At National College of Ireland, the Library's Thesis & Final Year Project Submission Guide is the starting point: general submission information on one page, and the handbook for your course on a second tab. The guide asks you to "Please double check your course and cohort to ensure you access the correct guidelines." Here is what the guide covers, what it leaves to your course handbook, and where outside feedback fits, checked 23 October 2026.
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The submission page explains what a thesis or dissertation is at NCI, how to format and bind it if you want a hard copy, how your work ends up in NORMA, the college's repository, and who owns it. The course guidelines tab sorts handbooks by school: the School of Business and Social Sciences and the School of Computing, each with handbooks per programme and per year.
That second tab matters most. A taught master's in business, a psychology final year project and a computing research project each have their own handbook, with their own structure, schedule and marking rubric. The library guide points you to the right one; the content of your dissertation is set there and by your supervisor.
A fictional example of a commentYour conclusion says the measure works, but your interviews mainly show how staff experience it. Could you limit the conclusion to what your data can show?
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Try the free previewOn paper copies, the guide is clear: "It is no longer a requirement for hard copies of your dissertation to be submitted, an electronic copy submitted through Moodle is sufficient." Your electronic copy goes through Turnitin and is turned into a PDF for the repository by your school or programme coordinator.
One practical point is easy to miss: "If you have any security settings on your soft copy, please disable these before you upload it to Moodle." You also complete and sign a Submission of Thesis and Declaration form, which the guide links, and attach it to your work.
Once your school or supervisor has approved your thesis or dissertation, an electronic version is deposited in NORMA. The guide says NCI makes no claim of ownership but keeps a non-exclusive licence to copy the work for academic and archival purposes, including open access online. If your work contains something you need to protect, there is an exception: "If necessary to protect legitimate proprietary interests (such as patent rights), students may request to temporarily delay the public display of their dissertation or thesis."
NORMA is also where you can read past NCI theses, which helps you see how students on your programme structured theirs. Treat them as examples of what was submitted, and use your own handbook as the reference for what is expected.
For the School of Business, the course guidelines tab links a Thesis/Dissertation Checklist and introduces it with a warning worth keeping in mind: "This is not an exhaustive list but rather the minimum requirements for a Level 9 dissertation." Ticking every box tells you that the required parts are there. It does not tell you whether your argument holds, whether your conclusion answers your research question or whether your method chapter matches what you did.
Those questions need a reader. Your supervisor is the first one; the Library Academic Support Centre offers appointments for help with assignments and research. If your programme allows it, an outside evaluation can add a second view before you submit.
NCI has its own procedures on generative AI, including an AI Acknowledgement Supplement for assessments. Read them on our page on NCI and AI in your dissertation before you upload anything to an AI tool, Esmond included.
Esmond evaluates; it does not write. You upload your own draft and get comments in the margin plus a report that shows where your argument, method or use of sources is weaker, and why. It does not write or rewrite your text: it points to the weak spot and offers guidance on how to revise it. Where a comment includes an example, it illustrates a principle; the sentence you submit is one you write yourself.
National College of Ireland has no connection with Esmond and has not endorsed it. Esmond uses language models, so using it counts as AI use. Rules on AI vary by university, programme, module and assignment. Check your module or programme handbook before you upload, and if it is unclear, ask your supervisor or module coordinator and declare the use if your institution asks you to.
You upload your draft as a PDF. Most reviews are ready within minutes; a full dissertation takes a little longer. You get two things back: your own document with comments in the margin, and a separate feedback report that sets out what to tackle first. Every upload starts with a free preview, and the price depends on the length of your document and is shown before you pay. No subscription, no account.
Esmond evaluates your work and writes nothing for you. Each comment points to a passage, explains what a supervisor or examiner might question, and offers guidance on how to revise it. You decide what to change, and every sentence stays yours.
This page summarises published institutional guidance and links to the original sources. It is not legal advice and not a ruling on your assignment: what your programme, module or supervisor sets always comes first.
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On the course guidelines tab of the Library's Thesis & Final Year Project Submission Guide, sorted by school and programme. Check that you open the handbook for your own course and cohort.
According to the Library's submission guide, no: an electronic copy submitted through Moodle is sufficient. You can still have a hard copy bound if you want one, and the guide describes how.
No. National College of Ireland has no link with Esmond and has not endorsed it. Esmond is an AI tool, so check what your module allows on AI before you upload, and declare any use the way your module asks.
Official library guides, checked 23 October 2026. Quotations are word for word; the rest is our summary. Read the full text at the source.
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