Veronica Wastell - Editor
A bit of a geek with an eye for detail and a way with words: an experienced development editor and copy-editor with a passion for education.
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Overview
Academic publisher with more than 17 years of experience. With a passion for good quality educational resources, I specialise in educational and professional qualification publishing - from developing ideas to copy-editing. Highly experienced at producing online resources as well as traditional print.
Languages
English (UK)
English (US)
Non-Fiction
Business & Management
Economics
Education & Reference
Engineering
Finance & Accounting
Humanities & Social Sciences
Math & Science
Physics & Chemistry
Psychology
Certifications
- Certificate in Editorial Skills from the London School of Publishing (Distinction)
- Postgraduate module: An Introduction to elearning, teaching and training
- Postgraduate module: Designing elearning, teaching and training
- Award in Graphic Design (Quark Xpress) from the London College of Communication
- BSc Psychology from The University of Reading
Work experience
Freelance publisher and editor
Self-employed
April, 2013
–
Present
(almost 8 years)
Writing for Oxford University Press.
Development editing, rewriting and project management for Kogan Page, Pearson, Hodder, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Bloomsbury.
Copy-editing and proofreading for Folens, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and The Educational Company of Ireland.
Part-time online editor for The Education and Training Foundation in 2016. Writing, editing, and sourcing articles, blogs and web pages and managing their professional membership website: The Society for Education and Training.
Vocational Publisher
Nelson Thornes
December, 2007
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March, 2011
(over 3 years)
Responsible for a large, varied portfolio including top selling GCSE, A-Level and Vocational titles
Lead publisher on the GCSE Online 2009 project (Kerboodle), as well as commissioning all Design and Technology online resources
Substantial involvement in developing the overall vocational strategy
Company expert for the Extended Qualification and Diplomas
Publishing Manager
International Financial Publishing (now part of the Emile Woolf Group)
July, 2006
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December, 2007
(over 1 year)
Set up the editorial and production team including setting house style and procedures
Negotiated the warehouse and print contracts
Jointly created a relationship with key awarding body and achieved accreditation on our online courses in their first year
Expanded publishing programme and developed several new series including online learning products
Successfully launched products for the Chinese and Russian markets, including foreign language editions of titles
Publishing Manager
Kaplan Financial
December, 2001
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July, 2006
(over 4 years)
Responsible for implementing and managing publishing strategies, overseeing the production of all core products and taking a lead role in the development of new and existing products
Successfully converted all products from Word to Quark Xpress - introducing colour products for the first time
Key player in developing the online learning system
Won ‘Business Transformation of the Year 2005’ for improving the processes, costs and final products
Author of several ‘Business Mathematics’ titles for the CIMA qualification
Portfolio (74 selected works)
Psychology for the IB Diploma Coursebook
Jacob Solomon
The Complete Companions: A Level Year 1 and AS Psychology: The Revision and Exam Companion for AQA (PSYCHOLOGY COMPLETE COMPANION)
Mike Cardwell, Rob McIlveen, Rachel Moody, Joseph Robinson-Sparks
The A Level Year 1 and AS Psychology Revision and Exam Companion for AQA is the perfect revision guide to use alongside the hugely popular Complete Companion Student Books for AQA written by leading Psychology authors, Mike Cardwell and Cara Flanagan. It combines exceptionally clear presentation of the essential information students need to know with plenty of activities to develop the critica... read more
Oxford AQA Psychology A Level: Year 2
Simon Green, Rob Lewis, Julia Willerton, Dave Cox, Kevin Silber
AQA GCSE Engineering
AQA GCSE Leisure and Tourism: Student's Book
Stephen Rickerby
AQA GCSE Leisure and Tourism
Cambridge O Level Mathematics Coursebook
Audrey Simpson
Cambridge O-Level Statistics Coursebook (Cambridge International Examinations)
Dean James Chalmers
Cambridge O-Level Statistics develops the use of statistical techniques through a skill-building approach. Cambridge O-Level Statistics uses a skill-building approach that encourages the application of knowledge to a range of statistical problems. The coursebook provides learners with the opportunity to practice and consolidate the skills required of the Cambridge O Level (4040) syllabus, whil... read more
A Companion to the Classification of Mental Disorders
John E. Cooper
Title: Companion to the Classification of Mental Disorders <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: John E Cooper <>Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ACADEM
Reshaping the University: The Rise of the Regulated Market in Higher Education
David Palfreyman, Ted Tapper
An Introduction to Quantitative Finance
Stephen Blyth
Physics on Your Feet: Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions: or Ninety Minutes of Shame but a PhD for the Rest of Your Life!
