In the beginning ...

On leaving Nottingham University in 1976 with a BSc Hons in mathematics, Sue Glover joined the subediting department of Cambridge University Press. In-house projects included the school mathematics courses SMP 7-13 and SMP 11-16, and secondary school textbook series for science, geography, and design and technology. One-off projects included academic monographs, undergraduate textbooks, and general non-fiction titles for both adults and children. She also trained several other editors.

Going freelance

In 1985, Sue left CUP to become a freelance editor, working with such clients as Ward Lock, Ginn, John Murray, Heinemann and the Open University. For Ginn, for example, she edited primary mathematics courses for the UK and the Caribbean, as well as a primary English course for the Caribbean.

Hybrid working

In 1990, the Open University asked Sue to join their editorial staff part time. Here, she worked on various undergraduate and postgraduate distance-learning courses, including ones on computing, design and technology, mathematics, science, adult education and special education. She co-edited the OU's PGCE music course. Most OU courses include elements other than print, such as video, audio and CD-ROMs.

During this time, Sue continued to work part time as a freelance, particularly with Learning Materials Design, editing reference books for the ENB (for example) and co-writing training materials for CIPFA. She developed LMD's house style, created bespoke Word templates, and trained in-house staff in editing and proofreading.

Web developments

In her spare time, Sue created the Gallery Music and Psalmody website (www.psalmody.co.uk), 'highly recommended' by Schoolzone as being 'a good educational site: useful for teaching and learning, and easy to navigate'. She has published two books of research papers on Georgian psalmody, and facsimiles of several rare 18th- and 19th-century music books.

More recently ...

In 1997, Sue returned to full-time freelance work. Her association with the government's National Numeracy and Key Stage 3 Strategies started with the draft numeracy Framework. Her portfolio now includes the Frameworks for teaching mathematics, science and ICT; professional development courses for teachers of mathematics, science and ICT; general management and teacher-support materials; and the well-received CfSS Writing and editing guide (now adopted officially by the DfES as their style guide for the National Strategies) and associated Word templates.

Recent freelance work for the Open University has focused on MA modules in Education and in the Humanities, on literacy, reading and the National Literacy Strategy; special education and SENCOs; the history of eugenics; and performances and repertories in music. She co-edited an ELT course published jointly by the British Council and the OU, and edited reports on language learning, including one for the Foreign Office.

For other clients, Sue continues to work on school textbook series in science (from Key Stage 3 to A-level) and mathematics (from primary to A-level). She has also edited several distance-learning modules on medical topics for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and academic monographs on aspects of statistics, genome sequencing and polymers.