Siobhán Denham
Trading as: English Editing Services
Based in: Co. Dublin
Professional memberships
Advanced Professional Member, Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP)
Educational qualifications
BA (Mod), MA Trinity College Dublin
Training and professional development
2019: Advanced Copy-Editing – Publishing Training Centre, London
2017: Practical Mark-up of PDFs – Society for Editors and Proofreaders, London
2016: Writing for the Web – Publishing Training Centre, London
2016: Rewriting and Substantive Editing – Publishing Training Centre, London
2012: On-Screen Editing – Society for Editors and Proofreaders, London
2012: Brush up your Grammar – Society for Editors and Proofreaders, London
2011: Certificate in Copy-Editing – Publishing Training Centre, London
Languages
French – Fluent
Lithuanian – basic working knowledge
Experience
I taught English as a Second Language (ESL) for many years and then transitioned into copy-editing and proofreading. I believe this has equipped me with a sound foundation to work in editing and proofreading, particularly with those who are non-native English speakers.
Services offered
Editing and proofreading for academic authors, research bodies, governmental organisations, particularly for non-native English speakers.
Media
Academic journals and books, non-fiction
Subject areas
Education, social sciences and the humanities, the sciences.
Clients include
Public Policy Management Institute, Vilnius
Adoption Authority of Ireland
Cambridge Scholars Publishers, UK
Magistrai Translation Agency, Vilnius
Vilnius University Academic Press
Vilnius University Law Department
Ecorys Polska, Poland
PwC, Poland
Examples of work undertaken
Prospective Report on the Future of Assessment in Primary and Secondary Education, Public Policy Management Institute (PPMI), Vilnius, November 2019.
Costs and benefits of the policy options for EU harmonisation of the requirements for the road circulation of mobile machinery, Public Policy Management Institute (PPMI), Vilnius, November 2019.
Whoever saves a single life, saves an entire universe, Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Vilnius Lithuania, 2019.
Performance Monitoring Report of the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) 2017-2018, Public Policy Management Institute (PPMI), Vilnius, August 2019.
Study on International Cooperation in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Public Policy Management Institute (PPMI), Vilnius, September2019.
Changing Horizons in the 21st century: Perspectives on Ageing, Edited by Amanda Phelan and Diarmuid O’Shea, Cambridge Scholars Publishers: UK
Assessment of public interventions to combat labour market segmentation – overview report, Public Policy Management Institute (PPMI), Vilnius, July 2019.
Indian Uranium Deposits, R. Dhana Raju, Cambridge Scholars Publishers: UK, Forthcoming.
Study on open access to publications and research data management and sharing within ERC projects, Public Policy and Management Institute (PPMI), Digital Curation Centre (DCC), Georg-August-Universität,Göttingen and Science-Metrix, June 2019.
Study on the impact of Erasmus+ Higher Education Strategic Partnerships and Knowledge Alliances at local, national and European levels on key Higher Education policy priorities, Public Policy Management Institute (PPMI), Vilnius, March 2019.
Projects and organisations funded by the European Union Programme for EaSI Report X, PPMI, Vilnius, March 2019.
Data gathering and information for the 2018 ERA monitoring, Technical report, PPMI, Vilnius, February 2019.
Study supporting the evaluation of the Research Executive Agency (2015–2018) Final Report. PPMI, Vilnius, February 2019.
An Overview of Adoption Policy and Legislative change in Ireland 1952-2017, Adoption Authority of Ireland, January 2019.
Review of Incorrect Registration of Birth Records, Draft Report, Adoption Authority of Ireland, January 2019.
Projects and organisations funded by the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) Report IX, Public Policy Management Institute (PPMI), Vilnius, November 2018.
Raseiniai Region – Jews Life and Fate, Klaipeda, Lithuania: Leidykla Spaustuve.
Facing Trauma: Literary Stories of Survival and Possibility in Uncertain Times, Laura Castor, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishers. November 2018.
Travels along an external and internal path: Where Agnon and Yung meet, Sarit Ezekiel, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishers. November 2018.
What took you so long?, catalogue, Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius, Lithuania. November 2018.
Study supporting the evaluation of the operation of the Consumer, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (2014-2016), Public Policy Management Institute (PPMI), Vilnius, October 2018.
Litvaks on the Streets of Israel, Vilnius Gaon State Jewish Museum, Lithuania. September 2018.
Lithuania in Litvak Arts, exhibition catalogue, Vilnius Gaon State Jewish Museum, Lithuania. June 2018.
Transformation of Political Islam In Turkey: Causes and Effects, Hakan Koni, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishers. March 2018.
Following forms, Following Functions, Luca Vargiu, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishers. February 2018.
Ideas in Development: Essays in the History of Philosophy, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishers. February 2018.
Developing ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Simplified Cost Options (SCOs) under Article 14.1 of the European Social Fund (ESF) Regulation, Public Policy Management Institute (PPMI), Vilnius, January 2018
Additional information
As a freelance copy-editor/proofreader since 2009, with a strong background in teaching English as a foreign language, I have considerable experience in reviewing original text for English language consistency and grammar and have a proven record of successful assignment delivery working with both public and private sector bodies across a range of publications from official reports to journal articles to legal documents.