Skip to main content

Self-Study

Learn and work from home as a proofreader or an editor

The Publishing Qualifications Board

PQB is a charitable organisation, established 18 years ago. One of its key aims is to provide assessed, vocational training for anyone pursuing a publishing career.

It is a subsidiary of the Publishing Training Centre (PTC) - an organisation which promotes excellence in publishing through training. PTC is best known for delivering high quality editorial skills training to publishers. In the past decade alone, it has trained more than 12,000 delegates.

PQB offers distance and online learning courses, which give you:

  • the chance to work at your own pace
  • your own experienced tutor to mark your work and answer queries
  • the backing of a training centre that is recognised by the publishing industry.

PQB logo black New147x59

10 reasons to enrol | Working as a freelancer | Help with funding


Training in Indexing
The Society of Indexers offers a distance learning course. Visit the website or email for further information .