July 2, 2015, by Lisa Chin
UNMC’s 2015 Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®)
By Dr Jiin Woei Lee, Research Training Development Manager
Fancy hearing an 80,000 word thesis explained in less than 180 seconds?
Research students from across the globe are doing just that in preparation for the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®).
Established by the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2008, 3MT is now held in universities around the globe.
3MT contestants must condense their research into a brief, engaging presentation for a non-specialist audience, using a single static presentation slide. The aim is to help research students develop their academic, presentation, and research communication skills.
UNMC will hold its 3MT competition as part of the Graduate School Welcome Event, during late September 2015. 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 winner of the Malaysia Campus will progress to the video round to compete against the other Nottingham campuses. The overall winner will represent the entire University of Nottingham at the U21 final, also via video, which will be judged by an international panel of industry and academic professionals. The winner of the entire 3MT competition will receive a bursary of US$2,500 to visit a U21 university of their choice to benefit their research or on-going career development.
A compulsory preparatory event and training session for those who are interested in entering the competition will be held on Tuesday, 1st September 2015. Several peer review feedback sessions will then be held within two weeks leading to the date of the competition. 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.
In the meantime if you’d like to gain a greater understanding of the 3MT competition, please visit the Three Minute Thesis website: http://threeminutethesis.org/. To view examples of winning presentations from other universities that host the competition, please visit 3MT Showcase: http://threeminutethesis.org/3mt-showcase.
More information comprising dates and times will be confirmed nearer to the time of the competition.
To register your interest, please click on the following link: http://moodle.nottingham.ac.uk/mod/tutorialbooking/tutorialbooking_sessions.php?tutorialid=7231&courseid=11606.
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