An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present.
Your time limit… 3 minutes.
Call for applications: deadline extended! 12.00 (midday) Wednesday 01 May 2019 Monday 13 May, 10am
When you’re asked to summarise your thesis at your viva, what will you do? Freeze? Burble away? Refer the examiners to the document in front of them? Or think back to the time you participated in 3MT and feel a surge of confidence because you know you’ve got this?
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) offers a unique opportunity to develop skills vital for today’s researcher. The challenge of explaining your thesis to a non-specialist audience in less than three minutes, using only one slide, helps you to identify the essence of your research and highlight why it matters. It’s all too easy to lose sight of this when you’re steeped in the details of your work.
The competition at Brighton is undoubtedly one of the highlights of our annual Festival of Postgraduate Research. In the last couple of years, students from a range of schools have skillfully explained their research and created some nail-biting moments as the clock ticks down.
Interested in participating this year? Sign up for our 3MT workshop (optional) on Thursday 28 March and complete our short 3MT registration form.
The event at Brighton will be held on 22 May, Moulsecoomb. We’ll be awarding £400 to the judges’ prize winner and £200 to the runner up, while £250 goes to the speaker winning the most audience votes.
But it doesn’t end there. Our local event is part of a bigger national competition hosted by Vitae. Brighton’s winner will go on to participate in the UK online semi-final. If they go through to the final, they’ll be competing for a prize of £3K.
Register online by 10am on Monday 13 May 2019 by clicking the button below.
For a range of tips, guidance and to view 3MT videos, check out our resource pack:
And be sure to familiarise yourself with the competition rules, judging criteria and eligibility criteria.
The UK final takes place on Monday 16 September 2019 in Birmingham. Doctoral candidates who have not yet had their viva at the time of our local competition on Wednesday 22 May will be eligible to participate.
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