An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present<\/p>\n
Your\u00a0time limit\u20263 minutes<\/p>\n
Three Minute Thesis (3MT\u00ae) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. Run in the UK by Vitae, 3MT\u00ae challenges doctoral candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes.<\/p>\n
We held our first 3MT\u00ae competition last year, with our winner Simon Dickinson going on to represent Exeter in the National Semi-final. Here’s why Simon thinks you should enter\u00a03MT\u00ae:<\/p>\n
I found the 3MT<\/em>\u00ae<\/em> competition an incredibly\u00a0valuable experience – not only in further developing my public speaking skills, but in giving me space to think about actually what I’m trying to achieve. It’s always difficult during the PhD period to take the time to return to articulating your core intentions, but in designing my 3MT presentation I was given space to do this in a way\u00a0that also developed my communication and engagement skills\u2026.Most of all, however, it’s good fun – and if you treat it as such then I think your presentation (and research)\u00a0comes across in a much more powerful way!<\/em><\/p>\n You can watch Simon’s fantastic 3MT\u00ae here for inspiration!<\/p>\n