Thesis (hardcopy)

mehfesto

Quick question:

Why are students required to provide a hard-copy thesis at all?

I handed in my stuff last week and the woman in charge took the two soft copies off me, put the cds I had for them, with them and then kept the hard bound one for herself. I asked why my first grader wasn't getting this one and was told 'This one is for the library'.

Now that hardbound one cost me 50 quid or thereabouts. It'll only go into the library if I get a 2.1 on the thesis or higher.

Given that not everyone will get a 2.1 or higher, why do some people have to pay this cost only for it to be disposed of at a later date? Surely a deposit scheme or payment after the grading wouldn't be too much of an issue.

The last few weeks of college are expensive enough, handing over money unnecessarily just seems mental.

bhur

Tree

for my undergrad in DIT I handed up three copies. One for the library, one as a 'gift' to my supervisor (happy to give one to him, he was great), and an additional one that was presumably used for marking but was given back to me a few weeks later without any marks on it (that i keep on my bookshelf). TBH i dont mind handing up nicely bound theses, it's the small assignments that i resent printing hard copies off of. Having a professionally bound copy of your thesis is lovely.

Choc123

It makes things easier and more efficient for the library. I don't know whether you consulted other theses this year but they are in the library to help and guide future students.
This is a normal policy across Ireland tbh. I'm sure you'd like to have your thesis read/listened to by students in ten years time, no?

mehfesto

Choc123 wrote: »

It makes things easier and more efficient for the library. I don't know whether you consulted other theses this year but they are in the library to help and guide future students.
This is a normal policy across Ireland tbh. I'm sure you'd like to have your thesis read/listened to by students in ten years time, no?

I'm not saying that at all. I think it's great that they're in the library, BUT:

You only make it into the library IF you get higher than a 2.1 on your thesis.

Now for arguments sake, if we guess that 50% of the class get above that grade, the rest have had to spend 40+ euro on binding a book that is destined for the bin. Does it not seem like a waste of money to you?

Surely a deposit scheme could work. One where everyone pays 40 quid upfront to DCU at the time of thesis submission and if you get into the library you don't get your money paid back.

nildisperandum

Did you have it bound already?
There is a lovely woman in the SU eager to assist with binding or any weighty issues of importance, including coffee morning seating priorities or the 'proper' place for a waste bin.

Adamcp898

Where's the closest place that actually does hard binding??

Popz2

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Where's the closest place that actually does hard binding??

http://www.duffybookbinders.com/thesis.htm

On the way into town. Only costs between 22 - 30 euro to get a thesis hardbound depending on the number of copies you get.