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Research revealed in under three minutes
Five students will have just three minutes each to distil a topic that has taken them years to research when the University of the Sunshine Coast holds its annual Research Conference from 18-22 July.
Last year’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis Competition for postgraduate research students proved so popular it will return at 11.30am on Thursday 21 July.
This year, the winner also will contest a national competition to be hosted by the University of Western Australia later in the year.
Diverse topics range from the use of computer games in classrooms to dealing with climate change on the Coast.
The contenders' presentations will be among almost 30 that will delivered by USC researchers at the conference from Monday 18 July to Friday 22 July.
A new session for 2011 called “Did You Know?” will be held on Friday 22 July.
Eight relatively new University researchers will provide 10-minute overviews of their work, such as studies of work-life balance, men’s body image and seafood consumption.
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Roland De Marco, who will open and close the conference, will outline the future of research at USC in his official conference address at 10am on Tuesday 19 July.
He will present awards for the best research presentations later in the week.
“The conference will showcase the many levels of research now happening at the University, from new PhD students to highly-experienced and accomplished academics,” he said.
“This year’s theme is ‘Bridging disciplinary divides: Communicate, Connect, Collaborate’ so our focus will be on sharing knowledge and linkages to encourage collaborations among staff and students at USC and its partner organisations.”
— Julie Gatehouse