Three Minute Thesis winners
Posted on 17 June 2015
Jess and Jenny joined eight other research students who were given just three minutes to communicate the impact of their research to an audience made up of school pupils, teachers, members of the public and industry.
Communicating to different audiences is important as it helps students to demonstrate the contribution that research makes to wider society and the economy. The competition was aimed at developing participants' ability to explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.
Jess Morgan came second in the competition with a talk entitled: 'When can I go home?'.
Jess said: "I'm really passionate about children and young people understanding about their health and participating in how they are cared for. My research involves listening to young people and their families and so it makes perfect sense that I should also work on how I communicate that research to them and the people who fund it."
She went on to say: "The Three Minute Thesis competition was a particular challenge because of the timing issue - it's really tough to condense three years of your life and a huge amount of academic fervour into just 180 seconds."
Jenny Fell spoke about 'Mending a broken heart'. Jenny said: "It was a great experience learning to translate research for the lay person and engage a non-academic audience."
Congratulations to both Jess and Jenny who won £150 and £75 worth of Amazon vouchers resepctively.