Postgraduates

UWS Research Students

If you are a postgraduate research student at UWS, we have a range of PGR-specific opportunities to take part in the 2020 Learning, Teaching and Research Conference at Paisley campus on June 24 and 25, 2020.

Full-time, part-time and distance students are all welcome to take part.  As in previous years, we will be joined by fellow UWS doctoral students studying at the University of Hamburg.

See below for more information about the postgraduate elements of the conference: Three Minute Thesis, posters and lay summaries.

Please be aware that you will NOT be eligible for postgraduate prizes for any presentations, workshops or posters selected for the peer reviewed conference.  Only submissions via the postgraduate form, opening soon, will be eligible for postgraduate prizes.

You can find out more about the peer reviewed conference on this page.  Please note: you cannot submit the same proposal for both the peer reviewed and postgraduate elements of the conference.  

Three Minute Thesis (3MT)

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition developed by the University of Queensland, Australia. Its success has led to the establishment of local and national competitions in several countries.

The University’s full-time research students in their third year of study are required to submit presentations for 3MT, with the winning entrant having a chance to progress to the UK finals hosted by Vitae. The competition rules are simple: staff and students undertaking a doctorate have three minutes and one slide to present to an intelligent, lay audience and a judging panel. No gimmicks, props, singing or dancing allowed; just really interesting presentations.

3MT challenges our doctoral candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes. Conference delegates will have the opportunity to attend the finalists’ presentations.

For more information, email pgr@uws.ac.uk.

Displaying a poster

Second year research students are invited to present their research at our poster exhibition which will be attended by industry partners and other conference delegates.

For more information about presenting at the conference, email pgr@uws.ac.uk.

Lay summaries

First year research students are encouraged to submit a short summary of their research topic, written in lay terms.

For more information about lay summaries, email pgr@uws.ac.uk.

The 2018 Overall 3MT Winner was Gideon Ayim-Mensah:
UWS Annual Learning, Teaching & Research Conference
Bridging Boundaries: Connecting Learning, Teaching & Research
26-27 June 2019
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