Dmitry Budker, Alexander O. Sushkov, Vasiliki Demas
Physics on Your Feet: Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions
[ Mathematical Underpinnings of Analytics: Theory and Applications By ( Author ) Jan-2015 Hardcover
Econophysics and Physical Economics
Peter Richmond, Jürgen Mimkes, Stefan Hutzler
The only books split to cover the essential knowledge and practical activities for Carpentry and Joinery at Levels 2 and 3. Written by experienced author Peter Brett, this new full-colour edition has been fully updated, providing comprehensive coverage of the practical skills required to pass the work-based competence element of the NVQ.
The new editions of these popular resources have been fully updated to match the recent changes in the QCF qualifications. Now in full-colour, these versatile resources provide in-depth knowledge of basic methods that are essential for students to understand, plus extended material and specialist topics for those working within the trade.
Intermetallics: Structures, Properties, and Statistics (International Union of Crystallography Monographs on Crystallography)
Walter Steurer, Julia Dshemuchadse
Agent-Based Modeling and Network Dynamics
Akira Namatame, Shu-Heng Chen
While the significance of networks in various human behavior and activities has a history as long as human's existence, network awareness is a recent scientific phenomenon. The neologism network science is just one or two decades old. Nevertheless, with this limited time, network thinking has substantially reshaped the recent development in economics, and almost all solutions to real-world pro... read more
Plant Ecology in the Middle East
Ahmad Hegazy, Jonathan Lovett-Doust
This advanced textbook explores the intriguing flora and plant ecology of the Middle East, framed by a changing desert landscape, global climate change, and the arc of human history. This vast region has been largely under-recognized, under-studied, and certainly under-published, due in part to the challenges posed to research by political disputes and human conflict, and a treatise on the sub... read more
This volume presents original and up-to-date studies in unobserved components (UC) time series models from both theoretical and methodological perspectives. It also presents empirical studies where the UC time series methodology is adopted. Drawing on the intellectual influence of Andrew Harvey, the work covers three main topics: the theory and methodology for unobserved components time series... read more
A First Course in Network Theory
Ernesto Estrada
Basic X-Ray Scattering for Soft Matter
Wim H. de Jeu
X-ray scattering is a well-established technique in materials science. Several excellent textbooks exist in this field, but these texts are typically written by physicists who use mathematics to make things clear. Consequently these books appeal less to students and scientists in the field of soft matter (polymers, liquid crystals, colloids, self-assembled organic systems) who usually have a m... read more
This collection brings together leading economists from around the world to explore key issues in economic analysis and the history of economic thought. This book deals with important themes in economics in terms of an approach that has its roots in the works of the classical economists from Adam Smith to David Ricardo. The chapters have been inspired by the work of Neri Salvadori, who has mad... read more
Scientific Data Analysis
Graham Currell
Divergence with Genetic Exchange
Michael L. Arnold
The study of genetic exchange resulting from natural hybridization, horizontal gene transfer, and viral recombination has long been marked by controversy between researchers holding different conceptual frameworks. Those subscribing to a doctrine of 'species purity' have traditionally been reluctant to recognise inferences suggesting anything other than a marginal role for non-allopatric diver... read more
The Non-executive Directors' Handbook
Brian Coyle
The Counsellor's Handbook Third Edition
Rowan Bayne, Ian Horton, Patrizia Collard, Gordon Jinks
This successful title has been updated with new entries to reflect the changes within the counselling profession over the last few years. Maintaining the popular alphabetical style of the previous editions, the authors have also kept the accessible writing style, making this handbook a must-have for every practising counsellor!
