Copyright and Reuse information

This repository houses theses produced by the three White Rose institutions. Each institution offers slightly different guidelines and advice. Please look at the relevant information for your home institution.

If you come across a thesis which you feel is in breach of copyright or other legislation, please contact us immediately. Please see our Takedown Policy.

Reusing repository content

White Rose eTheses Online does not hold the rights to the content it curates, therefore White Rose colleagues cannot grant requests to reuse this content.

Original thesis content
Many items in this repository have a Creative Commons (CC) licence, chosen by the author. This licence defines the terms of reuse for original content within that item. Where a CC licence has been applied, the thesis record links to details of what reuse is permitted under that specific licence. Please look at this to check that your reuse of the content is permitted under the licence applied. If not, you need to seek permission from the copyright owner (usually the author). Where no CC licence is given, the thesis should be considered as under author copyright with 'All rights reserved', and you would need the author's permission to reuse that content.

Third-party owned content
Items held in White Rose eTheses Online may contain content owned by third parties who have given permission for it to be used in that specific case e.g. images or data tables taken from elsewhere. This content remains the property of its respective owner(s) and may be licensed under its own terms, with a copyright statement to this effect.
In some cases this content may be incorporated under the terms of fair dealing for the purposes of quotation and is accompanied by sufficient acknowledgement. To reuse this content you would need to obtain permission from the specified rights holder.

White Rose eTheses Online bears no responsibility for any infringements of third-party copyright.

More information
More information can be found on the institution websites: