Miscellaneous

• use singular verbs for describing faculties etc
  The faculty has voted to keep the building open.

• to disambiguate, when talking about the individuals who make up a group, use ‘the members of’
  The members of the faculty are mostly absent during vacations.

URLs

• omit http:// unless the URL does not begin with www and omit any trailing slash at the end of the URL, unless the URL does not work without it – check before you omit

Email addresses

• these are case sensitive in the part before the @: Gazette@admin is not the same as gazette@admin. In practice, the majority of ISPs ignore this distinction, but consider carefully whether to use upper case if required to avoid ambiguity (eg between lower-case l and number 1)

Phone numbers

• use spacing between parts of numbers (international code, area code, phone number) to make it easier to read
  
  • include full area code (eg 01865) for national publications
    To contact us, ring Bill on 01865 778899
  • include international code for international publications (eg +44 1865)
    To contact us, ring Bill on +44 1865 778899
  • mobile numbers follow the same format as above
    To contact us, ring Bill on 07777 778899
    To contact us, ring Bill on +44 7777 778899
  • for local/internal publications, give extension numbers and include in brackets the number to dial from outside the University
    To contact us, ring Bill on (2)78899

Street addresses

• give full address, including postcode, when writing to a primarily non-Oxford audience (postcodes allow people to find buildings more easily online)
  The event takes place at the Church of S John the Evangelist, 109A Iffley Road, Oxford, OX4 1EH
• if writing for a local audience (eg advertising a concert), the name of a well-known building is enough on its own
  The event takes place at the Sheldonian Theatre at 8pm on 12 October.