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Lay Summary in Theses: Document Control

This document provides guidance on including a lay summary in postgraduate research theses. It explains that a lay summary is intended to facilitate knowledge exchange and public engagement by describing the thesis in simple, non-technical terms for a non-expert audience. The lay summary should be included at the beginning of each copy of the thesis submitted and in the final bound version. Students are advised to use the University's lay summary form and can seek advice from their supervisor or academic development services on writing the summary.

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Lay Summary in Theses: Document Control

This document provides guidance on including a lay summary in postgraduate research theses. It explains that a lay summary is intended to facilitate knowledge exchange and public engagement by describing the thesis in simple, non-technical terms for a non-expert audience. The lay summary should be included at the beginning of each copy of the thesis submitted and in the final bound version. Students are advised to use the University's lay summary form and can seek advice from their supervisor or academic development services on writing the summary.

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Lay Summary in Theses

Purpose of Guidance
To provide guidance on the Postgraduate Degree and Assessment Regulations that require the inclusion of
a lay summary in the thesis.

Scope: Guidance is not Mandatory


Postgraduate research students, supervisors of postgraduate research students and academic and support
staff involved in postgraduate research thesis submission.

Contact Officer Susan Hunter Academic Policy Officer Susan.hunter5@ed.ac.uk

Document control
Amendments:
Approved: Starts: Equality impact assessment: 11.12.14 Next Review:
Dates
Aug 2012 01.08.12 N/A 5.05.16 2021/22
25.07.19

Approving authority Researcher Experience Committee


Consultation undertaken Covered by annual academic regulations review
Section responsible for guidance Academic Policy Officer with responsibility for PGR in Academic
maintenance & review Services
Postgraduate Degree Regulations: www.drps.ed.ac.uk/
Postgraduate Assessment Regulations for Research Degrees:
Related policies, procedures, www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/academic-
guidelines & regulations services/staff/assessment/assessment-regulations
Standards for the Format and Binding of a Thesis:
www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/thesisbinding.pdf
UK Quality Code UK Quality Code: Research Degrees
Guidance superseded by this
Previous versions of this guidance
guidance
If you require this document in an alternative format please email
Alternative format
Academic.Services@ed.ac.uk or telephone 0131 650 2138.
Keywords Lay summary, thesis submission, final thesis submission
Lay Summary in Theses
A lay summary is intended to facilitate knowledge exchange, public engagement and outreach. It
should be written in simple, non-technical terms that are easily understandable by a lay audience,
who may be non-professional, non-scientific and outside the research area.

Abstracts, particularly in science, engineering, medicine and veterinary medicine, may be highly
technical or contain scientific language that is not easily understandable to readers outside the
research area. Therefore, the lay summary is supplementary to the abstract.

The lay summary should be incorporated at the beginning of each copy of the thesis submitted for
assessment, and must be included in the final bound version of the submitted thesis. Students
should use the University lay summary form. The lay summary is not included in the word-count.
Lay summaries should conform to the requirements of the Standards for the Format and Binding of
a Thesis.

Students may seek advice on the lay summary at any point from their Principal Supervisor.

Support and advice on training is available from the Institute for Academic Development.
www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/institute-academic-development.

Download the lay summary form:


https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/thesislaysummary.docx

31 July 2019

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