ABSTRACT
Many institutions, national bodies, academic awards and so on are commonly known by their acronyms or the initials of the full title. While such acronyms or abbreviations are acceptable within the text of the dissertation, the name or title is written out in full the first time it occurs so that it is properly identified. Commonly used abbreviations may be used in bibliographic references, footnotes, tables, appendices and the bibliography. In the field of information and communications technologies (ICT) equally often referred to as communications and information technologies (CIT), there are now many abbreviations which are widely accepted. The same applies to the use of symbols and so, for instance, the term 'per cent' would be used in the text whilst the symbol '%' may be used in the tables. If any other than common abbreviations are used in the dissertation, a key should be provided.
