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UWS’ Tim Paris wins the 2012 3MT Trans-Tasman competition

Tim Paris from the University of Western Sydney has beaten 42 competitors from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Fiji to win the 2012 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman competition that was hosted by UQ on Thursday.

3MT skills are invaluable for researchers says Hong Kong winner

University of Hong Kong PhD student and Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman participant Terence Ng has encouraged research students to enter future competitions to learn skills that will be essential to their careers.

3MT Trans-Tasman champion offers advice for 2012 competitors

It is often said there are no short cuts to success and 2011 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman champion and UQ PhD student Matthew Thompson is proof there is no substitute for preparation.

UQ to host Trans-Tasman's best 3MT presenters

More than 40 of the brightest future researchers from across Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the South Pacific will descend on UQ on 11 October for the prestigious 2012 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman Final.

Clarity leads to opportunity

When UQ PhD student Ryan Stafford made the decision to enter Three Minute Thesis (3MT) last year, he had no idea that it would lead to some of the brightest businesspeople in Brisbane seeking his advice.

Winner of UQ's 3MT final announced

University of Queensland PhD student Amanda Pearce of the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) will represent UQ at the 3MT Trans-Tasman Final on October 11, 2012 after winning the UQ Final on Tuesday.

Less is best for 3MT Finalist

When globally popular skills competition Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) was first developed by UQ in 2008, it was designed to help students pitch their work effectively to people who may not have expertise in their field of research. School of Psychology PhD student and 3MT UQ Final contestant Wen Wu found it also helped her to work through her project.

Eight finalists set to battle for 3MT title

The eight finalists who will compete in The University of Queensland’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Final are set after Wilko Duprez from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience won the last-chance Wildcard round on Thursday.

Graduate Student Week guides the researchers of tomorrow

Hundreds of UQ postgraduate research students will have the opportunity to develop skills that will underpin their future success when Graduate Student Week gets underway on Monday...

‘Magnificent Seven’ to battle for a place in 3MT UQ Final

UQ to showcase advantages of postgraduate study

New website promotes workshops for researchers

UQ student wins thesis in three minutes

UQ announces new direction for research degrees

Light up the world with your brilliant idea

With a share of $100,000 in cash prizes on offer, staff and students from all UQ faculties, institutes and research centres are encouraged to submit their entrepreneurial ideas and inventions in the annual

UQ shines at top of research ranking

In a spectacular result for University of Queensland researchers, UQ is above world standard in more fields of research than any other Australian university. The Excellence in Research for Australia survey ranked 21 broad fields of UQ resear...

Environmental Research Event 2011

A conference at the Moreton Bay Research Station from 26 - 29 June run by and for postgraduate students conducting applied environmental research in any discipline.

Top research graduates honoured

Top research graduates honoured An outstanding group of UQ graduates have been recognised with the Dean’s Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence.   Introduced in 1998 by the UQ Graduate Sch...

Melbourne graduate thrives in Queensland

UQ celebrates 9000th PhD graduate

UQ awards it's 9000th PhD.

First Torres Strait Islander awarded UQ PhD

UQ graduates it's first Torres Strait Islander PhD student.

RHD student overwhelmed by flood support

For UQ PhD candidate Lucas Goh, the recent floods in Southeast Queensland meant being evacuated by boat and losing his second-floor apartment in St Lucia. “When I got back to my apartment after the water receded, there were at least 30 UQ Union volunteers in the building cleaning and salvaging anything they could,” he said.

Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme

Background The scheme is a joint initiative of the Group of Eight (Go8) universities and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) - Germany’s national agency for the support of international academic co-operation.

Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) 2011

UQ's Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) competition in September 2010 was a huge success and preparations are already underway for the 2011 competition.

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