What we do.

  

The Written Word.eu provides academic editing for most of Finland's universities and has been operating since 2011 (Business ID: 24018889YTJ). We provide high-level text analysis, editing and spoken English services for those who need to ensure their work is of the highest standard.

Guaranteed Service

All services are provided by Dr Nicholas Rowe.

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Services are now provided tax free:

Tax Free prices save you 25.5%:   The Written Word.eu   [Business ID: 2401888-9] is not liable to charge value added tax under Section 3 [§ 174 and § 175] of the Value Added Tax Act.

In an effort to provide affordable and ethical services, prices have not changed since 2011.

Tax-free editing price list

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Test your spoken English!  

The Written Word.eu now offers spoken English consultation:

All too often we worry about speaking in public, and how we will be seen by our audience and how they will react to our ideas. This is even more worrying when we are speaking in a foreign language, and especially when we need to come over as an expert in our field. Our friends and colleagues are often positive and supportive, but not necessarily equipped to critically evaluate spoken delivery and language issues.

* This service offers you a chance to practice your delivery privately to an impartial but critical audience, and receive feedback on how it came over, with constructive points for improvement.

To use the service:

€100 per hour (tax-free) – payable in advance

  1. Send an email to (service@thewrittenword.eu). Outline what you would like to do, and arrange a time to suit you.
  2. Once agreed, send a link to an online meeting on a platform of your choice.

You can  deliver a lecture, viva/defence presentation, lesson, speech, etc. and receive feedback on your delivery, speaking and comprehension, language, and use of medium (slides, content, timing, etc.).

Alternatively, you can use the time to practice English language speaking and discuss things like language, delivery, tone, accent, culture, etc. in confidence.

*  You canchoose the level of feedback you want (e.g. light supportive / general feedback / critical feedback). There is no recording of content (confidentiality), and a list of feedback points will be sent to your email.

Clients:

Educators and students:  lectures, presentations, vivas

Conference / meeting speakers:  (special rates for event analysis)

Business / industry professionals:  speeches, meting presentations, etc.

Our Services.

Editing services  (priced per 1000 words)

The Written Word.eu offers two levels of academic editing:

Proofreading (€19/k 5-day / €24/k 2-day):  Your work will be checked for fluency and comprehension, and all spelling and grammar errors will be corrected. Comments will be provided if there are issues that you still need to address (e.g. word choice, presentation or content understanding).

Editing (€28/k 5-day / €45/k 2-day):  Your work will be thoroughly proofread. In addition, your work will be checked for academic structure, flow, and strength of argument. Your citations and references will be checked for conformance with a given style (as per target), and any issues that need to be addressed will be noted in comments.

* The Written Word.eu will ensure that no changes are made to original content, and that the work remains a faithful representation of the author.

* The service does not write 'for' clients, and adheres to a strict code of academic ethics that preclude plagiarism, inappropriate AI / collusion, fabrication, or misrepresentation. Issues regarding academic integrity may lead to the discontinuation of the project; in such cases, we will formally notify the paying client.

Academic and publishing clients can also submit work for confidential academic offence review by arrangement.

To use the service:

1. Send your work in Word.doc format to (service@thewrittenword.eu), stating the service you need.

2. Give any target details of language preferences (e.g. UK or US English), and a contact name +/- project number for invoicing.

3. The work is returned to you in 'Track Changes' format, and a pdf invoice will be sent directly to the university accounts system, or you can pay as an individual client (payment details are included on the invoice).

Dr. Nicholas Rowe is a specialist in Scientific Communication (how academics and professionals communicate with peer-audiences), with over 50 publications including books and peer-reviewed articles with top-level publishers.

He has acted as an English language consultant for most of Finland's universities since 2011, and is specialised in academic development and doctoral education.