Can you communicate your research topic to a broad audience
in 3 minutes?
Can you make it interesting, engaging and fun?
Do you want to win £400?!
If you think so, you should enter “Junk the Jargon”, the
annual competition for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.
Heats will be held in each faculty in mid February (details
below), and successful participants will go through to the final, held on Wednesday
27th February, from 5pm. Anyone not participating in the competition
is encouraged to come and watch and support the finalists. A drinks reception
will be held afterwards.
The final will be judged by a panel of experts, Professor Peter McOwan, Vice Principal (External
Partnerships and Public Engagement); Dr Thomas Dixon, Director of the Queen
Mary Centre for History of the Emotions; Professor John Rentoul, chief
political commentator for The Independent on Sunday and visiting
Professor in the Mile End Group; and Professor Fran Balkwill, Director of the
Centre of the Cell.
Prizes of £400, £200 and £100 will be awarded for the top three presentations.
Prizes of £400, £200 and £100 will be awarded for the top three presentations.
More details and the rules of the competition can be found here. You can also read about and view videos from previous year’s
competitions to inspire you!:
All the previous
competitions have been really enjoyable, and I’m sure this year’s will be too.
If you have any questions, please e-mail Jo Cordy (j.m.cordy@qmul.ac.uk).
Details of your faculty’s heat:
School of Medicine & Dentistry: Tuesday 12th Feb, 5pm in the Clark Kennedy lecture theatre, Whitechapel
Humanities & Social Sciences: Wednesday 13th Feb, 5pm in People’s Palace 1 Lecture Theatre.
Humanities & Social Sciences: Wednesday 13th Feb, 5pm in People’s Palace 1 Lecture Theatre.
Science & Engineering: Wednesday 20th Feb,
5pm in People’s Palace 1 Lecture Theatre.
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Good article and a nice summation of the problem. My only problem with the analysis is given that much of the population joined the chorus of deregulatory mythology, given vested interest is inclined toward perpetuation of the current system and given a lack of a popular cheerleader for your arguments, I'm not seeing much in the way of change.
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