UNSW Writing Style Guide UNSW Writing Style Guide

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UNSW Writing style guide

Introduction	4
Branding	4
Tone of voice	5
Our collective difference	6
Tone of voice	7
The principles of good writing	12
Fact-checking	13
Plain english	13
Active voice	13
First person	14
Tense	14
Conciseness	14
Jargon and technical terms	16
Clichés and buzzwords	16
Colloquialisms	16
Contractions	16
Repetition	16
Equity , diversity and inclusion	17
Names	18
Pronouns	19
Gender equity	19
LGBTIQ + inclusion	20
Cultural diversity	22
Images	23
Disability & accessibility	23
Age	24
Contacts and support	24
Formatting	25
Abbreviations	26
Acronyms and initialisms	26
Acts	26
Addresses	26

Bold fonts	27
Capitalisation	27
Captions	27
Cardinal points	28
Foreign words	28
Italics	28
Titles of works	28
Court cases	28
Emphasis	28
Lists	28
Run-on lists	29
Stand-alone sentences	29
Numbered lists	29
Sub-lists	29
Superscripts	29
Naming conventions	30
University name	31
Faculty names	31
Campuses	31
Collective nouns	31
Diseases	32
Foreign names	32
Honorifics	33
Scientific names	33
Academic titles and honorifics	34
Common academic titles	35
Academic ranks in Australia	35
Postnominals	35
Punctuation	36
Ampersands	37
Apostrophes	37
Contractions	37
Possessives	37
Decades	38

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