Thesis Editing Services

Our academic editors are true experts with unrivalled experience who will ensure your thesis is of the highest-possible quality and ready for submission.

Your research presented perfectly

Capstone Editing understands the significant investment your thesis represents and how tremendously important it is to you. That is why our service is tailored to assist you in every way we can.

From research proposal stage to publication, our professional academic copyediting will ensure your research is presented in the best possible light and that your thesis meets international publication standards, following all relevant language, style, referencing and formatting guidelines.

We know that the last thing you want is for errors to affect how your thesis is received, and you certainly do not want to be required to complete minor or major corrections after examination, if this can be avoided. That is why our service goes above and beyond, to provide you with the highest-quality and most comprehensive thesis editing service available.

Every student, regardless of the quality of his or her writing ability, stands to benefit from our thesis editing service. Dr Lisa Lines explains the advantages of thesis editing in one of her videos.

Premium Copyediting Service

Under our Premium Copyediting service, we will perform an extremely thorough edit of your thesis. This includes:

Grammar, syntax, spelling and punctuation (British/Australian or American)
Word choice
Logic, clarity and flow

Internal consistency
Correct and consistent use of abbreviations
General suggestions on organisation, structure and support of statements

Querying of errors and inconsistencies in content
Word reduction, if necessary
Complete formatting
Complete, consistent and accurate referencing

The Most Comprehensive Editing Available

Our service includes absolutely everything that your university will allow an editor to do for you. In addition to the extremely thorough language edit we have outlined above, we will also:

Completely format your thesis ready for printing and submission, following your university’s submission guidelines

Create all your preliminary pages (e.g. Title page, Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables and List of Abbreviations). Tables and lists will be automatic and be easy to update as necessary

Edit and format your tables and figures for neatness and consistency

Edit and format your appendices for neatness and consistency

Crosscheck your in-text references with your reference list

Provide prompt, professional client support services throughout to cover every aspect of your thesis completion, from pre-booking enquiries to attentive after-care

In addition, you will receive:

A detailed letter from your editor that explains all the work completed, draws your attention to any important issues, and provides advice on areas of potential improvement for use in future writing
A style sheet detailing all choices made in terms of hyphenation, capitalisation, spelling and so on, to help you maintain the consistency of your document should you make any further changes

Platinum (Heavy) Copyediting Service

Our Platinum Copyediting Service, also known as Heavy Copyediting, includes everything provided by our Premium Copyediting Service but also allows your specialist editor to spend double the amount of time improving and correcting your document. This is invaluable if one or more of the following applies:

Your thesis contains a higher than average number of errors
English is your second language
You would like additional assistance with complex referencing or formatting

You require significant word reduction
Your thesis requires extra work to ensure logic, clarity and flow, including transitional phrasing

You need some assistance with rewording, organisation and structure (though not to the extent of Substantive Editing)
You would like your editor to spend additional time on any aspect of the editing

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The best choice in thesis editing

Each of our outstanding academic editors is both a qualified and experienced academic with a strong publication record in his or her own field and a highly skilled and trained professional editor. Having been postgraduate students themselves, they understand intimately postgraduate students’ needs and concerns. Further, as most have also been postgraduate supervisors and thesis examiners, they know how to give you the greatest possible chance of thesis acceptance. Our editors really are the absolute best in the industry.

Combined, they have edited more postgraduate theses than any other editing firm in Australia. These have come from every university in Australia and New Zealand, and from many overseas, covering all possible disciplines. Due to our wealth of experience, personal academic achievements and overarching focus on providing an outstanding service, we provide the highest-quality and most comprehensive thesis editing available in Australia. This makes Capstone Editing’s academic editing service excellent value for money.

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The highest standards of academic integrity

Universities encourage Honours, Master’s and PhD candidates to have their theses edited, provided this is done by a professional and approved copyediting service. In all of our editing, Capstone Editing maintains the highest standards of academic integrity. We follow the Australian Standards of Editing Practice, and in particular the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’. These guidelines require that thesis editing, while clarifying and strengthening the student’s original ideas and arguments, does not interfere with content in any way. We thus satisfy the requirements of universities. For many Australian and New Zealand universities, we are a preferred provider of thesis editing services.

