{"id":39507,"date":"2020-07-02T00:05:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T14:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=39507"},"modified":"2020-07-01T11:12:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T01:12:59","slug":"three-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/three-minute\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandy\u2019s tops at pitching a three-minute thesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANGLESEA\u2019S Mandy Cooke has crammed 80,000 words into 180 seconds as one of the six finalists in this year\u2019s Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at Charles Sturt University.<br \/>\nThis year, the final of the annual competition for PhD students was held online for the first time.<br \/>\nLast night (Wednesday, July 1) , the six PhD students presented their thesis via public livestream in just three minutes in a bid to win a $1,000 travel and research grant and represent Charles Sturt at the Asia-Pacific 3MT Final.<br \/>\nMs Cooke, who is studying online at the university\u2019s Faculty of Arts and Education, gave a rapid-fire summation of her thesis \u201cIt\u2019s not just physical: Understanding risk-taking in early childhood education\u201d.<br \/>\nShe said she entered the competition in the first year of her thesis and \u201cdecided to give it another go\u201d in her final year &#8211; her thesis is due in about four weeks.<br \/>\n\u201cThe process of creating a three-minute thesis is so beneficial in thinking through what the key ingredients are of this: what\u2019s the why, what\u2019s my key question, and to be able to put all of that in lay terms, to be able to summarise your methodology in two sentences,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cYou start with the \u2018So what?\u2019 and this is what I\u2019m doing, this is how I\u2019m doing it, and this is the benefit that it\u2019s going to have for the rest of the world.<br \/>\n\u201cI have my speech up on the kitchen bench, and every time I go to the kitchen I stand and look out at the view, and practise it.\u201d<br \/>\nCharles Sturt University\u2019s manager of graduate studies Paul Shaw said the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.csu.edu.au\/research-support\/promo\/3-minute-thesis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">3MT<\/a> competition was a valuable opportunity for PhD students to exhibit some of the diverse and innovative studies being conducted at the university.<br \/>\n\u201cThe concept of the 3MT competition is simple \u2013 the presenter can only use one static PowerPoint slide and has just three minutes to present and explain their complex research in a way that can understood by everyone.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is important that researchers are able to explain their research to wider audiences and this competition encourages PhD students to develop their skills to<br \/>\ndo that.\u201d<br \/>\nThe winner of the Charles Sturt 3MT finals will win a $1,000 research and travel grant and go on to represent the university at the 2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT Final on October 1. 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