Hi Lughna,
No CV required at my uni either, but one of the pages they suggested including at the beginning of the thesis was a 'The Author' page, which had a brief description of my academic career. It read something like:
"The Author completed a BSc in XXX at XXX University in 2000. This was followed by an MSc in XXX at XXXX University, completed in 2005. The Author then began a PhD at XXX University under the supervision of Dr XXXX and Prof XXXXX."
I didn't mention my published paper on this page, I mentioned this at the end of the relevant chapter in my thesis like this:
"A version of this chapter was published in the Journal of XXXX:" followed by the reference. I didn't mention publications from before I started my PhD.
However, none of this was compulsory, just suggested.
HTH.
Smoobles