofreading course?
Proofreading is one of those skills that will always be in demand. The internet explosion of online articles, blogs and social [...]
Some simple guidelines on copyright
Our proofreading course students often ask us questions about copyright – it’s a big subject. Here’s a selection of some recent [...]
Why our online proofreading course is so popular
Our proofreading course attracts a lot of interest, and has been one of our most popular courses for several years now. [...]
Getting numbers figured on our proofreading course
Several people on our proofreading course told us they appreciated our blog on the Guardian’s style guide’s use of capital letters. [...]
Techniques for getting work experience
Gaining work experience after completing your copywriting course is a frustrating ordeal. In order to compete for the jobs you need [...]
What our copywriting course teaches about persuasive writing
Copywriting is all about persuasion - persuading people to buy something, go somewhere or ask for something. People don’t like being [...]
What is the fundamental tool of the writer’s trade?
We tell people on our home study courses that there’s no point in becoming a great writer if you don’t master [...]
Learn SEO content writing skills on our online courses
Learners studying one of our online courses often get valuable practice, by writing articles for search engine optimisation (SEO). We recommend [...]
Finding work after completing your online course
Our proofreading and editing course will equip you with the editorial skills you need to become a certified proofreader and copy [...]