Student name:
Supervision team:
Thanks to sponsors, research partners, etc:
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
Title of PhD
Outline
• In 10 minutes it is planned to deal with:
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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:
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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
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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 …