For some years it has been the practice in this department that the archive copies of undergraduate and MSc project dissertations are the electronic versions, and so there is no requirement for the paper copies that are handed in to be formally bound. Instead, it is sufficient for each copy to be stapled together, with a standard department cover sheet as the front sheet.

On the other hand, some students do wish to produce a bound copy for their own use, as a record of the work done during the project that they can then show to others (such as potential employers, for instance). If you want to make a bound copy of your dissertation for this sort of reason, then you can of course do so, and you can either have this done before you hand in the dissertation, so that the bound copy is one of the ones that you submit, or you can wait until after it has been examined and then have a copy bound. If you require report covers, a limited number of black covers are available from reception. In either case you have a choice of two approaches for getting a copy bound.

• Use the University's Binding Service, which is provided by the Print Unit. See their web pages for details: recommended styles are either the Thesis binding style T2 (not T1, as this copy is not going to be deposited in the library), or, if you have laid out your title page carefully so that it will look good, the Standard binding with a clear front cover and a black heavy card back.
• Use a private binding service. In this case you can collect standard pattern covers for it from the Computer Science Reception, and the following places, amongst others, offer binding services:
• Copy Shop, Student Union
• KallKwik, 76 Division Street

Note that, whichever approach you use, you will need to arrange the binding well before the date when you require the bound dissertation, as some places may not be able to complete the binding process for a number of days.