The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia for research students. Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) celebrates the exciting research conducted by PhD students. The exercise cultivates students' academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.

This session will provide an overview of the requirements of the Northumbria competition and how you can apply to take part.

Aims and Objectives:

• Developing research communication skills

• Developing public engagement awareness

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition will take place as a live online event on 21st June 2021.  Deadline for entries is 11th June 2021.

This session will be held via Microsoft Teams.