Solent

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\documentclass[12pt]{report}

% language & text
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

% spacing & margins
\setlength{\parskip}{1em}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{a4paper, left=0.9in, right=0.9in, top=0.9in, bottom=0.9in}

% images
\usepackage[]{graphicx}
\usepackage[]{capt-of}
\graphicspath{{./images/}}

% bibliography
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=solent-harvard, giveninits=true, maxnames=3, minnames=1, uniquename=false]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{refs.bib} % change this to your `.bib` file

% code - disabled by default
%\usepackage{minted}
%\NewDocumentCommand{\codeword}{v}{%
%\texttt{{#1}}%
%}

\usepackage{hyperref} % dynamic links
\usepackage{float} % floating tables

% set pdf metadata
\hypersetup{
  pdftitle={Title},
  pdfauthor={Author},
  pdfsubject={Dissertation Subject},
  pdfkeywords={foo, bar, etc}
}

% glossary
\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}
\usepackage[automake]{glossaries-extra}
\makeglossaries%
% add glossary entries here

\newglossaryentry{example}{
  name={Example},
  description={Definition of Example}
}

\newacronym{ab1}{AB1}{Abbreviation 1}

% sectioning
\makeatletter
\newcommand\frontmatter{\cleardoublepage\pagenumbering{roman}}
\newcommand\mainmatter{\cleardoublepage\pagenumbering{arabic}}
\newcommand\backmatter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\pagenumbering{arabic}\else\clearpage\fi}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\raggedright%
\frontmatter

% title page
\begin{titlepage}
  \centering
  \vspace*{2in}
  {\LARGE \textbf{Title}} \\
  \vspace{0.3in}
  {\large by} \\
  \vspace{0.3in}
  {\large Author} \\
  \vspace{0.3in}
  \vfill
  {\large Submitted to the Department of [Department Name]} \\
  \vspace{0.2in}
  {\large [University Name]} \\
  \vspace{0.2in}
  {\large \today} \\
\end{titlepage}

% other frontmatter - remove as required
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\listoftables
% enable if using minted code
% \listoflistings
\printglossary[title={List of Definitions}, type=main]
\printglossary[title={List of Abbreviations}, type=acronym]


% redefine chapter headings
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\normalfont\bfseries\Huge}{}{0pt}{\thechapter\quad}
\mainmatter%

\chapter{Introduction}

This is an example citation \cite{smith2023example}.

\chapter{Literature Survey}

\chapter{Methodology}

\chapter{Conclusions}

\backmatter%

% uncomment to include uncited sources
% \nocite{*}
\printbibliography[heading=bibnumbered,title={References}]

\appendix
\renewcommand{\thepage}{\Alph{chapter}\arabic{page}}

\chapter{Appendix}\setcounter{page}{1}

\end{document}