Job titles
First, use:
Chancellor Brigid Laffan said
Afterwards, use:
Ms Laffan, or the Chancellor or Chancellor Laffan
Academic titles
|
Previous title |
New title |
Prefix Title |
|
Professor |
Full Professor |
Professor |
|
Associate Professor |
Professor |
Professor |
|
Senior Lecturer |
Associate Professor A |
Associate Professor |
|
Lecturer Above Bar |
Associate Professor B |
Associate Professor |
|
Lecturer Below Bar |
Assistant Professor |
Assistant Professor |
New titles are to be used in:
- Organisation charts where applicable
- Internal promotion/progression documentation
- UL website staff listing
Prefix titles are to be used in:
- Email signatures
- Salutations
- Faculty brochures and documentation
- ULRIS
- Door plates
In summary, new titles are to be used in formal documentation. Prefix Title to be used in all other circumstances.
On personal LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media accounts and external digital profiles, please use the Prefix version of your academic title.
A note on abbreviations:
Professor should not be shortened to Prof.
Assistant Professor/Associate Professor should not be abbreviated to Assoc/Assist Professor.
Doctor can be shortened to Dr but never Dr.
Publication titles
When referring to the title of a publication in running copy or when attributing a quote, the title should be italicised.
Examples:
The Irish Independent
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Small connecting words – such as at, to, in, and – within titles should not have an initial capital letter.
Vice
Two words, never hyphenated.
Examples:
Vice President Research