NUTT - Newcastle University Ph.D. Thesis Template (LaTeX)

This unofficial template targets Newcastle University (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/) Ph.D. students.

The template conforms to the Guidelines for the Submission and Format of Theses (April 2015 version) hosted at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/progress/assets/documents/GuidelinesfortheSubmissionandFormatofThesis.pdf. Recently, a new document with the guideline was presented (January 2018 version) at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/progress/assets/documents/GuidelinesfortheSubmissionandFormatofThesis-January2018.pdf. However, no structural modifications were made.

Ph.D. students must allways check their School/Faculty restrictions under the above document, such as maximum word count.

Declaration

This template was initially adapted from CUED LaTeX template by Krishna Kumar, available at https://github.com/kks32/phd-thesis-template (online). Note Some initial functionalities of the CUED template may not be working. Further testing may be necessary.

Followed by the considerations made in a previous Newcastle University template, by Matthew Forshaw, hosted at https://github.com/MattForshaw/NewcastleComputingSciencePhDTemplateLaTeX (offline).

The original template was modified accordingly to the Guidelines refered above, under the Overleaf (https://www.overleaf.com/) platform (recommended), and then cloned here.

Guidelines

Hereby, for sake of simplicity, the NU guidelines are presented and signed if applied correctly.

Font

• All text should be printed in a clear font such as Arial or Times New Roman; (Default Time News Roman)

• All text should be 12-point with the exception of headings (see below). (Default)

Layout and Paper

• Printed double-sided on white A4 paper within the range 70g/m2 to 100g/m2; (Default)

• Margins should be set to mirrored, the inside margin (Binding edge should be 3cm) all other margins should be 2cm; (Default)

• Text should be in a single column and left-aligned; (Default)

• One and a half spacing between lines, including appendices and bibliography, but excluding quotations, footnotes or captions, which may be single-spaced. NOTE There is not such thing as one and half spacing in LaTeX, but it was set to what is considered acceptable. Space in quotations, footnotes or captions was kept equal to the remaining text. (Default)

• A blank page should be left after the title page and after the acknowledgements to ensure these are not printed double sided. (Default)

Pagination

• Number pages consecutively throughout the thesis from the Introduction, including all pages whether textual or otherwise; (Default)

• For multi-volume theses a single sequence of numbers should be used; NOTE this template is single volume.

• Page numbers should be Arabic numerals, i.e. 1, 2, 3; (Default)

• Numbers should be located centrally at the bottom of the page; (Default)

• Preliminary pages (e.g. Contents) should be numbered using lower case Roman numerals, i.e. i, ii, iii. (Default)

Chapter Headings and Sub Headings

• Begin new chapters on a fresh page; (Default)

• Chapter headings should be in Title case, centre of the page, bold 14-point font, preceded by “Chapter” and the appropriate number. (Default)

• Section headings should be in Title case, bold 12-point font, left-aligned. (Default)

• Sub-section headings should be italicised, bold 12-point font, left-aligned. (Default)

NOTE Users are responsible for Title case check. Sub-subsections are in place although should not be used accordingly to the Guidelines. "All headings should be consistent, providing a clear indication of changes in content and emphasis. No further section subdivisions other than those described above should be used."

Photographs, photocopies, maps etc.

• Material should be scanned or provided in copyright-cleared, high quality digital format of at least 300dpi. Note User responsability.

Figures and Tables

• Number consecutively either throughout the thesis (Table 1, Figure 2) or within individual chapters (Table 1.2 , Figure 2.3), but not within sections or sub sections; (Default) Note Second option was selected since is more clear, easy to track, and same as in CUED template.

• Refer to figures/tables within the text as table 1, figure 2, etc; Note User responsability. In order to reference a figure ~\ref{fig:nameoffile} and to reference a table in text ~ref{table:nameoftable} .

• Numbers and captions should appear at the bottom of the table/figure; (Default)

• The top of tables/figures printed sideways should align to the left of the page; (Default)

Content

• The order of the thesis should be as follows: (Default)

Title page – please state the following:

• The full title of the thesis and any subtitle as approved by the Dean of Postgraduate Studies; (Default)

• The total number of volumes (if there is more than one), and the number of the particular volume; Note This template is single volume.

• Your full name; (Default)

• The qualification for which the thesis is submitted, e.g. Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated), Doctorate in Educational Psychology; (Default, set to Doctor of Philosophy)

• The name of the School or Institute in which the research was conducted; (Default)

• The month and year of submission. (Default)

Abstract

• The abstract should be no longer than 300 words. Note User responsability.

Dedication (if any)

• Seriously who does not dedicate their Ph.D. thesis? (Default)

Acknowledgements

• Noone works alone. (Default)

Use this page to acknowledge those who have assisted you with your work. In the case of any work done jointly, or in wider collaborations, or under direction, it is important that the extent of your own contribution, and that made by others, is made clear both under Acknowledgements and at relevant points within the thesis. Where you have worked as part of a team, please state the name of individual team members and specify their contributions and yours.

Table of Contents

• The Table of Contents must list in sequence all relevant chapters, sections and subsections; appendices, references and bibliography, and any other supporting material, with the relevant page numbers; (Default)

• If a thesis comprises more than one volume, the Title page, Abstract and Table of Contents of the whole thesis must appear in each volume. Note this template is single volume.

Lists of tables, figures, etc.

• Items should be in the order in which they appear in the text. (Default)

Introduction

• Works like a chapter but is separated from the counting. Arabic numbering starts here. Sectioning works. (Default)

Main Thesis

• The chapters. (Default)

Appendices

• Supporting material of considerable length, lists, commentaries, questionnaires etc., which would interrupt the main text, should be included as appendices;

• Label appendices as A,B, etc and treat as additional chapters after the main text; (Default)

• Style must be consistent with the text of the main thesis. (Default)

References

• The following styles of referencing are acceptable: Harvard, and alternative styles as directed by your School or Institute. (Default is (Lastname, Year)) Users of EndNote will find the Newcastle Harvard Style included on all University networked PCs. Further information about EndNote and Harvard at Newcastle can be found at: http://libguides.ncl.ac.uk/endnote

Bibliography

• If a bibliography is supplied it should be arranged in a logical order, for example alphabetically by author within broad topic categories. (Default, not included)

Index (if any)

• There is no requirement to provide an index. (Default, not included)

Extras

• Declaration was not initially included in the guidelines.
• Nomenclature was not initially included in the guidelines.

Note Both these sections can be removed in the file thesis.tex by comment the \include{declaration} and \printnomenclature lines.

Installation

Usage

• Install Latex and Editor (Texmaker is recommended)

  sudo apt-get install texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-science psutils texmaker

• Clone this repo to a folder and open in Texmaker editor. And see the section 'Write Your Thesis'

Developing

• Install IDE (Visual Studio Code)

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make umake ide visual-studio-code

• Install Latex

  sudo apt-get install texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-science psutils

• Clone this repo to a folder and open in IDE.

• Add LaTex Workshop extension.

• Build (Ctrl-Alt-B) and view generated 'thesis.pdf' file.

• Make source code alterations and a pull request to contribute.

Write Your Thesis

• Start by mofify the Meta/meta.tex file and add your meta information there.
• Look at thesis.tex to check what is the structure of the thesis.
• The default configuration is in use. Add chapters as you go along. The presented chapters have examples of nomenclature, symbols, formulas, etc...
• Save your .bib file as References/references.bib and use /citep{Firstname00} in text to reference them.
• Submit :)

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018 André Guerra

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Note

Original template license: https://github.com/kks32/phd-thesis-template/blob/master/license.md