Feature Story: The pressure of competing in the Three Minute Thesis – Now add the TV cameras

Abstract

You’d think it would be tough enough trying to explain a thesis in three minutes to a non-academic audience. Add to the mix a live theatre audience and roving television cameras and you get the picture of added pressure.

For the second year in a row, Access Communications Co-operative is going all-out to televise the Three Minute Thesis competition province-wide, featuring six finalist U of R graduate students. The final takes place Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the University Theatre. The show is free open to the public.