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Welcome to this training page. If you have any questions relating to the content of these presentations, contact us via eprints@soton.ac.uk.
The Library provides training on topics relevant to PhD students both through the PGR Development Hub, faculty training programmes and stand-alone online courses. Topics covered include:
Research Data Management Plan for PGRs (DMP) [mandatory course on Blackboard]
Introduction to working with sensitive data [book via PGRManager]
Copyright and your thesis [book via PGRManager]
How to publish your research article [self-study module]
Predatory publishing guide [self-study module]
Introduction to Open Research [self-study module]
Pure Research Outputs/Publications Q&A with ePrints [book via PGRManager]
Research Methods [self-study module]
Searching & GenAI [self-study module]
Metrics for assessing research [self-study module]
Thesis submission - getting you thesis and dataset ready for your final submission [coming in semester 2, book via PGRManager]
See also Using UoS Thesis Templates and Restricting Access to your Thesis
The University would encourage that wherever possible your thesis (PhD, MPhil) is made available immediately. This presentation covers the situations where you can restrict access to your thesis by applying an embargo. The embargo has to be agreed with your supervisor and approved by the Director your your Graduate School. In limited circumstances embargoes can be extended, but require the approval of the Director of the Doctoral College.
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Duration: 21 min
This presentation goes through the steps of requesting permission to use third party copyright material in your work where you have found it in a journal article or a book. The examples given show how to make a request to clear material to include in a thesis, but this is the same process that you need to follow to clear copyright in material that you want to include in a paper or book. [The Copyright Clearance Center website has an updated look now (October 2023) but still operates in the same way]
Duration: 11 min
This presentation looks at copyright and your thesis. It includes an introduction to what copyright is, to copyright exceptions that apply to theses and the copyright declarations and statements you are required to make when submitting your thesis.
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Duration:25 mins
Word Template Help
iSolutions have created a training guide to introduce the Word template for theses and show you how to use a range of useful Word features to make creating and working with your thesis easier. These also direct you to relevant LinkedIn Learning.com videos on the use of features in Word.
iSolutions also offer sessions on using Word to work with text, graphics and page layout in your thesis. The full course schedule and booking links can be found in the PGR Development Hub
LaTeX Template Help
Support for the use of LaTeX can be found on the Overleaf website. LaTeX is also supported by a wide online community - see LaTeX Project.
You may also find the following Skills4Scientists videos useful. They were created by Dr Samantha Pearman-Kanza who used LaTeX to produce her own thesis.