Thesis documentation, please be good!
Useful tools:
https://canvas.bham.ac.uk/courses/2966
Don't forget:
T-3months: notice to submit, nomination of examiners
T-0months: submit to canvas as well as physical
T+2months: have viva
Important university links:
https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/as/libraryservices/library/research/thesis/index.aspx
https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/as/studentservices/graduateschool/rsa/presentingyourthesis.aspx
Word count/size limit:
Maximum 50,000 words, excluding tables, diagrams, appendices, references, footnotes and endnotes, bibliography, and bound published material.
Maximum 20 MB for canvas submission, otherwise needs to be separated into chunks.
Questions:
Can I use content from my midterm, or is this flagged as plagiarism?
Can I use published papers in my thesis?
Necessary contents:
-Author's Declaration form (https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/as/studentservices/graduateschool/documents/public/authorsdeclarationform.pdf)
-Title Page
-Abstract
-Dedication
-Acknowledgements
-Table of contents
-Table of figures, Table of tables
-The text
-References
-Appendices
-Endnotes
-Bibliography