ABSTRACT
It is customary to acknowledge any assistance or support that has been given during the research. There is no set pattern for acknowledging help and assistance in the work. In general, however, Acknowledgements should be brief with an avoidance of flowery language, giving recognition without sentimentality. Acknowledgement of the contributions and assistance of individuals by name should only be made when such assistance has been of a specific kind, which should be briefly indicated. Acknowledgements are contained within the normal side margins of the page, but the top and bottom margins may be adjusted depending on the length of the statement, providing those normal margins are not exceeded. The Acknowledgements page normally follows the Author declarations or, when the Author declarations are not required to be bound into the dissertation, the List of appendices.
