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The Doctoral School runs courses in the skills required for writing a PhD thesis and you are encouraged to attend this at least 6 months before you intend to start writing. A minimum of 4 months before submitting a thesis, student must submit the examination entry form. It is expected that supervisors will nominate the examiners via the examiner nomination form for the thesis at the same time as the examination entry from is submitted.
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UCL PhD theses in digital format can be found in UCL Discover y, but please note that some theses have restrictions on access, at least for a certain period of time, and UCL's Open Access Team can be contacted with any queries.
Records can also be found in Explore , and if we have a print copy, it may be possible to consult it in one of our libraries by filling in a Store Request Form in advance of a visit.
Older PhD theses which haven’t been scanned yet can be ordered via the British Library's EThOS service as they are digitizing them on demand, and for more information on theses generally see our web page .
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(Smith, 2019)
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Smith, E. R. C. (2019). Conduits of invasive species into the UK: the angling route? Ph. D. Thesis. University College London. Available at: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10072700 (Accessed: 20 May 2021).
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UCL Thesis LaTeX Template © Ian Kirker, 2014
This is a template/skeleton for PhD/MPhil/MRes theses. It uses a rather split-up file structure because this tends to work well for large, complex documents. We suggest using one file per chapter, but you may wish to use more or fewer separate files than that. We've also separated out various bits of configuration into their own files, to keep everything neat.
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Open Access theses
By Kirsty, on 31 March 2021
Among the many things that can be made Open Access; publications, data, software, and so many more, it is now increasingly more common for PhD theses to be made Open Access. This can be a great resource when you are undertaking your own PhD to get an idea of scope, structure and can be a great source of ideas.
Finding Open Access theses
UCL Library Services manages the DART-Europe service, the premier European portal for the discovery of open access research theses. At the time of writing, this service provides access to over one million research theses from 564 Universities in 29 European countries. It was founded in 2005 as a partnership of national and university libraries and consortia to improve global access to European research theses. It does this by harvesting data from thesis repositories at contributing institutions, including from UCL Discovery (see below), and providing a link to at least one open access electronic copy of each thesis. The theses themselves are located on the websites of the contributing institutions.
Users of the DART-Europe portal can search this vast database by keyword, or browse by country or institution, and view the research theses in full, without charge. New theses are added every day, from doctoral and research masters programmes in every academic discipline. For more information about the service, please contact the DART-Europe team . Institutions not currently represented in the portal can view information on how to contribute to DART-Europe .
In normal times, the digitisation of doctoral theses can also be requested on an individual basis through the British Library’s e-theses online service (EThOS) . This is a database of all UK doctoral theses held in university library collections, with links to open access copies in institutional repositories, and hosted directly in EThOS, where available. If an electronic copy is not available, you can create an account with the service to request digitisation of the print copy: this prompts the institution where the thesis is held to find and check the print thesis, and then send it to the British Library’s facility at Boston Spa for digitisation. Please note that this process incurs a charge (which is indicated during the requesting process) and is currently suspended due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Your thesis – UCL Discovery
Since the 2008-09 academic year, UCL students studying for doctoral and research master’s degrees have been required to submit an electronic copy of their thesis to the Library as a mandatory condition of the award of their degree. Students are encouraged to make their theses openly available in UCL Discovery , our open access institutional repository, although in practice access can be restricted for a number of reasons if necessary. A citation of the thesis appears in UCL Discovery even if access to the full text is restricted.
Older theses have also been digitised and added to UCL Discovery retrospectively. The bulk of this work has been carried out as part of a specific project covering over 10,000 theses from 1990 to 2008. This project is ongoing but mostly complete: over 7,000 digitised theses have been added to UCL Discovery during the last twelve months alone by Library Services staff who have not been able to carry out their normal work due to COVID-19 restrictions.
If you cannot access a UCL thesis which is listed online through these methods, please contact the Open Access Team , who will be able to provide advice on options for obtaining access.
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be covered in medium blue cloth (e.g. water resistant material) be lettered in gold up the spine with degree, year, name and initials in the same form as UCL records, with letters 16 or 18 point (.25 inch) - thesis submitted for examination in November and December should have the following year lettered on the spine.
The General Regulations apply to all University College London (UCL) MPhil, PhD, EngD and MD(Res) students. The Academic Regulations for Students for Research Degree students are UCL's overarching regulations and students should read these regulations together with local regulations for the Department and Faculty housing their programme of study.
Once your thesis is completed it will effectively become a public document, available on the internet via the UCL's e-thesis repository (UCL Discovery). Therefore it is essential when presenting your work that your participants' right to confidentiality and privacy be upheld.
Indexes of completed theses (access available to members of UCL only) ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT Global) PQDT Global contains over a million full-text dissertations and theses from 1861 onwards that are available for download in PDF format. The collection includes PQDT UK and Ireland content.
UCL Thesis Checklist. This document gives a general overview of the different sections that a UCL PhD candidate's thesis should contain. ... To be completed if the candidate is including any work in their thesis that has already been published in a different format (e.g. journal article) For more information see here.
