Digital brand guidelines
Glossary of words

It's important we all use the same spelling and terms for consistency throughout strath.ac.uk. We've put together a list of words which have multiple spellings, and which version to use on the University website.

  • COVID-19 – always capitalised 
  • focused – one ‘s’
  • handout – one word
  • Honours – not Honour’s or honours
  • Honours degree – no cap for degree
  • licence – noun, license – verb
  • Masters – not Master’s or masters
  • Masters degree – no cap for degree
  • Myplace – if you are going to write about Myplace, introduce it as ‘our virtual learning environment’ the first time you write it.
  • non-linear – hyphenated
  • net zero – no capitals, no hyphen
  • practice – noun, practise – verb
  • program – a computer program. Otherwise, it should be programme
  • policy making, policy maker – two words
  • transferable – one ‘r’
  • wellbeing – one word