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Title of PhD
Student name:
Supervision team:
Thanks to sponsors, research partners, etc:
Outline
• In 10 minutes it is planned to deal with:– Background and Problem statement– Hypothesis, goals and objectives– Methods– Key findings– Discussion– Contribution of research to the sum of
knowledge
Background and Problem statement
• Should be able to get onto one slide as a maximum
• The literature says …
• The main problem being researched was that …
Hypothesis, goals and objectives
• One slide:
• It was hypothesised that …
• There were three main objectives:– 1 …– 2 …– 3 …
Methods
• 1 slide outlining:
• methodology
• Specific methods and why chosen
Key findings
• 2-3 slides, e.g.,
• 1-2 key graphs or tables that then relate to discussion and contribution to sum of knowledge
• Some key text outlining the major findings in bullet point form
Discussion
• One slide:
• The research findings indicate that:
• The literature on … should be updated to show that …
• A new theory on …
• etc
Contribution of research to the sum of knowledge
• One slide:
• 3-4 key contributions, e.g.,
• This is the first research to show that …
• I have developed a new technique for …
• My plans for publishing this research involve …