Frequently asked

A study notebook built for your degree. Each subject has its own notebook with teaching pages that follow a full UK honours degree, space for lecture notes, concept pages and key studies, flashcards with spaced repetition, a list of things you are unsure about, assignment and dissertation planners, and a toolkit for your subject.

Yes. It is built for UK degrees in general, not one institution. The subject maps follow the QAA Subject Benchmark Statements that every UK university uses as a reference point, and you add your own modules, weeks and deadlines so the notebook matches your course.

No. Your university's learning platform is where teaching materials and submissions live. Degree Margins is your own notebook alongside it: what you understood, how ideas connect, and what to revise.

All of the notebook works for every subject today. Early access subjects are still getting their subject-specific tools and teaching pages, which appear in your notebook as they launch, at no extra cost.

They are written specifically for Degree Margins, using standard textbooks and research only as checklists and sources of facts, with original explanations and diagrams, and checked against current law and research. Each page lists the key studies or cases it discusses so you can follow them up. If you spot a mistake, tell us and we will correct it.

No. Degree Margins is a study guide to support your degree, not a replacement for your lectures, seminars, reading or university materials. Every effort is made to keep it accurate and up to date, but courses differ, and your university decides what you are taught and assessed on. Where anything here differs from your course, follow your course, and let us know.

The teaching pages are pitched at undergraduate level, from first year to final year. Many postgraduates use the notebook for organising reading and ideas. It is not designed around A level specifications.

You can import EPUB and PDF files that you own and that are not copy-protected. Each book is split into readable pages, becomes searchable, and links itself to your notes. Imported books stay private to your account and must not be shared.

On our servers, separated from every other account. Nobody else can see your notebooks. See the privacy notice for the details.

Yes, at any time, even after a trial ends. Every notebook exports as Markdown (readable in any text editor, Obsidian or Notion) and JSON (a complete copy of the data).

Pages you have opened recently stay readable without a connection, and the app can be installed on your phone or computer like a normal app. Quick captures made offline are kept on your device and saved to your notebook when you reconnect; other changes need a connection.

No. One account works for every subject, and each subject keeps its own separate notebook. The Every subject plan covers them all.

Two focused features. Deeper analysis breaks down an assignment question: what the wording commits you to, the ideas and explanations to weigh, the traps, and what your submission needs, without writing any of it. Ask the tutor gives short hints on the questions you have marked as unclear, nudging you towards the answer rather than giving it. There is no general chat, and nothing writes assessed work for you. AI output can be wrong, so check it against your module materials, and follow your university's rules on AI tools.

Each subject uses the style most common in that subject, such as APA 7 for psychology, OSCOLA for law and Harvard for business. Reference lists in your notebook are formatted in your subject's style.

Free starter LaTeX projects for essays, lab reports, literature reviews, reflective accounts, case studies, proposals and dissertations. Download one from the templates page and open it in ProtocolDock Write, the online LaTeX editor from ProtocolDock, or any other LaTeX editor.

No. It helps you understand the material, plan and organise your work, and check your understanding. Your university's rules on academic integrity apply to everything you submit.

The first time you open a subject you get 14 days of everything in that subject. No card is needed, and nothing is charged when it ends. Each subject has its own trial.

Your notes are kept. You can still sign in and export everything. Choose a plan to carry on where you left off.

See the pricing page. There is a plan for one subject and a plan for every subject, each paid monthly or yearly.

Degree Margins is provided by ProtocolDock, which takes payment securely through Stripe. Your card details go to Stripe and never reach us. Your bank statement will usually show ProtocolDock.

From your account page, choose "Manage billing". Cancelling stops the next renewal, and you keep access until the end of the period you have paid for.

Yes, within 14 days of first subscribing you can cancel for a full refund of that first payment. After that, payments for periods that have started are not normally refunded unless the service was faulty. The terms explain this in full.

Yes. Open a lecture page and choose Share to create a link. Anyone with the link can read a copy, and friends with an account can save their own editable copy. Friends who sign up through the link get a longer trial and count as people you invited. Images and attached files are not shared, and you can stop sharing at any time.

Yes. Your account page has your own invite link, a code and a QR code, and you can email an invitation from there. Friends who join through them get a longer first trial, and when a friend qualifies (normally when they first subscribe) you get a free month, up to a limit shown on the page. If you pay by card, your next payment is simply moved back.

Yes. Get in touch at hello@degreemargins.com about licences for a group, with onboarding.

Use "Forgotten your password?" on the sign-in page and we will email you a reset link. If you signed up with a username rather than an email address, contact us and we will help.

Each notebook is kept separate from every other account, all connections use HTTPS, passwords are stored as one-way hashes, and notebooks are backed up automatically. You can download a full copy of your data whenever you like.

Only one essential cookie that keeps you signed in. No advertising, analytics or tracking cookies. See cookies and local storage.

Email hello@degreemargins.com from the address on your account. We delete it from the live service within 30 days, and backups are overwritten shortly after. Export anything you want to keep first.

Yes. It works in any modern browser on phones, tablets and computers, and can be added to your home screen like an app.

We aim to meet WCAG 2.2 AA, with a highly legible typeface, dark mode and text descriptions of diagrams. See the accessibility statement, and tell us if anything is hard to use.