Seasons

Use lower case:

winter
spring
summer
autumn

Use ‘fall’ instead of 'autumn' if you're writing specifically for American users.

Second class degree

Should be lower case with no hyphens, so ‘second class degree’ – as UCAS does it.

Semester

Use ‘Semester 1’, ‘Semester 2’, etc, not ‘semester 1’, or ‘Semester One’.

Semicolons

Use a semicolon when linking two separate ideas that are closely related. Also use them in complicated lists that already contain commas.

Here are some examples:

all audiences should understand our content. This isn’t 'dumbing down'; this is opening up our knowledge for all
on Harry’s desk you’ll find: The Oxford English Dictionary, for his wordy needs; the remnants of a pot plant, long-since dead; and an empty mug, crying out to be filled up with tea (milk, no sugar)

Sentence case

See Capitalisation.

Slashes

When using forward slashes to show choices, you don't include spaces between the words and the slash, for example, use 'students/graduates', not 'students / graduates'.

Sports teams

'Team Bath' is written as two words with a space in between.

All athletes, whether they're students, graduates or just using the facilities, should be referred to as 'Bath-based athletes'.

Athletes who perform at a high level, such as Olympic standard, can be referred to as 'performance athletes'.

Students' Union

In the first instance, use 'Students' Union (SU)', then 'SU' for every subsequent reference.

Subjects

A subject is an area of study. It's the umbrella term for all the different types of programmes that come under it.

Academic subjects are lower case when referring to the academic discipline and upper case when referring to a full departmental name, for example:

'She had been interested in chemistry since an early age and so decided to study at the University of Bath's Department of Chemistry.'

Summaries of web pages

Need a full stop at the end.

Editorial style guide: S

Editorial guidance for terms beginning with 'S'. Use the style guide to help make your content clear, accessible, and consistent with the rest of the website.