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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

Outline

Should be able to get onto one slide as a maximum

• The literature says ...

• The main problem being researched was that ...

Background and problem statement

One slide

• It was hypothesised that ...

• There were three main objectives:

1. ...

2. ...

3. ...

Hypothesis, goals and objectives

One slide

• Methodology

• Specific methods and why chosen

Methods

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

Key findings

One slide

• The research findings indicate that ...

• The literature on ... should be amended to show that ...

• A new theory on ...

Discussion

Two slides

1. 3-4 key contributions

2. This is the first research to show that ...

I have developed a new technique for ...

Contribution of research to knowledge

• I have published …

• I have ... pending publications ...

• Further plans for publishing this research involve ...

Publishing of research

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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