The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.
Competitors must explain their research and convince the judges and audience of its significance in no more than three minutes for a chance to win the $4,000 first place prize, $2,000 for the runner up, and $1,000 people’s choice prize. The winner of the UC Final will progress to the Asia-Pacific semi-final.
Four of this year’s finalists came into the studio to chat about their experience competing the challenge and just how much work goes into turning an 80,000-word thesis into a 3-minute presentation!
Interview with Milad and Jess
Milad Esmaeilbeigi is a PhD student and researcher at the Faculty of Science and Technology. His pitch is titled Metal pollution: a silver lining for amphibians to survive against the deadly fungus?
Jess Seymour is a clinical Exercise Physiologist and PhD candidate at the Health Research Institute. Her pitch is titled Five minutes could save your life.
Interview with Jack and Monty
Jack is a PhD candidate and Sports Physiotherapist. His pitch is titled Hero’s heel? Rethinking our approach to the Achilles heel of recreational runners.
Monty is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education whose research explores how Indigenous methods of teaching and learning (such as Country as Teacher) can be embedded in modern education to enhance people’s ability to know, understand, and care for the places they live in. His pitch it titled Learning from Country: a path to ecological balance.
The final for UC’s Three Minute Thesis competition will be held on Thursday September 12 at the Ann Harding Conference Centre at UC’s Bruce campus from 5:30pm until 8:30pm. Click on the link below to register to attend.