Extract from IoE Regulations on Criteria for MPhil

8. Specific Requirements for MPhil Thesis

8.1 The scope of the thesis shall be what might reasonably be expected after two years of full-time study or the part-time equivalent and, in addition to meeting the requirements given in 6.2 to 6.12 shall

8.1.1 be either a record of original work or of an ordered and critical exposition of existing knowledge and shall provide evidence that the field has been surveyed thoroughly;

8.1.2 give a critical assessment of the relevant literature, describe the method of research and its findings and include a discussion on those findings; and

8.1.3 not exceed 60,000 words, excluding the bibliography and appendices and including footnotes endnotes, glossary, maps, tables, diagrams and references. [Appendices should only include material which examiners are not required to read in order to examine the thesis, but to which they may refer if they wish.]