Names and titles

Job titles 

First, use:
Chancellor Mary Harney said 

Afterwards, use:
Ms Harney, or the Chancellor or Chancellor Harney

First, use:
University of Limerick President Professor Kerstin Mey said or UL President Kerstin Mey said 

Afterwards, use:
Professor Mey said or the President   

Academic titles

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.

See FAQs on academic titles. 

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