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Why CPD matters for editors and proofreaders
Episode 15022nd January 2026 • The Editing Podcast • Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)
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Learn about CPD and why it's core to professional editorial practice.

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  1. What CPD actually means
  2. Why CPD matters
  3. The professional confidence factor
  4. Types of CPD
  5. CPD on a budget
  6. Tracking and reflecting on CPD
  7. How CPD supports career development
  8. Overcoming barriers to CPD

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Music credit

'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

  1. Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
  2. Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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