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Enquiries
Thesis Submission & ExaminationTelephone: +44 (0) 113 343 4003
Email: rp_examinations@leeds.ac.uk
Introduction
In many countries, doctoral level theses are routinely made available electronically. Institutions in the UK are also moving in this direction. The British Library has changed its thesis supply service to an electronic model. One way of storing theses and making them available to a wide audience is to deposit them in an open access repository; this is becoming common practice both in the UK and internationally and ensures that the theses are appropriately described, safely housed and easy to obtain. The University of Leeds has been working with colleagues in Sheffield and York to create White Rose E-theses Online (WREO) – an open-access repository in which to store the digital copies of successful doctoral theses. Potential readers will be able to find a stored E-thesis through an ordinary search engine such as Google or specialist, academic search engines. In addition, the E-thesis will be made available to the British Library's EThOS Service (Electronic Theses Online).
Some benefits of etheses
» Students’ theses are likely to be read more widely
» Theses are immediately available and readily searchable.
» UK HE postgraduate research is more visible worldwide.
» Underused primary research is made available.
» The profile of the institution and of individual Schools may be raised.
The University of Leeds began accepting Ethesis deposits from successful doctoral candidates from 01 February 2010. The following approach was agreed to collect successful doctoral theses in digital (PDF Ethesis) format:
» Candidates commencing a doctoral research degree in or after September 2009 will be required to submit their successful thesis for retention by the Library in both hard bound and electronic form.
» Any doctoral candidate who commenced research degree study before September 2009 is strongly encouraged to deposit a copy of their thesis in digitised format, in addition to the two hard bound copies of the thesis.
» MPhil and Mastership by Research candidates are currently exempt from this requirement
Documentation
The University has produced the following documents which gives further advice and guidance to candidates on the preparation and presentation of their thesis in both print (hard bound) and E-thesis (PDF) format. All research degree candidates should ensure they have read and considered the information in all three of these documents:
(1) Guidance on Ethesis Preparation, Copyright and Publication
(2) Regulations for the format and presentation of theses for research degrees
(3) Thesis Deposit Form
Process for Submission of a thesis in both print and PDF format
If you wish to submit your thesis in both print (hard bound) and PDF (Ethesis) format, following successful oral examination you should:
(i) undertake any corrections to the satisfaction of your Internal Examiner. You will need to submit the corrections to your Internal Examiner for approval;
(ii) prepare the final thesis in both print and PDF format, in accordance with the thesis Regulations for the presentation of theses for research degrees and the guidance provided in the Guidance on Ethesis Preparation, Copyright and Publication.
(iii) submit both versions of your thesis to the Research Student Administration along with a completed Thesis Deposit Form.