Introduction to the "Pecha Kucha Challenge"

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For PhD students interested in presenting their research topics in the Department of Engineering's two Science Festival events this year which will be on the dates below:

Pecha Kucha Challenge March 17th Saturday, 12-2pm, main site. March 24th Saturday, 2-4.00pm, IfM.

In this event, postgraduate students enrolled for a PhD in Engineering will take on the challenge of sharing their research with a science festival audience in just 6min 40 sec, using the Pecha Kucha technique which involves presenting using 20 slides, each showing for just 20 sec.

Participants on previous events commented:

"Speaking dynamically during 6m40s is a great experience. Translating complex concepts to a general public helped me to access my research through a more tangible perspective. I definitely learnt a lot during this project."

"The exercise of communicating my research to a non-technical audience was a very useful one to undergo. It forced me to think differently about my research, and that experience has helped me to do a better job of presenting in a technical setting as well."

Open to PhD students in all years

Number of sessions: 1