amendments to Thesis

After your viva, your examiners will inform you of the required amendments, and by which time you should complete them. Once you have completed your amendments, you should submit your revised thesis to the internal examiner (unless instructed otherwise). Once the examiner is happy that the amendments have been completed, you should submit a final Library copy of the thesis. Your degree will not be awarded until a Library copy has been provided.

Students are required to submit their eThesis to White Rose eTheses Online, which is the University's thesis repository. If the eThesis is incomplete, i.e. it has been edited to remove material that cannot be included in the electronic version, for example sensitive material or material that has not been copyright cleared, a hard bound copy of the full thesis must also be submitted to Research Services for deposit in the University Library. Typically, eTheses are edited to remove content for reasons such as the following:

• Permission has not been obtained for 3rd party copyright material

• There is a need to maintain commercial confidentiality relating to aspects of the thesis

• Confidentiality of data needs to be maintained for further research to be undertaken

Access to Thesis form

The Access to Thesis form contains a completed declaration signed by the student and the supervisor, concerning access to the thesis once it has been uploaded to White Rose eTheses Online (or sent to the Library), including details of any required embargo. Students must submit a completed Access to Thesis form to Research Services before their degree can be awarded. The Access to Thesis must clearly indicate whether any embargo is required. If a hard bound copy is required for deposition in the University Library, the Access to Thesis form must be bound into the front of this copy.

Embargoes

The maximum length of embargo permitted is usually 12 months, other than in exceptional circumstances. Requests that exceed 12 months will require Faculty consideration and may not be approved.