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Candidates shall submit to the Student Registry:
After the viva voce examination has taken place and any necessary amendments have been approved two copies of the thesis must be returned to the Student Registry. They will then be forwarded for hard binding according to the specifications below. Candidates who wish to have their thesis hard bound elsewhere must submit to the Student Registry two hard bound copies. All items submitted for the degree of Ph.D. by published work, with the exception of books, shall be submitted for examination in a secure binding, with each of the three sets of publications being fixed securely between covers, together with the covering paper. A frontispiece, giving the author's name, the name of the degree and year of submission, shall be included. If the degree is awarded one copy of the submission is required for deposition in the University Library. Candidates may submit theses in a hard binding (according to the specification below) or in a temporary binding as for Ph.D. candidates. One copy of a thesis shall normally be retained for public use in the University Library, save as provided in 1.5 below, and a second copy shall be retained by the department principally responsible for the candidate's work. The copy of the thesis deposited in the Library shall be the original typescript or an acceptable and permanent reproduction; a carbon copy is not acceptable. If a word-processor is used, the resultant copy must be at least as legible as good typescript; draft quality is not acceptable. The candidate, in consultation with the supervisor and head of department, shall instruct the Library if the thesis is not to be made available immediately for general public use. In this case, a restricted access form (available from the Student Registry) shall be submitted with the thesis, specifying any detailed instructions about its availability. This form shall be signed both by the candidate and by the head of department concerned. No thesis normally shall be withheld from public use for more than five years. A candidate who is required by the examiners to make corrections to the thesis shall complete the corrections within three months of receiving, from the internal examiner, notice of the corrections to be made. A candidate who is required by the examiners to make minor amendments to the thesis shall complete the amendments within six months of receiving, from the internal examiner, notice of the amendments to be made. The degree shall not be awarded until the thesis has been corrected or amended to the satisfaction of the examiners and the revised copies have been submitted to the Student Registry. Length, style, layout and presentation A thesis for
the degree of M.Phil. shall not normally exceed 60,000 words (including any
footnotes and appendices but excluding the bibliography); a thesis for the
degree of Ph.D. shall not normally exceed 80,000 words (including any
footnotes and appendices but excluding the bibliography). Theses shall be
written in English save where, in exceptional circumstances, the Director of
the Candidates must avoid typographical, spelling and other minor errors. If any such errors are made, the candidate must correct them to the examiners' satisfaction before a degree is awarded. The author's full names and degrees, the title of the thesis, the degree for which the thesis is submitted and the month and year of submission shall appear on the first leaf of the thesis and at the top of the abstract. Theses presented as part of the Doctoral programme in Educational Research must contain the phrase "Submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy" at the bottom of the title page. Each thesis shall be preceded by an abstract not exceeding 300 words typed as specified below in a form suitable for use in major abstract indices. The text of the thesis shall be word processed in double spacing on one side only of good quality A4 paper (210 mm. x 297 mm.), leaving a left hand margin of 38 mm., and a margin of 25 mm. on the other three sides. Diagrams and illustrations shall be reproduced or mounted on similar paper; any which cannot be folded on A4 size must be submitted in a suitable portfolio which shall bear the particulars listed in 3.3 above. The author shall provide as an integral part of the thesis a comprehensive list of contents, including diagrams, illustrative matter and any appendices, and must indicate if any part of the thesis is bound separately. Pagination shall extend to the whole of each volume, including any diagrams, appendices, or other matter. For preliminary matter roman numerals may, if wished, be used. If chapters have numerical subdivisions these shall be recorded in the contents list. Candidates must make a declaration that the thesis is their own work, and has not been submitted in substantially the same form for the award of a higher degree elsewhere. Any sections of the thesis which have been published, or submitted for a higher degree elsewhere, shall be clearly identified. If the thesis is the result of joint research, a statement indicating the nature of the candidate's contribution to that research, confirmed by the supervisor(s), shall be included. General guidance on the preparation and presentation of a thesis may be found in: British
Standards Institution Recommendations for the presentation of theses. BS 4821.
1990. Guidance on the citing of references is given in: British
Standards Institution Recommendations for references to published materials.
BS 1629. 1989. Each page of the thesis should contain if possible abbreviated references and relevant footnotes. Candidates are, however, advised to seek further advice from their supervisors or (for the forms of bibliographical references) from the senior Library staff. The Library has produced a brief document summarising, with examples, various citation conventions. Copies are available on request from the Librarian's Office. Binding of theses - specifications Pages, which should be trimmed on all edges, should be bound in a fixed permanent binding, rounded and backed (samples may be seen in Brady Bookbinders, located on campus) -
The University recommends the following binders who can carry out work of a suitable standard. For recommendations as to the mounting and guarding of illustrations binders will give advice. Allow for the possibility of delays in July, August and September. Candidates should ensure that their theses are presented to the binders as perfect copies. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that the pagination is correct when submitted for binding. Brady Bookbinders, Lancaster University (telephone 01524 592512 daytime or 01524 68848 evenings). J. F. and C. Carter, 76 Bridgewater Street, Manchester 1 (telephone 0161 236 9069). B. Riley and Co., Red Doles Lane, Leeds Road, Huddersfield, HD1 2YE (telephone 01484 534323). Additional copies (e.g. for the candidate's own personal use) may be sent to the binders at the same time as the official copies. The binding of such personal copies may, at the candidate's discretion, be delayed until after the thesis has been approved (in which case any necessary corrections can be incorporated).
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