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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 …