Download Chapter 5. Covering MPhil/ PhD, EngD, MD (Res) and MRes programmes. Covering DClinPsy, DDent, DEdPsy (Brain Sciences), DOrth and DPsychotherapy programmes. Regulations for DPA students. Covering DEdPsy (Professional Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology) students at the Institute of Education.
Excellence Framework (REF). UCL's Research Strategy explicitly aims to 'Deliver impact for public benefit' so we aim train our students to consider the potential impact of their work and to be able to articulate it explicitly. By bringing it to a brief statement at the start of the thesis the importance is highlighted.
Code of Practice 2018/19 3. WELCOME TO UCL AND THE UCL DOCTORAL SCHOOL. This Code of Practice aims to set out what you as a research student can expect from your supervisory team and from UCL, and what your Supervisors and others in UCL can expect from you. It is important that you read this document carefully and keep it for reference.
Course information for Writing up your thesis - One-to-one support, an Academic English course for postgraduate research students at UCL Course overview This course is for you if you have successfully passed your upgrade/transfer and have preferably completed Introduction to Writing your PhD Thesis.
How self-plagiarism applies to Doctoral Students Re-use of material already used for a previous degree. A research student commits self-plagiarism if they incorporate material (text, data, ideas) from a previous academic degree (e.g., Master's of Undergraduate) submission, whether at UCL or another institution, into their final these without explicit declaration.
The majority of research degrees at UCL are within MPhil/PhD programmes, but the range of Professional Doctorates reflects increasing diversity and development ... completion of the research and writing up of your thesis. 8. Discuss with you the work accomplished and revise the objectives as the work proceeds in the light of progress made and ...
Preparing for submission of the thesis. All students sitting for the PhD, or MPhil, examination should enter for the examination four months before they plan to submit their thesis. ... There is more information on the UCL website on how to submit, format bind and submit your thesis. ... University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT ...
Thesis writing and submission. The Doctoral School runs courses in the skills required for writing a PhD thesis and you are encouraged to attend this at least 6 months before you intend to start writing. A minimum of 4 months before submitting a thesis, student must submit the examination entry form. It is expected that supervisors will ...
This guide is primarily aimed at taught postgraduate students, but may also be of interest to final year undergraduates. It highlights the extensive online library collections and services available to you, and also directs you to other academic support services that may be useful when undertaking your dissertation or research project.
A PhD made up on only critical assessment may be possible (for UCL) but is extremely difficult. Average, good, size for a thesis is 150 pages all in. Perhaps up to 50 extra pages for a big appendix and bibliography. Beware of the trend to write long and boring doctorates (papers, &c), improve your communications skills.
The Library holds a copy of most research degree theses completed by students registered at UCL. Print copies of research theses are catalogued by author in Explore; ... Ophthalmology Library has a very small collection of PhD, MD and MSc dissertations. ... University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT +44 (0)20 7679 2000 ...
Answer. UCL PhD theses in digital format can be found in UCL Discover y, but please note that some theses have restrictions on access, at least for a certain period of time, and UCL's Open Access Team can be contacted with any queries. Records can also be found in Explore , and if we have a print copy, it may be possible to consult it in one of ...
Thesis or dissertation. To be made up of: Author. Year of submission (in round brackets). Title of thesis (in italics). Degree statement. Degree-awarding body. Available at: URL. (Accessed: date).
% UCL Thesis LaTeX Template % (c) Ian Kirker, 2014 % % This is a template/skeleton for PhD/MPhil/MRes theses. % % It uses a rather split-up file structure because this tends to % work well for large, complex documents. % We suggest using one file per chapter, but you may wish to use more % or fewer separate files than that.
This can be a great resource when you are undertaking your own PhD to get an idea of scope, structure and can be a great source of ideas. Finding Open Access theses. UCL Library Services manages the DART-Europe service, the premier European portal for the discovery of open access research theses. At the time of writing, this service provides ...
Approved by publishing and review experts on SciSpace, this template is built as per for UCL Thesis formatting guidelines as mentioned in University College London author instructions. The current version was created on and has been used by 563 authors to write and format their manuscripts to this journal. SciSpace is a very innovative solution ...
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London). Adams, ... UCL (University College London). Bembibre Jacobo, Cecilia; (2020) Smell of Heritage. ... (2020) Communicating Uncertainty: The Role of Communication Format in Maximising Understanding and Maintaining Credibility. Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London). ...
UCL Theses | Latest; Deposit your research. Open Access; About UCL Discovery UCL Discovery Plus REF and open access; UCL Press; UCL e-theses guidelines; Statistics; FAQs; Notices and policies ... University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT Tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 2000
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London). Gutiérrez Menéndez, Luz María; (2019) From the Utopia of Quietness to the Fear of Stillness: A Taxonomic Research Study to Understanding 'Silence' through the medium of radio and its Implications for Media, Education and Psychology. Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).