Thesis Formatting

Thesis Template [dtd Mar 2024]. Important! Download and save to make changes. 

This template is for UWI M.Phil and Ph.D students. It is in APA 7th reference and formating style.

Check with your Department/ Faculty to confirm the formating and referencing style that you are required to use.

Please contact Dr Shamin Renwick (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for clarification on using the this template. 

Thesis Formatting Tips for Microsoft Word

Useful Links

UWI STA SoE Library Orientation Presentation 2022

UWI Thesis Guide

Manuscipt-Based Theses Guidelines

APA 7th Ed LibGuide

POSTGRADUATE MANUAL For SOE Students MPhil and PhD Programmes

SGSR Documents Library 

Using Turnitin on myeLearning 

Plagiarism policy at the end of the document entitled "Regulations for Graduate Diplomas and Degrees 2018 (rev. 2019)  at the end of the document entitled "Regulations for Graduate Diplomas and Degrees 2018 (rev. 2019) 

Thesis Checking

The Library's scrutiny of theses is intended to ensure that students comply with the requirements of the University's Thesis Guide (2015 ed.) in relation to format, arrangement, abstract, references, etc. The Library certifies a thesis as acceptable when it is satisfied that the thesis complies with the requirements formatting and referencing guidelines of the UWI Thesis Guide and the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, APA style manual.  

The formatting guidelines in the UWI Thesis Guide overrides those of the APA style format, but referencing guidelines must conform to APA. See the SoE Librarians’ APA 7th LibGuide and handouts. 

• APA Style by the American Psychological Association is the referencing style which the UWI thesis guide (p. 22) states should be used by students in the School of Education (SoE), Faculty of Humanities and Education, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. 

• All new students (2020-2021 onwards) are to use APA 7th. 
• Current graduate students who are submitting theses this year (2021-2022) may continue in APA 6th (unless the student wishes to do so in APA 7th). By 2022-2023 - only APA 7th should be used.  

For additional information and guidance throughout the process, please contact the SoE Librarian, Dr Shamin Renwick. 

When a student's thesis/dissertation has been approved by The University, you are to submit copies at the Alma Jordon Library Bindery at a cost. [During COVID-19 campus closure, only e-copies are being submitted].

You can now book online meetings with the Librarian