Festival of Doctoral Research
PhDs and postgraduate research
This year's theme is ‘Research Culture and Communication’. We’re delighted to announce Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE FRS, theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster, as our Keynote Speaker. Jim opened the Graduate School in 2011, so we’ve invited him back to talk about research culture and research communication.
This year’s festival is completely online and is open to the University of Portsmouth community, including Alumni.
Our 2021 event takes place online on Thursday 8 July from 09.30am-5.30pm. The Festival will include talks, competitions, and panel discussions. The event will be held via Zoom, and you can register as an attendee via Eventbrite. You’re welcome to attend the whole day, or you can drop in and out of sessions throughout the day.
Connect with us on social media on Twitter and use the hashtag #UoPDocFest21.
|
Time |
Main Event |
| 09.30am - 10.00am | Registration and links to competition galleries |
| 10.00am - 10.10am | Welcome from Dr. Darren Van Laar Director of The Graduate School |
| 10.10am - 11.00am | Keynote by Jim Al-Khalili |
| 11.00am - 12.00pm | Three Doc Fest Talks & Q&A panel |
| 12.00pm - 12.10pm | Break |
| 12.10pm - 1.10pm | Three Doc Fest Talks & Q&A panel |
| 1.10pm - 2.00pm | Lunch |
| 2.00pm - 2.15pm | Research Theme Lead Talk (TBC) |
| 2.15pm - 3.15pm | 3 Minute Thesis Competition |
| 3.15pm - 3.30pm | Break |
| 3.30pm - 4.30pm | Three Doc Fest Talks & Q&A panel |
| 4.30pm - 5.15pm | Alumni Panel - ‘What happens next?’ |
| 5.15pm - 5.30pm | Prizes and farewell |
Current Doctoral students across all faculties are encouraged to apply for the competitions and to take part on the day. Prizes will be awarded for the winners.
Due to Covid, all competitions will run virtually. We hope to deliver them face-to-face next year.
- Three minute Thesis (3MT)
- Tweet your Thesis
- Research Image competition
- Research poster competition
- Bake Your Thesis
For more information on the competitions and to apply, please visit our dedicated Festival of Doctoral Research page on MyPort.
Any enquiries about this year's event should be directed to the Graduate School team at docfest@port.ac.uk
We’ll be updating this page regularly so please do check back.