Anglia Ruskin Research Online
Thesis Deposit Agreement
Please complete in block capitals:
Surname:
Forename:
Faculty:
Title of Thesis:
Personal e-mail:
Present mailing address:
Future mailing address:
List up to five additional descriptive keywords or short phrases not in your thesis title to help
subject access
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* I confirm that my research was / was not sponsored
If your research was sponsored, please give details of the sponsor (s)
* please delete as necessary
Deposit Agreement
This agreement is not designed to be a replacement for standard publication, or self-archiving via
other means. It is subject to Anglia Ruskin University’s Research Degrees Regulations regarding
copyright of theses.
1. Depositor Declaration
1.1
I agree to have my thesis deposited in Anglia Ruskin Research Online (ARRO) for the
purpose of online worldwide distribution via the repository. Unless otherwise specified in
the Research Degrees Regulations, I am the owner of copyright for the whole work, or am
duly authorised by the owner/s to grant all rights given in this Agreement on their behalf.
1.2
I grant Anglia Ruskin University a non exclusive licence to archive the work in its repository
and make it available on open access worldwide for non-commercial educational purposes,
for an indefinite period and as otherwise permitted in UK law, under the Copyright, Designs
and Patents Act 1988.
1.3
The work is original and does not, to the best of my knowledge, infringe the intellectual
property rights of a third party or contain material of a defamatory or libellous nature.
1.4
For any period of time that I own the copyright of the work, I agree to grant a Creative
Commons licence to allow use of the work without specific permission or a royalty
payment.
1.5
For any copyright material contained in my thesis, I confirm that I have gained permission
from the copyright holder.
1.6
* EITHER:
This thesis does not contain commercially sensitive or confidential material.
* OR:
This thesis contains commercially sensitive or confidential material and is
embargoed until ………… (suggested embargo period of two years).
* Please delete / complete as necessary
1.7
For sponsored research: I confirm that I have obtained permission from the sponsor to
make my thesis publicly available.
1.8
I agree that my thesis can be harvested from ARRO by the British Library for inclusion in
their British universities theses database, EThOS (Electronic Theses Online Service).
1.9
I agree that for the purposes of preservation, file format migration may be carried out. I
agree that Anglia Ruskin University is not responsible for maintaining the content of the
work and is not obliged to take legal action on behalf of the author/s in the event of any
breach of intellectual property rights, or any other right.
1.10
I understand that Anglia Ruskin University retains the right to remove content from the
repository without notice, pending further investigation, if there is a complaint from a third
party, or it becomes evident that all appropriate permissions have not been secured, or is
found to contain defamatory or libellous material.
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ARRO Declaration
2.1
Anglia Ruskin University does not claim ongoing ownership to the copyright of your work
and, subject to the Research Degrees Regulations, you retain the right to use all or part of
the work in future works, or to archive the work in other repositories without prejudice to
this agreement and where so permitted by any other agreements in relation to this work.
2.2
Anglia Ruskin University shall retain ownership of copyright in any additional
documentation or data created to assist users of the repository.
2.3
Anglia Ruskin University may create and display a metadata record for the work in
perpetuity and may incorporate this into public catalogues and documentation.
2.4
Although every care will be taken to preserve your work, Anglia Ruskin University shall not
be liable in case of loss or damage to the Work, while it is stored in the repository.
Depositor Signature: ……………………………………………………………………………………….
Date:
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Amended 08.04.11