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Summer 2006: 'Increased Export' - Defence Today article
Written as a short opinion piece for Bassett Defence Services in order to boost the company's profile on the export market. The article looks at ways for defence industry SME's to break onto the international scene.
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Summer 2005: 'Re-engineering for a new threat' - Defence Contracts Bulletin
Researched and written as part of a campaign to emphasise the service-oriented aspects of Bassett Defence Services, this article looks at a recent re-engineering project that the company undertook on behalf ot the MoD.
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Summer 2004: 'Itchy Cornwall'
As section editor for the restaurant sections in ‘Itchy Cornwall’ – a guide to Cornwall aimed at 18-35 year olds (see www.itchycornwall.co.uk) – I was involved with commissioning and editing content relating to restaurants. I also wrote a number of reviews myself, some of which are featured here (and a few of these – such as the last review here – were written for other sections too).
Reproduced by kind permission of itchy Media Limited ®, Leeds, UK.
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2003-4: bloc-online
Conceived and designed as a resource for writers and people interested in writing, bloc-online is run by students of the Professional Writing programme at Falmouth College of Arts. During 2003-4 I acted as Production Editor for the site which gave me an extensive working knowledge of Dreamweaver as well as a not inconsiderable understanding of HTML script. The experience was also useful in terms of developing management/people-handling skills. The link takes you to a demonstration copy of the site as it appeared in June 2004.
Reproduced by kind permission of the Professional Writing programme at Falmouth College of Arts, Falmouth, UK.

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Summer 2006: 'ActiveEdge' explanatory poster
This is a poster in A3 format that has been created to give a brief overview of a new tooling system that has recently been launched at Rigibore. It is intended for use at exhibitions and trade fairs in order to give stand visitors a quick and intuitive understanding of how the new system works, and how it might be applicable to them.
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Autumn 2005: Rigibore company overview -> 3-fold flyer
This is a 3-fold flyer intended to deliver a brief presentation on the competencies and capabilities of Rigibore Ltd - a manufacturer of specialist boring tools for industry (usually as might be used for automotive, aerospace, or marine applications). It has been used as a hand-out at a number of shows and exhibitions.
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June 2004: The relationship between print and online publishing:
where is it going?
A report looking at the relationship between online and print publishing, and at what trends, problems and advantages exist for the online medium. Its putative target audience would include media individuals or organizations looking to or contemplating establishing an online presence. Moreover, of such an audience, chiefly operators who already maintain a media presence of some kind are addressed.
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Spring 2000: 'Lay report' – The ozone layer
Written as an exercise in communicating sometimes rather difficult scientific issues to a general – or 'lay' – audience this report was researched and written up as part of a final year project whilst studying Chemistry at Imperial College, London. It presents an overview of the threats posed to the ozone layer and at what the likely consequences for earth may be as a result.
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Scientific

June 2000: Research paper– Molecular Modelling of Pd(0) Insertion into Carbon- Halogen Bonds
This is a scientific paper very different in nature from anything displayed above (I've included it the better to provide some insight into the breadth of my writing background). Researched and written up in order to fulfil an important research element of the final year syllabus for my B.Sc. in Chemistry at Imperial College, the report outlines research carried out in the field of theoretical computer-aided molecular modelling and eventual conclusions drawn. In this instance the oxidative addition of a C-X bond (X = F, Cl, Br, I) to a palladium intermediate is looked at and the effect of the presence of variously substituted alkyne halide metal complexes investigated. This paper formed part of an overall – rather much bigger – research project that eventually resulted in a published paper in the Journal of the Chemical Society (Perkin Transactions 2).
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