The series editor is Keith van Rijsbergen. A call for submissions is issued around October each year with the deadline being around the start of April.
Publication also serves to provide a model for future students.
BCS and CUP together sponsor awards and an award ceremony for the chosen dissertations. The selection panel on behalf of CPHC consists of nine experienced computer scientists, not more than one from any institution, each normally serving for three years. Any dissertation is eligible which is submitted for a doctorate in the British Isles, in what is commonly understood as Computer Science. An indication should be given if the dissertation is being considered for publication elsewhere.