July 12, 2017

Is it worth doing the three minute thesis?

This post is by Mary Woessner who is a PhD candidate studying clinical exercise science at Victoria University in Melbourne Australia. Her research is exploring if drinking beetroot juice can help improve exercise capacity and overall quality of life in patients with heart failure. Outside of her studies, Mary has an active interest in researchcontinue reading.

June 22, 2016

The importance of being interesting

One of the hardest parts of my job here at ANU is being responsible for ANU’s participation in the Three minute thesis competition. Just in case you have just joined PhD land, the 3MT is an international competition for PhD students with only a couple of simple rules. You have to tell a non-academic audiencecontinue reading.

June 7, 2010

Thoughts on the three minute thesis

This year RMIT is taking part in the three minute thesis competition – the first time it’s gone national. Running the competition had all sorts of unexpected benefits for us