1. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY Title of PhD Student name: Supervision team: Thanks to sponsors, research partners, etc:

2. Outline In 10 minutes it is planned to deal with: –Background and Problem statement –Hypothesis, goals and objectives –Methods –Key findings –Discussion –Contribution of research to the sum of knowledge

3. 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 …

4. Hypothesis, goals and objectives One slide: It was hypothesised that … There were three main objectives: –1 … –2 … –3 …

5. Methods 1 slide outlining: methodology Specific methods and why chosen

6. 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

7. Discussion One slide: The research findings indicate that: The literature on … should be updated to show that … A new theory on … etc

8. Contribution of research to the sum of knowledge 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 …