Spelling style
Common terms with multiple possible spellings.
There are many words in the English language with multiple spelling variations.
The University style is, as a rule, to use the most common British English spelling and to refer to spellings included in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Examples
Our examples show which approach we've chosen for specific words.
adviser
Not 'advisor'
all right
Not 'alright'
amid
Not 'amidst'
among
Not 'amongst'
archaeology
Not 'archeology'
artefact
Not 'artifact'
benefited, benefiting
Not ‘benefitted’, ‘benefitting’
car park
Not 'carpark'
cooperate, cooperation
No hyphen or space
coordinate, coordination
No hyphen or space
enrol, enrolling, enrolment
Not 'enroll'
focused, focusing
Not 'focussed, focussing'
groundbreaking
Not 'ground-breaking'
helpdesk
Not 'help desk'
a historic
Rarely 'an historic'
judgement
Not 'judgment'
medieval
Not 'mediaeval'
nationwide
Not 'nation-wide'
no one
Not 'no-one'
online, offline
Not 'on-line' or 'off-line'
postgraduate, undergraduate
No hyphen or space
supersede
Not 'supercede'
uncooperative
No hyphen
under way
Not 'underway'
Vice-Chancellor, Vice-President, Vice-Principal
Hyphenated
vice versa
No hyphen
voicemail
Not 'voice mail'
website
Not 'web site' or 'web-site'
wellbeing
Not 'well-being'
Further guidance on spelling is available in the following sources:
Oxford English Dictionary (login needed).
The A to Z PDF of the Editorial Style Guide has a more extensive list.