Festival of PhD Research, 9-10 May 2024, Belfast campus.
Festival Overview
The 2024 Festival of PhD Research will take place on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 May on the Belfast campus and is open to ALL PhD Researchers, from any campus and at any stage of their PhD.
This year's guest speaker will be David Meade who will deliver his talk on Friday 10 May at 10.00am. Further details to follow.
We look forward to welcoming our PhD Researchers to the new campus for a programme of presentations, posters and practice based exhibitions. Also included in the programme is the Bake Your PhD competition and a brand new photography competition. Prizes will be awarded on 6 June 2024 at an PhD Awards Presentation & 3MT Final on the Coleraine campus.
What the PhD Researchers say about the Festival...
Great variety of research, very professional presentations, the team conducted a very smooth running and professional conference.
The atmosphere, the presentations, especially the 3MT and the Quiz in the Doc afterwards. Honestly the whole thing was great! Also really liked the Bake your PhD competition!
The range of disciplines and research on display. The organisation and structure of the day worked really well with lots of time to socialise with other researchers.
The festival was really well organised. It was great to have a range of presentations throughout the day from keynote speakers, oral presentations, poster presentations, bake your PhD and 3MT presentations - I feel this kept the event very engaging. It was also fantastic to have an in-person event and meet staff and other researchers from other faculties. It was also great to get additional presenting experience.
I would like to sincerely thank once again the organizers and the Doctoral College for this amazing event, to have given us the opportunity to network with other PhD researchers, exhibit our work, and practice our presentation skills!
Programme
The 2024 Festival of PhD Research will take place on 9 and 10 May in Belfast campus and is open to ALL PhD Researchers, from any campus and at any stage of their PhD.
The programme includes :
- Guest speaker, David Meade
- PhD Presentations
- Posters
- Exhibitions by practise-based PhD Researchers
- 'Bake Your PhD' competition
- Photography competition
- Doctoral Society Belfast Initiatives
Bake Your PhD
'Bake Your PhD' takes place on Thursday 9 May 2024 at 1.15pm on Atrium space on 3rd floor, Belfast campus.
Researchers can bake anything (e.g. cake or other baked goods) that visually depicts any aspect of their research (e.g. from the physical samples, findings, methods employed in the project, or the research topic concepts and ideas).
Tips for success
- Think about the overarching concepts and ideas in your research, can you make an analogy of them with cake?
- It is not restricted to cake, we will also accept other edible baked goods; biscuits, pies, breads etc
- Try to incorporate your research into more than just the icing on the cake.
- While non-edible decorations are allowed, why not try making edible decorations to really impress the judges?!
- Think about your presentation to the judges. Impress them with a story or maybe incorporate moving parts or a demonstration to your presentation.
- Remember you don't have to represent all your research in one cake, pick your favourite or most interesting part and have fun with that!
Capture the Joy of your PhD Journey in a Photo
Inaugural UU Doctoral College Photo Competition 2024!
Calling all PhD Researchers at UU! Capture the Spark of Joy in Your Research Journey! Share the happiness, excitement, and fulfilment you experience in your PhD with a wider audience through the power of image and narrative.
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 2024
We are delighted to be hosting Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at Ulster for the seventh year running.
The live 3MT Final will take place on Thursday 6 June 12-2pm on the Coleraine campus.
Prizes/Awards in 2024
The Doctoral College is delighted to be hosting the PhD Awards Presentation, featuring the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final on Thursday 6 June in the Coleraine campus from 12pm-2pm.
The awards and prizes include:
- Best Poster - one prize per research theme
- Outstanding PhD Thesis Award - by Faculty
- Bake Your PhD Winner
- Photo Competition Winner & People's Choice Award
- 3MT Winner, Runner Up and People's Choice Award