Finding my Dissertation!

robjf · 22 Sep 2010 at 09:25

Good morning,

Im in a bit of a pickle. I handed in my Dissertation a few months back and got a B+, hurrah! However, through a variety of unfortunate incidents with computers, and complacency on my part I have misplaced the finished version. I have managed to find a version which was last edited 4 days before the final hand in, only this version is missing the majority of the conclusion section!

I have tried contacting the University, and have heard nothing. I handed in a CD and 2 hard bound copies of it. What are the chances that they have kept hold of them? Would a request under the Freedom of Information act get this kind of info?

Kind regards,

Rob.

Basher · 22 Sep 2010 at 09:28

robjf said:
What are the chances that they have kept hold of them? Would a request under the Freedom of Information act get this kind of info?

Kind regards,

Rob.

Slim to no chance.

Dave M · 22 Sep 2010 at 09:32

They probably have a copy still, try asking your old tutor?

misterPK · 22 Sep 2010 at 09:43

A copy of everyones dissertations at my uni ended up in the department library. Might be worth a look there.

PK!

FabienO · 22 Sep 2010 at 09:44

Yeah, they keep dissertations AFAIK

Basher · 22 Sep 2010 at 10:02

FabienO said:
Yeah, they keep dissertations AFAIK

My uni doesn't. Unfortunately they incinerate them.

tntcoder · 22 Sep 2010 at 10:05

Basher said:
My uni doesn't. Unfortunately they incinerate them.

That must be depressing after all the work input for it to just be burned

Delvis · 22 Sep 2010 at 10:34

tntcoder said:
That must be depressing after all the work input for it to just be burned

And bound and printed

misterPK · 22 Sep 2010 at 10:42

Basher said:
My uni doesn't. Unfortunately they incinerate them.

Hmm, lets just hope the cure for cancer isnt discovered at your uni then!

PK!

Darg · 22 Sep 2010 at 10:45

I just handed my dissertation into Trinity in Dublin. I know that they hold on to everything they've gotten for the last 4 or 500 years. That and a copy of every single book, article or paper published in Britain or Ireland for the last 500 years. I think the only other place to do that is Oxford

robjf · 22 Sep 2010 at 11:15

Apparently our University does keep them, the reason they ask for 2 bound copies is because so many people ask for a copy later in life! Everyone is allowed 1 copy to be returned to them.

They are trying to find the disc i sent in at the moment! Fingers crossed!

Hixxey · 22 Sep 2010 at 11:27

Did you delete it from your computer or something?
Why don't you try Recuva and see if it turns it up.