Ms Isabel Tucker |

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I am a meticulous, supportive editor with a sharp eye and extensive experience. My knowledge, enthusiasm and professionalism will help you achieve excellent results.

Media

Academic papers, journal articles, reports, books, manuals, educational materials, language course materials, campaign materials, online materials, theses and dissertations

Qualifications

BA Modern Languages (French and German), MA European Literary and Historical Studies (Romanticism)

Relevant work experience

Freelance since 2009

Publications Project Manager (Education and Youth Team), Oxfam GB, 2001–2009

Assistant Editor, then Senior Editor, World Travel Guide, Columbus Travel Guides, 1998–2001

On a voluntary basis:

• Webmaster and Publicity Officer for the Oxford Studio Orchestra, 2011–2020
• Press Officer, Covid Action UK, 2020–2021

Recent training

Attendance at the annual conference of the SfEP/CIEP and at local group meetings

Attendance at workshops run by Mediterranean Editors and Translators

Editing with Word (Society for Editors and Proofreaders), 2018

Rewriting and substantive editing (Oxford Brookes University), 2016

On-screen editing 1 (Society for Editors and Proofreaders), 2010

Copy-editing by distance learning – merit (Publishing Training Centre), 2010

Recent clients

Oxford University (Department of International Development; Ethox Centre), Oxford University Press, Policy Press (an imprint of Bristol University Press), Pearson, Arcturus Publishing, International Labour Organization, Institute of Development Studies, Overseas Development Institute, Oxfam GB, New Internationalist, Save the Children, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, UNESCO.

I have edited reports outsourced to research consultancies by the World Bank, the World Food Programme, UN Women and UNICEF.

I also work with independent authors and academics.

Subjects

International development and global issues (e.g. trade, aid, poverty, climate change, food, health, children, schooling, inequality, sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, policy development, developing countries, human rights)

Microinsurance, social finance

Global health (global health ethics, health programmes in Africa and Asia, Covid-19)

Social sciences and humanities (including development economics, anthropology and interdisciplinary studies)

REF case studies

Education (geography, citizenship, global citizenship and MFL – French and German)

English language teaching (ELT)

Religion and spirituality (Buddhism, mindfulness, meditation, mind/body/spirit), self-help, popular psychology

English and European literature

Testimonials

We are a bioethics research group at the University of Oxford and we have had the benefit of Isabel’s expertise on a number of projects, from individual academic papers to substantial reports and edited collections. Isabel has a breadth of experience of various academic disciplines, which enables her to offer more nuanced and appropriate suggestions for edits. This is especially helpful when the original texts are written by people for whom standard English is not their first language. Isabel tackles even the most complex projects with incredible efficiency and is a pleasure to work with. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

- Mary Foulkes, Ethox Centre Manager and Research Development Officer, University of Oxford

Isabel is an excellent copy-editor. She recently worked on a Casebook we developed, which has over 100 contributors from a wide range of countries. Her professional, expert, nuanced and responsive approach throughout a very complex project was greatly appreciated. Isabel constructively engaged in  strategic decisions about editorial approaches, meticulously copy-edited the text, and consistently made insightful and practical suggestions to promote clarity. 

- Susan Bull, Associate Professor, Ethox Centre, University of Oxford 

You are by far the best copy-editor I have worked with.

- Member of staff, International Labour Organization

Many thanks, once again, for all your wise and careful input into our resources over the past few months.

- Project Manager, Oxfam GB

Thanks a lot for your excellent editing as usual.

- Member of staff at Young Lives, Department of International Development, Oxford University

Many thanks for all your hard work on my little book. I really appreciate your suggestions and comments. It's great to have even-handed criticism on the work, especially from someone familiar with the subject area, and I'm going to consider and act on all your suggestions.

- ER, author of a guide to Zen Buddhism and its benefits

• Editor