Congratulations to Kudakwashe Tuwe (PhD candidate) and Samuel Paterson (Master of Sport and Exercise student), winners of the doctoral and Masters 3MT competitions!
Tuwe and Samuel were among the eleven students who aced the 3MT pre-heats to go through to the finals, held on Friday 21 August during the Postgraduate Research Symposium. The competition was chaired by Dr Andy Godfrey, alongside judges Dr Pedro Silva, Associate Professor Erica Hinckson, and 2014 3MT winner Stephanie-Anne Croft.
Tuwe (right) is enrolled in the Faculty of Culture and Society and supervised by Associate Professor Camille Nakhid, Dr Carol Neill and Professor Ian Shirley. He gave a compelling presentation on the employment experiences of African communities in New Zealand. Tuwe impressed the judges with his magnetic stage presence, and the innovativeness of his storytelling methodology. Tuwe will represent AUT at the Trans-Tasman 3MT Doctoral Competition on 2 October at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
Samuel (left) is enrolled in his Masters within the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences under the supervision of Dr Travis McMaster and Professor John Cronin. He presented on the reliability and discriminative ability of badminton specific change of direction testing. The judges praised his ability to communicate complex scientific content in a clear and easily understandable way. Samuel will compete for AUT at the Masters 3MT Inter-University Challenge at the University of Auckland on 10 September.
Well done also to the runners up for competitions. Caroline Stretton came second in the doctoral competition for her talk “Finding the powerful why – walking for wellbeing after stroke.” Toiroa Williams was the runner-up in the Masters competition (and also won the overall People’s Choice award) for his presentation “Ōpōtiki su-PEER-heroes.”
Thank you to the other 3MT finalists who also gave excellent talks on the day: Masters students Khine Thida, Amy Tielu and Blair Speakman, and doctoral candidates Thushini Jayawardena, Christine Clark, Shabnam Jalili-Moghaddam, and Lydia Harrell.
The winners received a $250 research award and a Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet, and the runners up received a $250 research award and $400 worth of Printsprint vouchers. Thanks to our sponsors who made the prizes possible: AUT ICT, Cyclone Computers, Printsprint and AUT Sport and Fitness Centres.
Well done everyone, and good luck Tuwe & Samuel as you compete against the winners from other universities!
Congratulations to Kudakwashe Tuwe and Samuel Paterson for senting high standards. Kudakwashe, you are lifting the country’s flag up high, keep up the good work.
Congratulations Tuwe! You are always inspiring. Your hardwork has surely paid off. Thank you for putting our “Ngano” on the map. Good job. All the best all the way through.
Contratulations Tuwe, Samuel, Caroline and Khine Thida! Tuwe all the best for the Trans-Tasman 3MT Doctoral Competition on 2 October!!