Discussions
Upcoming events
- Victorian society: Everything you wanted to know about grammar but were too afraid to ask(Event)(6 days)
- SA Society meeting(Event)(18 days)
- SA Society workshop - Grammar, punctuation and all that jazz(Event)(20 days)
- EdEx 2008(Event)(27 days)
- Canberra Society of Editors AGM(Event)(27 days)
- NSW Society meeting(Event)(31 days)
- SA Society Workshop: Annual reports and the meaning of life(Event)(48 days)
- NSW Society meeting(Event)(59 days)
- SfEP Conference St Catherine’s College, Oxford(Event)(64 days)
- NSW Society meeting(Event)(94 days)
- NSW Society meeting(Event)(122 days)
- NSW Society meeting(Event)(150 days)
What is IPEd?
IPEd exists to advance the profession of editing, by planning and implementing national initiatives—an accreditation scheme, promotion and communications campaigns, training and mentoring—and other activities to support Australian societies of editors and their members, and editors in general.
IPEd also supports biennial national conferences of editors, which have been held in Brisbane (2003), Melbourne (2005) and Hobart (2007). The next will be in Adelaide in 2009. The conferences are organised and hosted by the local society of editors.
IPEd was launched at the 2005 national conference as successor to the Council of Australian Societies of Editors (CASE) and was registered as an Australian Public Company on January 22, 2008.
How does IPEd operate? IPEd’s membership consists of the societies of editors in Canberra, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia (which also represents Northern Territory editors), Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. Council delegates are served by a secretary and liaison officer, both voluntary, and each society is represented by a delegate to the IPEd interim Council. The interim Council meets once or twice a year and holds teleconferences between meetings to maintain progress in activities.
The societies fund IPEd in proportion to their annual membership incomes. Current activities are supported from a seed fund to which the societies have contributed $20 per member. To carry forward its activities, IPEd has several committees, each headed by a convenor.
IPEd publications IPEd publications include the Australian Standards for Editing Practice and a policy covering ethical aspects of thesis editing, the latter developed in collaboration with the Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies (Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee).
What is IPEd working on? Major current activities are:
- establishing the IPEd secretariat and a budget for 2008-09
- conducting the first accreditation exam for Australian editors on October 2008
- planning a national campaign to raise public awareness of the roles and value of editors
- assessing professional development and mentoring facilities available nationally.
Please feel free to send your comments to your society's IPEd delegate.
