UCL Medieval and Renaissance Studies

UCL Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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Submission

You must submit a) electronically (via the PG History Submissions hub Moodle page) and b) in hard copy (two copies of the dissertation should be submitted no later than 4.00pm on Monday 16 September to the History Department Postgraduate Administrator. Dissertations will be date stamped on receipt.

On submitting their dissertation, students must complete and sign a cover sheet, certifying that their dissertation is their own work and that they have acknowledged all quotations or illustrations used from the published or unpublished work of other persons.

Requests for short extensions up to two weeks will normally be considered only when there are very strong grounds (such as documented serious ill health). Such requests should be made in writing through your Supervisor to the Chair of the Board of Examiners. Dissertations submitted after the deadline must have a statement of the reasons for the late submission bound (but not numbered) as the second page of both copies.

Deferrals
In exceptional circumstances students may be permitted to defer submission of the Dissertation for one year, but formal application for advance approval of such deferral must be made on the appropriate form by 1 August.

Return of Dissertations
In November, one copy of the dissertation will be retained and the second copy returned to the candidate. When the dissertations are submitted, all students are asked to leave a large, strong addressed envelope for the return of the second copy – remember that the spiral binding will mean that it is wider than A4. Otherwise the Dissertation must be collected from the Postgraduate Administrator by the end of November.

Consultation of UCL Copy of Dissertation
A copy of each dissertation is held by the Chair of the Board of Examiners for a minimum of two years; they may be consulted on request. If they wish, students may refuse to permit consultation of their dissertation by writing to the Chair of the Board of Examiners. This restriction will normally lapse after three years, though an application to have the restriction extended for good reason may be considered.

Publication
Dissertations are part of an official University examination and as such copyright is vested in the University. Students wishing to publish all or part of their dissertation should first seek the permission of the Chair of the Board of Examiners, but in the case of the MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies this permission may be taken for granted where publication in a reputable academic journal is contemplated. If UCL is mentioned in connection with the publication, the following form of words should be used:

‘This was (or formed part of) a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of MA of University College London in (date).’