University of York 3MT 2016
University of York 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) returned in 2016.
Ten research students had just three minutes each to communicate the impact of their research to an audience made up of school pupils, teachers, members of the general public and industry.
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- Research Excellence Training Team
Results from other years:
Results
1st prize: Kuntal Singh (Biology), "Feeding the World with a Good Grain"
2nd prize: Jamie Cawthra (Philosophy), "What are the limits of storytelling?"
3rd prize: Laura Oxley (Education), "Why is behaviour management in schools not working for everyone?"
School’s Choice: Jamie Cawthra (Philosophy), "What are the limits of storytelling?"
The 3MT 2016 winners: Jaime Cawthra, Kuntal Singh and Laura Oxley.
"Our speakers had put themselves in the shoes of a lay person and thought carefully about how to convey the excitement and challenge of their research through storytelling, humour, audience engagement and drama."
Professor John Robinson
PVC for Teaching, Learning and Students
Watch the presentations
Kiev Ariza
York Management School
"Higher education incorporated: Neoliberalism, for-profit universities and the public intellectual"
Edgar Buchanan Berumen
Department of Electronics
"Can robots be as efficient as ants?"
Veronica Garcia Castro
Department of Education
"Individual differences and second language learning"
Jamie Cawthra
Department of Philosophy
"What are the limits of storytelling?"
Reginald Frection
York Law School
"Effective remedies - making wrongs right"
Hasmik Gasparyan
Department of Theatre, Film and Television
"Listen to the silence"
Natalie Kopytko
Environment Department
"Building climate-resilience: Ukraine's agri-food sector can win-win-win"
Laura Louise Nicklin
Department of Education
"Make not your thoughts your prisons: using Shakespeare-based education for criminal rehabilitation"
Laura Oxley
Department of Education
"Why is behaviour management in schools not working for everyone?"
Kuntal Singh
Department of Biology
"Feeding the world with a good grain"
Related links
- Research Excellence Training Team
Results from other years: