Last summer, I was one of two interns selected for the Prepress Projects internship programme. A couple of months into the internship, I was offered a full-time position as a Project Editor. Before starting at Prepress Projects, I had some experience of publishing, having previously interned with a number of different publishing companies while I was at university. However, with … Read More
My intern journey
After having decided that I’d spent enough time at university, it was time to start looking for a job. As I have a background in English language and literature (I have a BA in English Language and Culture and a MLitt in Victorian Literature) I thought that publishing could be the right sector for me. Even though I had not … Read More
Investors in People Gold Award
Left to right: Ruth Hewitt, IIP Specialist Consultant, David MacDonald, Programmes Director, Lucy Harrier, Production Director, and Helen MacDonald, Managing Director.
The picture shows Ruth presenting Lucy with our IIP Gold certificate.
We are proud to announce that we have achieved Investors in People Gold Accreditation, putting the company in the top 2% of UK companies for good people management policies. We have held Investors in People (IIP) accreditation since 2005, but achieving gold status is a milestone for the company. Naturally, we are all really pleased about this. The above picture shows the award being presented (left … Read More
Recognition for peer review
The theme of this year’s Peer Review Week is ‘Recognition for review’. Though the value of peer review in academic journal publishing is well acknowledged, it seems that those who are performing the reviews are not being given the same recognition. A 2015 survey by Wiley on the peer-review experience of journal reviewers has been interesting reading. The survey found … Read More