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D Further disability guidance For further guidance, consult the Disability Service on 01494 603 098 or email disabilityadvisorstaffdev@bucks.ac.uk A–Z guide Degree classifications Degree classifications are: First, 2:1, 2:2 or 3rd. Never use 1st. Use a capital when referring to a First, but a lower case initial letter for first-class degree. Never use first degree, as this can be confused with an undergraduate degree. On degree certificates, and in references, the classification should be written in full, eg Second Class Honours (Lower Division). Examples: She was awarded a First in Mobile Computing He was awarded a 2:1 in Air Transport with Commercial Pilot Training. She was awarded a first-class honours degree in Audio and Music Production. Directorates The correct usage of Directorate is at the end, for example Strategic Marketing & Communications Directorate. Directorate names may be abbreviated if they are long and provided they have been mentioned in full in the first instance, for example SMC. Disability Avoid outdated terms that stereotype or stigmatise. If you need to refer to disability, try to structure sentences in a positive way. Examples: John Smith, who has muscular dystrophy, is a first year student … (not suffers from, or is a victim of) John Smith, who is a wheelchair user, studies … (not wheelchair bound, in a wheelchair) John Smith, who has a hearing impairment … (not is deaf) Refer to disabled people (not the disabled) and somebody who is visually impaired (not blind). 16 Buckinghamshire New University Style Guide Dyslexia (and accessibility, see page five)
eg The abbreviation eg comes from the Latin exempli gratia, and indicates that one or more examples follow. Use a comma before eg. Don’t use a full stop afterwards. Like ie, ergo and et al, eg is rarely used outside formal academic writing. In marketing copy, eg can often be replaced by for example, or such as. Do not confuse eg with ie. You do not need to include full stops in eg. Example: We offer part-time courses in a wide range of subjects, such as upholstery and Adobe Photoshop. Ellipses If you are using an ellipsis at the end of a sentence there should be a space beforehand. Example: The Vice Chancellor, Prof Ruth Farwell, said … A–Z guide E words E earth, the east e-commerce effect (a result/bring about a result) eg e-learning email euro, euros ext If you are using an ellipsis in mid sentence to signify an omission, there should be spaces before and after the ellipses. Example: The Vice Chancellor, Prof Ruth Farwell, said: “I’m delighted that … students have joined us this year.” Buckinghamshire New University Style Guide 17
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Page 5 and 6: Accessibility and dyslexia When pre
Page 7 and 8: Addresses When writing addresses, a
Page 9 and 10: Branding Our new corporate identity
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Page 21 and 22: Faculty The University has two facu
Page 23 and 24: Gender Use non-discriminatory langu
Page 25 and 26: Hyphenation (see also dash) The hyp
Page 27 and 28: It’s and its Be careful to check
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Page 31 and 32: Numbers • Thousands: 1,000, 10,00
Page 33 and 34: Quotation marks Check that quotatio
Page 35 and 36: Telephone numbers Do not include hy
Page 37 and 38: Underlining Don’t underline unnec
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