PEG’s Continuing professional development (CPD), accreditation and webinars demystified
Join our webinar series where you will have the opportunity to upgrade your knowledge and skills as an editor and/or a proofreader in a variety of ways: linguistic, stylistic, business, digital, technical and more.
Are you curious about PEG’s accreditation and CPD programmes and webinars? Wanting to know more? Why not hear it from the horse’s mouth! During this FREE webinar our aim will be to help you understand why it is important for you to embrace PEG’s CPD and accreditation programmes and to explain how they operate.
Date: Tuesday, 3 February 2026
Time: 18:00–20:00 (Central African Time: GMT +02:00)
Presenter: John Linnegar
Platform: Online (Zoom meeting)
Level: Beginner/Introductory
Prerequisites/foundational knowledge: None.
CPD hours: PEG members will earn CPD hours according to the criteria published on the PEG website. Attendees of the live presentation will receive a certificate confirming their attendance and the duration of the webinar. Those who are unable to attend the webinar live may submit their receipt as proof of having received the recording.
Pre-webinar materials: N/A
About the webinar
We’ll give you the lowdown on the vital need to earn CPD hours in a given period. We’ll also explain how the programme works, what your level of commitment to it should be and how to submit your CPD record for 2025–2026. You’ll come away better informed about the purpose of PEG’s annual national webinar programme and your need to aim for accreditation in what is becoming an increasingly competitive market, one in which status does matter.
You’ll also be exposed to a soupçon of previous Accreditation Test questions to give you a ‘sneak preview’ of what to expect in the annual test, should you wish to gear yourself up for achieving Accredited Text Editor status.
About our facilitator
John Linnegar holds the Accreditation portfolio on the PEG Executive, in which role he is currently responsible for the accreditation test and aspects of CPD. He began his career as a teacher of English, History and Mathematics. He has been an avid ‘improver of authors’ words’ for more than four decades now, and remains dedicated to making their texts read as clearly as possible (and in the process saving a reputation or two!). Apart from co-authoring three of the PEG guides, John is author of several texts dealing with matters grammatical and stylistic, including Engleish, our Engleish: Common errors in South African English and how to resolve them (Pharos, 2013; 2nd edition 2026) and, most recently, with Ken McGillivray, grammar, punctuation and all that jazz . . . (MLA Publishers, 2019) and Academic writing & editing: Towards clear, concise and coherent texts (MLA Publishers 2024). He currently offers a personalised ‘online’ Grammar for Editors course aimed at those who need to brush up their English grammar and related knowledge and skills, especially in preparation for taking the annual Accreditation Test. Since 2000 he has been training copy editors and proofreaders for South Africa’s book publishing industry and championing the professionalisation of our craft and its practitioners by means of accessible online short courses. To this end, he co-authored Text Editing: A handbook for students and practitioners (UPA, Brussels, 2022).
Cost
FREE for PEG Members (this webinar is for PEG members only)
Take advantage of the early-bird special: save money and secure your spot at this webinar by registering early!
Please register by completing and emailing the registration form to the webinar administrator.
Deadline for registrations: Friday, 30 January 2026