- Minimise the use of hyphens: do not hyphenate words such as ‘cooperate’, ‘coordinate’, ’email’, ‘online’, ‘postgraduate’, ‘undergraduate’ and ‘website’
- Hyphenate two words when used adjectivally
- First-year student (but ‘students in their first year’)
- Full-time study (but ‘to study full time’)
- In-depth look (but ‘to look in depth’)
- Do not hyphenate if the compound adjective contains an adverb ending in ‘ly’
- Internationally recognised research
- A highly regarded course
e-
- Do not hyphenate ’email’
- Other words retain the hyphen
- e-commerce
- e-learning
re-/re
- Use a hyphen when ‘re-‘ is followed by ‘e’
- re-entry
- re-examine
- Do not use a hyphen when ‘re’ is followed by any other letter other than ‘e’
- rearrange
- reconsider
- The exceptions are where confusion with another word could arise
- re-form/reform
- re-sign/resign