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Cover sheet left off dissertation submission

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Unidilemma · 21/03/2026 09:52

My DC submitted his undergrad dissertation yesterday evening after a lot of stress and anxiety around it. He gets DSA so had a week extension which runs to next Weds as he had a bit of a meltdown around it a couple of weeks ago and knew he wouldn’t finish on time.
About 30 mins after he submitted it electronically he realised he’d not done the cover page - as far as I’m aware this also contains formatting that he should’ve submitted it in but I’m not sure.
He said he’ll email the admin lady who is aware of his needs on Monday and also his supervisor- but I’m saying do it this morning and maybe send the dissertation again in the right format and explain what’s happened. Is this the right course of action - I took advice from AI as obviously no access to his uni’s portal.
I know unis have v strict policies around submission and he can’t let his hard work go to waste. I’m prob more stressed about it than him, weirdly, but I don’t want to stress him out.

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ParmaVioletTea · 22/03/2026 06:48

Please don't worry about this. If he's still within his deadline, he can upload again.

If he's passed his deadline, then if I were his tutor, I'd not be bothered if he emailed his cover sheet straight to me. The only thing I'd need to sort would be to match cover sheet to dissertation, as we require all written assignments to be submitted anonymously.

Please reassure your DS @Unidilemma that it is OK. And congratulate him on getting his dissertation in. It's a big thing - their final bit of degree work, and their first really independent bit of research.

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