% Yue Li, July 2020
% This template is adapted from the previous template I wrote in 2017:
% University of Nottingham Thesis and Dissertation Template
% https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/university-of-nottingham-thesis-and-dissertation-template
% The current one includes more sample scripts in Chapter 4 Main Chapter, demonstrating the use of
% - Figures
% - Tables
% - Lists (for Research Questions and Hypotheses, etc.)
% - and PDF appendix in the Appendices chapter
% This one is specifically shaped for a PhD thesis submission.
% Please double check with your faculty's thesis submission guideline.
% LENGTH AND PRESENTATION OF PhD THESIS
% The PhD thesis is normally about 80,000 words in length with an upper word-limit of 100,000 words. The Quality Manual states that ‘The thesis should not be more than 100,000 words in the case of PhD (inclusive of appendices, footnotes, tables, and bibliography); the University may withhold from examination a thesis that exceeds these word limits.'
% Your thesis/dissertation must be presented on A4 paper, single-sided, with 12 font typescript, with double spacing, and good quality printing to allow for reproduction. There should be a margin of at least 1.5 inches, preferably 2 inches (5cm), on the left side of the page, both for typescript and diagrams, to allow for binding. Other margins should be of at least 1 inch (2.5 cm).
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{report}
\usepackage[left=1.8in,right=1.2in,top=1in,bottom=1.2in]{geometry}
\include{thesis.preamble}
\setlength{\parskip}{1em}
% define all abbreviations used in the thesis
\newacronym{vr}{VR}{Virtual Reality}
\newacronym{ar}{AR}{Augmented Reality}
\newacronym{hvar}{HVAR}{Hybrid Virtual and Augmented Reality}
\makenoidxglossaries
% define research questions so that the phrasing of words are consistent.
\newcommand{\rqone}{First research question?}
\newcommand{\rqtwo}{Second research question?}
\newcommand{\rqthree}{Third research question?}
\begin{document}
\title{Thesis Title}
\author{Your Name}
\submitdate{July 2020}
\degree{Doctor of Philosophy}
\studentid{Your ID}
\supervisor{\\First Supervisor\\Second Supervisor\\Third Supervisor}
\normallinespacing
\maketitle
\preface
\input{0-abstract/abstract}
\input{0-acknowledgements/acknowledgements}
\frontpagestyle
\body
\mainpagestyle
\input{1-introduction/introduction}
\input{2-literaturereview/literaturereview}
\input{3-methodology/methodology}
\input{4-mainchapter/mainchapter}
\input{5-conclusion/conclusion}
\newpage
\frontpagestyle
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography}
\bibliographystyle{apalike}
\renewcommand\bibname{Bibliography}
\bibliography{bibliography/bibliography}
\input{appendices/appendix}
\end{document}