This page contains guidelines on creating a separate appendix for your thesis, which can simplify the process of restricting access to sensitive or copyrighted material.
These guidelines are designed to simplify the process of restricting access to sensitive material whilst enabling the remainder of your thesis to be read by other researchers. Copyright and sensitive material can be segregated into a separate restricted appendix, and the main body of the work made freely available.
Access to content in a thesis is necessary in the research ethics context because there might be material in the thesis which could be identified as data from, or description of, an individual participant who had not given consent to such information being made publicly available.
Note that all versions of your thesis must match in form.
Guidelines
You should remember to:
Suggested wording for inclusion in the front matter of the thesis (eg table of contents)
Suggested wording for inclusion at the start of the appendix
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