Should you have any questions about our service or about thesis editing in particular, you can contact us at any time. Our client support staff will provide you with the most professional and helpful assistance possible, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We offer you this assurance of fast, professional client support across your time working with us, from pre-booking enquiries to attentive aftercare services. We look forward to exceeding your expectations from start to finish.

Exemplary client support

Should you have any questions about our service or about thesis editing in particular, you can contact us at any time. Our client support staff will provide you with the most professional and helpful assistance possible, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We offer you this assurance of fast, professional client support across your time working with us, from pre-booking enquiries to attentive after-care services. We look forward to exceeding your expectations from start to finish.

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Our Reputation

We are proud of our reputation as the highest-quality thesis editing service available. Testimonials from our past clients and the examples of our editing we provide here demonstrate the quality of our work.

Editing examples

The following documents provide representative examples of our work for past clients.

Testimonials

I want to thank Dr Lisa Lines for the invaluable assistance she provided in editing my PhD thesis (following the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’ as per University of Adelaide requirements). The final edited thesis was perfectly expressed and did not contain any typographical or grammatical errors. This was affirmed by my thesis being accepted without corrections, which I believe is rare. I am especially grateful for the care taken to avoid changing any of my ideas in what was a complex work. In reviewing the edits and comments, I felt at all times that my work had been treated with the greatest sensitivity and respect. Lisa proved herself to be a highly skilled, professional and trustworthy editor. I highly recommend her services to postgraduates and academics seeking a professional academic editor.

Dr Radhika Seimon NHMRC Early Career Fellow University of Sydney

I would confidently recommend the editorial services of Dr Lisa Lines. She is fast, capable and professional. Dr Lines identified a number of places in which the expression and clarity in the grant was able to be improved. Her careful editing saved me valuable time and identified details I had missed in my own revisions. She was careful to ensure that any changes to the expression didn’t change the meaning, and clearly noted where there may have been ambiguity. In today’s competitive research environment, I honestly believe the services of Dr Lines represent a very worthwhile investment, and I intend to utilise her services again with future grants.

Dr Suzanne Nielsen NHMRC Senior Research Fellow University of New South Wales

A good editor may be the difference between a pass or fail, or more positively, a High Distinction or a Distinction. A good editor will not only attend to spelling, grammar, syntax and structure but will also read and understand the point of the assignment and thus recommend changes in accordance with the specific intentions of the work. A good editor is clear and precise. A good editor offers suggestions towards increasing clarity, that is, what you think you are saying may not be what you have said. This is all the job of a good editor. Dr Lisa Lines is one of the best. I have never received less than a High Distinction in any subject since using her services.

Gary Master’s by coursework Flinders University

Dr Lisa Lines was recommended to me by a colleague as an expert editor in her field. It is my pleasure to assert that her editorial services were well worth the investment made. Not only am I grateful for the numerous corrections to errors that I had missed, but I am extremely thankful for the opportunity to learn from her expertise. While I hope to implement some of these skills in the future, I will certainly engage her services again. Her attention to detail, her professionalism and her courteous manner in dealing with my work were greatly appreciated. Dr Lines formatted my thesis in such a way that it is both easy to read and navigate. It was reassuring to have someone trustworthy to help me in the final stages of my PhD. I recommend Dr Lines to students and academics alike. Thank you Lisa.

Mark Griffiths PhD Candidate Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University

Our simple order process provides easy access to professional academic editing. In some cases, your university will provide funding for thesis editing and we can invoice them directly.

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Referral Program

Clients who recommend our services to others can take advantage of our Referral Program. It is our way of thanking you for sharing your experience with Capstone Editing.

After working with us, you are so happy that you recommend our service to others.

Your friend mentions your name when submitting his or her thesis for editing.

As a thank you, you receive A$50 into your bank account and your friend receives A$20.

More information on our Referral Program