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Outline
In 20 minutes this presentation will cover the:
• Background and problem statement
• Hypothesis, goals and objectives
• Methods
• Key findings
• Discussion
• Contribution of research to knowledge
• Publishing of research
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:
1. ...
2. ...
3. ...
Methods
One slide
• Methodology
• Specific methods and why chosen
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
Discussion
One slide
• The research findings indicate that ...
• The literature on ... should be amended to show that ...
• A new theory on ...
Contribution of research to knowledge
Two slides
1. 3-4 key contributions
2. This is the first research to show that ...
I have developed a new technique for ...
Publishing of research
• I have published …
• I have ... pending publications ...
• Further plans for publishing this research involve ...
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)
Or you can use a single photo by itself
Place tables or graphs in a white frame
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