AQA Extended Project Supervisor Support File: Supervisor File
Mary James, Gillian Dale
Basic Skills in Construction Entry Level 3/Level 1
Dictionary of Business Terms
Kaplan Business Books
Cambridge Checkpoint Mathematics Challenge Workbook 7
Greg Byrd, Lynn Byrd, Chris Pearce
Cambridge Checkpoint Mathematics Challenge Workbook 8
Greg Byrd, Lynn Byrd, Chris Pearce
Cambridge Checkpoint Mathematics Challenge Workbook 9
Greg Byrd, Lynn Byrd, Chris Pearce
Cambridge Checkpoint Mathematics Skills Builder Workbook 7
Greg Byrd, Lynn Byrd, Chris Pearce
Cambridge Checkpoint Mathematics Skills Builder Workbook 8
Greg Byrd, Lynn Byrd, Chris Pearce
Cambridge Checkpoint Mathematics Skills Builder Workbook 9
Greg Byrd, Lynn Byrd, Chris Pearce
Random Tensors
R&azvan Gheorghe Gur&au
Maths Foundation Revision Guide for AQA (GCSE Grades 9-1)
Catherine Murphy, Gwen Burns
Professor Higginss Problem Collection Pa
Peter Higgins
AQA AS/A-Level Design and Technology: Product Design
Will Potts, Julia Morrison, Ian Granger, Dave Sumpner
AQA GCSE (9-1) Design and Technology: All Material Categories and Systems
Bryan Williams, Louise Attwood, Pauline Treuherz, Dave Larby, Ian Fawcett, Dan Hughes
AQA GCSE (9-1) Design and Technology: Timber, Metal-Based Materials and Polymers
Bryan Williams, Louise Attwood, Pauline Treuherz, Dave Larby, Ian Fawcett, Dan Hughes
AQA GCSE (9-1) Design and Technology: Textile-Based Materials
Bryan Williams, Louise Attwood, Pauline Treuherz, Dave Larby, Ian Fawcett, Dan Hughes
AQA GCSE (9-1) Design and Technology: Paper and Boards
Bryan Williams, Louise Attwood, Pauline Treuherz, Dave Larby, Ian Fawcett, Dan Hughes
Teaching Statistics: A Bag of Tricks
Andrew Gelman, Deborah Nolan
These resources have been created for the Cambridge IGCSE(r) and O Level Additional Mathematics syll....
These resources have been created for the Cambridge IGCSE(r) and O Level Additional Mathematics syll....
Cambridge International AS and A Level Accounting Coursebook
David Hopkins, Harold Randall
This is a book written primarily for graduate students and early researchers in the fields of Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). Coverage of the material is essentially self-contained, extensive and novel with great attention to details and rigour. The strength of the book primarily lies in its clear and detailed explanations, scope and coverage, highlighting and presenting de... read more
This is a book written primarily for graduate students and early researchers in the fields of Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). Coverage of the material is essentially self-contained, extensive and novel with great attention to details and rigour. The strength of the book primarily lies in its clear and detailed explanations, scope and coverage, highlighting and presenting de... read more
Covers the Cambridge IGCSE Accounting syllabus (0452) and Cambridge O Level Accounting syllabus (7110), first examination 2020. With more practice questions than the previous edition and content matched to the Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Accounting syllabuses, this coursebook increases understanding of accounting best practice. Clear step-by-step explanations and instructions help students lea... read more
This series has been developed specifically for the Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics (9709) syllabus to be examined from 2020. Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics: Probability & Statistics 2 matches the corresponding unit of the syllabus, with a clear and logical progression through. It contains materials on topics such as hypothesis testing, Poisson distribution, ... read more
This series has been developed specifically for the Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics (9709) syllabus to be examined from 2020. Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics: Probability & Statistics 1 matches the corresponding unit of the syllabus, with a clear and logical progression through. It contains materials on topics such as data, variation, probability, permutations... read more
Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics: Pure Mathematics 2 & 3 Coursebook
Sue Pemberton, Julianne Hughes
This series has been developed specifically for the Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics (9709) syllabus to be examined from 2020. Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics: Pure Mathematics 2 & 3 matches the corresponding units of the syllabus. It clearly indicates materials required for P3 study only, and contains materials on topics such as logarithmic and exponential fun... read more
Edexcel AS and A level Further Mathematics Further Pure Mathematics 1 (A level Maths and Further Maths 2017)
Greg Attwood, Ian Bettison, Jack Barraclough, Tom Begley, Lee Cope, Author
Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS and A levelSubject: Further MathematicsFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2018 With over 1.3 million copies sold of the previous edition, Pearson’s textbooks are the market-leading and most trusted resources for AS and A level Further Mathematics. This book covers all the content needed for the optional Edexcel AS and A level Further Pure Mathematics... read more
Year 4 Problem Solving and Reasoning Challenge Cards: Y4 Problem Solving and Reasoning (Pinpoint)
Mr Steve Mills, Ms Hilary Koll
Year 6 Problem Solving and Reasoning Challenge Cards: Y6 Problem Solving and Reasoning (Pinpoint)
Mr Steve Mills, Ms Hilary Koll
Year 5 Problem Solving and Reasoning Challenge Cards: Y5 Problem Solving and Reasoning (Pinpoint)
Mr Steve Mills, Ms Hilary Koll
BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award Child Development Student Book (BTEC Tech Award Early Years)
Hayley Marshall-Gowen, Ms Diane Walker-Cairns, Ms Claire Sayce
BTEC Tech Award in Sport, Activity and Fitness Student Book (BTEC Tech Award Sports Leadership)
Ms Jennifer Stafford Brown
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