Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing

Be bold and brilliant - Write the next chapter of your career by completing Melbourne Polytechnic's Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing. Develop your writing skills and publish your work.

Hone your writing ability and get published

If you love to write and want to improve as a writer, or you already have writing skills and want to develop them further, this Diploma is the course for you.

Enrolling in Melbourne Polytechnic’s Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing will sharpen your skills in professional writing, editing, design for print or web-based publishing. You will develop these skills within a course designed for emerging writers and editors.

Original and compelling content has never been more in-demand. You’ll also be qualified to work within related industries such as marketing, advertising and the press where you can freelance or work in a professional role.

Industry connections and resources

Taught and mentored by our experienced teachers (who are published writers in their own right).

Edwina Preston whose first novel The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer had rave reviews. She also wrote a biography of Howard Arkley, Not Just a Suburban Boy.

Tim Hilton is a writer, academic and teacher, with a life-long love of Asian languages and anthropology.

Alex Senior is completing a creative writing PhD at The University of Melbourne. He teaches Desktop design in this course.

Carole Littler is a long-time teacher of writing and lover of books, with a special interest in Myths and Symbolism, Popular Genre Fiction and Writing for Children. She has nurtured the Professional Writing and Editing programme at Melbourne Polytechnic for the last 8 years and was a founding teacher in the course when it commenced in Greensborough in 2001.

During the course you will have the opportunity to edit, design and lay out the twice-yearly course publication, Infusion. You will also read your writings at one of our four Student Readings.

Course outcomes

You might find yourself working as a content writer, copywriter, novelist, journalist, editor or other similar role.

Assessment

You will be assessed through written exercises, research reports, tests, oral presentations, projects, articles, stories, novel, role plays, interviews, field visits, contribution to classroom discussion, demonstrations and collections of information.

Recognition of Prior Learning

You can seek RPL where your work or qualifications of an advanced and related nature have been undertaken. Academic Credit is granted on a case-by-case basis, according to our Academic Credit policy and associated procedures. Applications for Academic Credit will be assessed by relevant Melbourne Polytechnic academics and where appropriate, industry experts.

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