The degree of doctor of philosophy is awarded to a student whose thesis is an original work making a significant contribution to knowledge in, or understanding of, a field of study and normally containing material worthy of publication. The thesis should demonstrate that the student has adequate knowledge of the field of study and the relevant literature and should show the exercise of critical judgement. The literary presentation should be lucid and scholarly and there should be a satisfactory abstract. The minimum period of full time study is three years and the thesis is normally 70,0 100,0 words, including references, bibliography and appendices. University guidelines on the layout and presentation of your thesis are available. It is recommended that you consult them if you are unsure of how to present your thesis.

You should also check with your school if they have any specific requirements for thesis presentation. For further help with preparing your thesis you are strongly encouraged to attend the course on 'using word to prepare your thesis ' run by it services. It is assumed that you will be using a standard piece of software to create the electronic version of your thesis, e.g. However, it is acceptable to deposit a small number of individual files if you experience major difficulties in producing a single file for conversion to pdf. Before converting to pdf you need to ensure that you have incorporated any elements of the thesis created in programmes such as excel, access, powerpoint etc. If using microsoft word to produce your thesis, you should do this by using the insert gt object, insert gt picture or insert gt file options rather than by copying and pasting.

Multimedia elements that you are unable to incorporate into the main body of your thesis it may be possible to to upload these as a separate file. See depositing associated multimedia file s for more information on what can be deposited. Details of how to deposit associated multimedia files can be found in depositing your thesis. For help and advice on preparing the electronic version of your thesis you will find it extremely useful to attend the course on 'using word to prepare your thesis' run by it services. If you have any questions about the use of these files, please contact judith harriman hunter judith.harriman [email protected] ext. You should save the pdf version of your thesis using the following filename format: year name degree.pdf e.g. 2007smithphd.pdf or 2008jonesmphil.pdf if you need to deposit two files, one complete and one with 3rd party copyright material edited out you should give them different filenames using the following format: public version: year name degree.pdf e.g.

2007smithphd.pdf full not for public view version: year name degree internal.pdf e.g. 2007smithphdinternal.pdf if you need to deposit additional multimedia files that cannot be incorporated into the main pdf file you should use the same file name with the addition of information about the type of media being deposited. 2007smithphd_audio.mpeg if you are concerned that your pdf file is very large please contact [email protected] for advice on the options available. The online deposit system can cope with very large files being deposited, but from the point of view of people trying to access your thesis it is best if pdf files are kept to a reasonable size.

To convert your thesis to pdf format using a csce pc or a pc running the standard staff desktop you have various options. If you have access to a computer running office 2010 you can use the save as pdf option in word. To use pdf creator: open your thesis in word or writer choose file print in the drop down box opposite printer name choose pdf creator click ok you will then be asked to supply various pieces of information including document title and author. Click on save a box will appear asking for a password click the cancel button a box will then appear saying that the document is not protected this is fine it means that user of your thesis will not be asked for a username and password to read it. If you have problems converting to pdf because your file is very large it may be necessary to spilt it into chapters and to upload each separately. The pdf file will be automatically opened in adobe acrobat reader so you can check it. If you have created the electronic version of your thesis using latex then you are probably already proficient in producing pdf output.

The main routes are by 1 distilling postscript output, for example using pdf creator described above, 2 using dvipdfm to convert the standard dvi output from latex or 3 using pdflatex to produce pdf output in a single step. Further information can be obtained from the uk list of tex frequently asked questions: making acrobat pdf documents from la tex. If you have used a mac to prepare your thesis you should be able to create a pdf version by choosing the option to print to pdf. If you have access to the full version of adobe acrobat you will also be able to use this to convert your thesis to pdf format.

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the full version of adobe acrobat is now available on the scanner pcs on level 3 of the library. if you are having difficulties using pdf creator to produce a pdf version of your thesis it is recommended that you use the full version of adobe acrobat instead. If you are off campus you can download a free copy of pdf creator and install this on your own computer. There are no restrictions on the type of multimedia files that can be uploaded, but no guarantee can be give that such files will continue to be accessible in the future. The relevant software for playing such files will not be provided by the thesis service.

If you are providing the full text of your thesis on a cd rom/memory stick you must include on the disk a separate file that explains what the associated files, i.e. Name of file, what type of file it is, what the file consists of, so that when your thesis is made publicly available library staff know what the files are. Note that you should only upload multimedia files where you own the copyright, or where you have cleared any necessary rights. If you have been unable to secure all the necessary third party copyright permissions for your thesis you will not be able to make the full version available online.