Binding a Masters project

Big Chris

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The Mrs is coming to the end of a Masters degree and has a piece of work she has to submit which needs to be bound. She's doing it all via post as she's done all the work at home.

Are there special requirements for how these things need to be done? I've asked her to find out as I'm gonna sort it for her, but her stress/potential rage levels are through the roof so I've been giving her a bit of space to get it all done for fear of being eaten alive - and asking things more than once is considered an act of war.
 
Can you contact her university directly and talk to someone from her dept? That might be the best course of action in order to get it right info rather than what a bunch of forumites "rekon"... ;)
 
For my degree we were told it had to be a specific type of binding (forget now) and the colour white.

Whether it really mattered as obviously not everyone is going to be able to get white I don't know but you might as well just follow any instruction given.
 
Check with the uni our's had to be specific fonts, spacing and the like for the print.
 
You need to ask the uni. Often it is soft bound with a transparent cover. Often they also specify the formating of the page (so that the text is not too close to the bound part). They may also want more than one copy.
 
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I did suggest I speak to her Uni about it but she said she'll sort it with them and let me know, just a little worried as it needs to be in Ulster by Fri of next week so I don't have long to find a place that'll do the right thing should there be a list of requirements.

She's sorted the font/formatting of the doc herself, just needs to be bound professionally.

She's done exactly as I or anyone else would do and left it all to the last minute, bless her :)
 
Big Chris said:
I did suggest I speak to her Uni about it but she said she'll sort it with them and let me know, just a little worried as it needs to be in Ulster by Fri of next week so I don't have long to find a place that'll do the right thing should there be a list of requirements.

She's sorted the font/formatting of the doc herself, just needs to be bound professionally.

She's done exactly as I or anyone else would do and left it all to the last minute, bless her :)
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Find somewhere that will do soft bound, hard bound and book. Most places will do the former two and that is common for a uni to specify one of those two. Knowing a place that can also do a hard book cover might also be useful as a backup. You could always call the uni up yourself to find out.
 
Big Chris said:
I did suggest I speak to her Uni about it but she said she'll sort it with them and let me know, just a little worried as it needs to be in Ulster by Fri of next week so I don't have long to find a place that'll do the right thing should there be a list of requirements.

She's sorted the font/formatting of the doc herself, just needs to be bound professionally.

She's done exactly as I or anyone else would do and left it all to the last minute, bless her :)
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if the uni gives a few options go for the cheapest one. no one is going to look at your dissertation ever again after it's submitted and marked, so no reason to pay too much.
 
I'm gonna try and speak to them I reckon, it's starting to sound like it could be doom & gloom if I get it wrong, and I certainly don't want to ruin Christmas.
 
Masters should only be about a fiver to bind, just the ring thing in a card outer usually does the trick. Our SU did it on the day which was nice but plenty of places offer that sort of service.

On guy on my hand in day in september paid £90 for it bound into a book because he panicked and didn't ask any of us where we had it done on the day :D
 
Depends from university to university, but I had to get mine bound at the specialist university printers who did it for me for the sum of £15 or something like that. I had to get two bound.
 
Very much depends on where she's doing it. Some can be very specific.

Check with the department first - they should be able to tell her easily.
 
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Speaking to the university is definitely the best option. Some universities prefer their own bindings with university logo/emblem on the cover or spine
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This is my experience to. My undergrad had very specific rules about the type of binding and how the front cover was to be presented (on card and with certain colours and fonts) whereas my post grad was just a free for all which left it ambiguous with something along the lines of it has to look presentable and professional and be securely held together. Fortunately my GF works at a company that does printing so got it done for free and the same day :D

If your missus has a course handbook or a project guide it will often say in there how it needs to be presented.
 
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