3.2 Page numbers, figure and table numbers

Use Arabic numerals for page numbers. Insert them at the center of the footer, like in this document. The title page and the dissertation assignment are counted, but do not have page numbers at the bottom. So, you will start numbering from the Abstract, which will be page 4 or page 5 (depending on the length of the dissertation assignment). If your thesis has an appendix/ appendices, their page numbers should continue the numeration of the conclusion and the reference list.

Each figure and table should have a number, with numbers starting from the first figure in the thesis and ending with the last figure of the main part. The same is true for tables (tables should have their own numeration).

Figure 1 – Applicants’ Sources of Information

Figures/ tables in the appendix/ appendices should have their own numeration, with the letter indicating the appendix as the first element of the number:

Figure A.1 – Facebook Growth

3.3 Figures

A figure (chart, scheme, picture, etc.) should be inserted immediately after the paragraph in which you first refer to it or on the next page. Each figure should be mentioned in the text, e.g.:

As Figure A.1 indicates, Facebook use has increased dramatically.

Each figure should have a title. The title is placed in the same line as the figure number under the figure (center-aligned, separated from the number with a dash).

Figure 1 – Applicants’ Sources of Information

3.4 Tables

A table should be inserted immediately after the paragraph in which you first refer to it or on the next page. Each table should be mentioned in the text.

According to Table 1, the number of students has already tripled in comparison with last year and is expected to quadruple.

A table should stretch from the left margin to the right margin of the page.

Each table should have a title. The title is typed above the table in the same line as the number of the table, separated from the number with a dash (left-aligned, no indentation):

Table 1 – Number of Master’s Students

	September 2015	October 2015	February 2016	September 2016	October 2016 (prospects)
First year	4	7	8	13	20
Second year	-	-	-	7	7
Total	4	7	8	20	27

You may use smaller font size and spacing in tables. Please, try to fit a table on one page. If it is impossible, ask for guidance on how to split and continue a table on the next page.

3.5 In-text references and reference list

In-text references should be given in square brackets, with a source number and (if necessary) a page number. Please number sources consequentially, in the order you first refer to them in your thesis, beginning with the number 1. If you refer to the same source more than once, use the same number as in the first reference to this source. Do not use such expressions as “Op. cit.” or “ibid”, just put a number in square brackets. If you cite a particular page of a publication, please give the page number after the source number (separated by a comma), e.g. [3, p. 25]:

According to G. Woodward and R. Denton, “persuasion is the interactive process of preparing and presenting verbal or nonverbal messages to autonomous and often receptive individuals in order to alter or strengthen their attitudes, beliefs, and/or behaviors” [1, p. 6]. The concept of persuasion has been debated for two and a half thousand years, starting from Plato [2] and Aristotle [3].

If these are the first sources you refer to in your thesis, the reference list will start from them. Please use the same Arabic numerals as in the body text without dots after numbers. Each reference should start from a new line (indented).