July 18, 2014, by Deepa Kumari Veerasingam
RTAD: June’s Highlights
First and foremost, we would like to once again highlight the UNMC 2014 Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®). 3MT contestants must condense their research into a brief, engaging presentation for a non-specialist audience, using a single presentation slide. The aim is to help research students develop theirs academic presentation and research communication skills.
To allow the selection process of the ultimate winner between the three Nottingham campuses to take place late September 2014, UNMC will now hold its 3MT® competition during the first week of September 2014. Active PhD students who have successfully passed their first year confirmation review milestone (including thesis under submission) are eligible to participate. Graduates are not eligible, sadly.
The University of Nottingham winner will have the opportunity to go forward and participate in the prestigious Universitas 21 3MT® competition taking place in October 2014 (which has a significant travel prize).
A preparatory event and training session to help participants develop their 3MT presentation will be held onWednesday 13 August 2014. Several peer review feedback sessions will be organised within two weeks leading up to the main event. During these peer review feedback sessions, participants will have the opportunity to practice their 3 minute presentation and be given feedback on elements they can improve on. Below comprise the dates of key events leading up to the 3 Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®):
- 8 August 2014 (Friday) – Dateline for participants to register their interest
- 13 August 2014 (Wednesday) – Workshop for participants
- 5 September 2014 (Friday) – 3MT® Grand Event
- 8 September 2014 (Monday) – Final training for eventual winner
- 12 September 2014 (Friday) – Recording of UNMC 3MT® winner
More information comprising times and prize winnings will be confirmed late July 2014.
In the meantime, if you’d like to gain a greater understanding of the 3MT competition, please visit the Three Minute Thesis website: http://www.threeminutethesis.org. To view examples of winning presentations from other universities that host the competition, please visit 3MT Showcase: http://threeminutethesis.org/3mt-showcase
To register your interest, please click on the following link:
http://moodle.nottingham.ac.uk/mod/tutorialbooking/view.php?id=950532
Here are the recaps and highlights of the month of June.
Coffee-and-Cake Session
The monthly informal Coffee-and-Cake Session was held on Friday, 27 June 2014. The session was attended by around 20 postgraduate students and members of Research Training and Academic Development (RTAD). It also featured a talk on the newly established Sustainability Research Network (SRN) @ UNMC. The talk, which marked the very first public dialogue and discussion of SRN in UNMC, aimed to reach out to like-minded postgraduate students and early career researchers working on, or with an interest in sustainability. It provided a unique opportunity to network and discuss key issues within the sustainability research and projects.
Psychology Test – “What Happens Next?”
The members of RTAD were invited to participate in a psychology test – “What Happens Next?” by Phui Cheng Lim, a third year PhD student from the School of Psychology. The test was done on Thursday, 12 June 2014. It assessed a crucial aspect of effective driving, hazard perception and essentially, the ability to identify dangerous behaviours on other road users.
Phui Cheng (2nd from left) and the members of RTAD
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