Corrections and amendments—Recommendation 1

You should ensure there are no spelling mistakes in your thesis. While it is unlikely that all spelling mistakes will be found, you are advised to remove as many as possible. Examiners often mark those they find, but there will be others. You should correct them.

You should also tidy up other minor errors and inconsistencies of presentation. It is often possible to make corrections of this type before the oral defence takes place.

Beyond the editorial corrections, examiners will frequently require that certain things are put right before you deposit the thesis in the University Library. Required changes may be small but important, such as replacing an incorrect use of a technical term or getting the notation right, or they may be major.

Changes candidates are commonly required to make include:

• rewriting a particular chapter to take account of material that has been overlooked
• reorganising material in the thesis
• omitting some material
• improving or clarifying an argument.

All required corrections and amendments will be detailed in the report that emerges out of the oral defence.