Title of your doctorate

1. Title of your doctorate Faculty / School name Your Name Here Supervisory Panel Thanks to Sponsors, research partners etc Current Year

2. Outline • In 20 minutesthis presentation will cover the: • Background and problem statement • Hypothesis, goals and objectives • Methods • Key findings • Discussion • Contribution of research to knowledge • Publishing of research

3. Background and problem statement • Should be able to get onto one slideas a maximum • The literature says ... • The main problem being researched was that ...

4. Hypothesis, goals and objectives • One slide • It was hypothesised that ... • There were three main objectives: • ... • ... • ...

5. Methods • One slide • Methodology • Specific methods and why chosen

6. Key findings • 2-3 slides • 1-2 key graphs or tables that then relate to discussion and contribution to knowledge • Some key text outlining the major findings in bullet point form

7. Discussion • One slide • The research findings indicate that ... • The literature on ... should be amended to show that ... • A new theory on ...

8. Contribution of research to knowledge Two slides 3-4 key contributions This is the first research to show that ... I have developed a new technique for ...

9. Publishing of research • I have published … • I have ... pending publications ... • Further plans for publishing this research involve ...

10. To illustrate your presentation • You can use photos on a slide with bullet points or plain text • The picture should be placed to the right of the bullets • It should have a white frame (apply the ‘simple frame, white’ from the automatic styles in the picture menu)

11. Or you can use a single photo by itself

12. Place tables or graphs in a white frame

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