Excellent prizes up for grabs for AUT research higher degree (e.g Master of Philosophy and PhD) students. An opportunity for research higher degree students to develop their oral communication and presentation skills!
The 3MT is a research communication competition which 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. Click here for more information on the competition.
The competition requires you to:
- explain your research in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience
- present your research with the use of only one static power-point slide
- present without the use of electronic media or props
- present within a 3 minute time limit
Applicants must be available to attend a pre-heats round on the 13th June, 2014. Finalists from the pre-heats will go forward to compete in the 3MT finals on Fri 22 August, 2.30pm at the Postgraduate Symposium. The winner of the 3MT competition will also go on to represent AUT at the 2014 Trans-Tasman competition held at the University of Western Australia on 3 November, 2014.
Prizes include:
- $1,500 Research Award
- Laptop/Notebook
- $800 worth of AUT Printsprint vouchers
- 1 year AUT Sport and Fitness Centre Multi-Access Gym Membership
For more information on how to apply for this competition, please contact Annette Tiaiti.
Closing date for applications is Friday 30 May, 2014 at 5pm.
This event is kindly sponsored by:
|AUT Enterprises Ltd| AUT ICT Service Support | AUT Sport and Fitness Centres | Cyclone Computers | Printsprint |
I won it last year and can’t emphasise enough how I recommend this to all students – and not just for the prize money…
First and foremost, I have found it very helpful to be able to summarise my research in 3 minutes, to be able to ‘sell’ my work, to interest people for it. I need it all the time when people ask me about what I do – whether it is just in informal conversation or at a conference. It is also a great practice to go up on a stage, talk freely, and present. You might not like speaking in front of strangers, but it’s not just a great skill to have but one that you will need at some stage: at conferences, if you teach, or to defend your thesis!
Last but not least, I highly enjoyed learning about other students research – in just 3 minutes! And as I could travel to Sydney to represent AUT there (it would be in Perth this year), I got to hear 43 other theses! Overall a great experience!
Absolutely agree with you Jule. The experience to do something like this is helpful for exposing yourself to prepare for conference presentations etc.
I agree. I competed last year and even though I didn’t win, it was really valuable. It was challenging – for me at least – having to learn 3 minutes of speech off by heart, but a real buzz. And a good way to clarify my thinking about my thesis. My advice: Go for it!