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Congratulations to the three Vitae Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) winners 2023

Judges’ Choice winner

Sarah Warbis, University of Bath – ‘Sexual Assault in a ‘Just World’: An Immersive VR Study of Bystanders’

People’s Choice winner

Ridzuan A-Rasid, Loughborough University – ‘Goldfish vs. Human’

Look back at the Vitae 3MT® 2023 archives

Watch the Vitae 3MT® finalist, semi-finalists & quarter-finalist videos

  • Erin McEvoy, Ulster University – ‘Deflating the Marketing Balloon Destroying the Lives of Irish Women’
  • Katherine Theobald, University of Southampton – ‘Shaken not Stirred: The Impact of Vibration on Medical Goods Transported by Drone’
  • Rachel Hare, University of Bristol – ‘The Art of the Swoon’
  • Ridzuan A-Rasid, Loughborough University – ‘Goldfish vs. Human’
  • Sarah Warbis, University of Bath – ‘Sexual Assault in a ‘Just World’: An Immersive VR Study of Bystanders’
  • Williams Joshua, Glasgow Caledonian University – ‘Water Justice: Addressing the water-related crisis in Northern Nigerian rural communities’

  • Abdiqani Osman, University of Westminster – ‘Are marine bacteria superheroes of the future?’
  • David Brennan, Abertay University – ‘The impact of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on the Aging process’
  • Diana Galiakhmetova, Aston University – ‘Dementia treatment by light’
  • Diret Bitrus Tang’an, University of Nottingham – ‘Hope for the environment: microwave heating’
  • Erin McEvoy, Ulster University – ‘Deflating the Marketing Balloon Destroying the Lives of Irish Women’
  • Katherine Theobald, University of Southampton – ‘Shaken not Stirred: The Impact of Vibration on Medical Goods Transported by Drone’
  • Rachel Hare, University of Bristol – ‘The Art of the Swoon’
  • Ridzuan A-Rasid, Loughborough University – ‘Goldfish vs. Human’
  • Sarah Boyce, Sheffield Hallam University – ‘Preventing Joint Infections … A New Approach’
  • Sarah Warbis, University of Bath – ‘Sexual Assault in a ‘Just World’: An Immersive VR Study of Bystanders’
  • Sean Maroney, King’s College London (KCL) – ‘Empathy, not introspection’
  • Williams Joshua, Glasgow Caledonian University – ‘Water Justice: Addressing the water-related crisis in Northern Nigerian rural communities’

Host

Dr Anna Ploszajski, Materials scientist, author, presenter, comedian and storyteller

Chair of judging panel

Dr Jamie Gallagher, Freelance communicator and engagement professional

Judges

  • Dr Euan Doidge, Principal Teaching Fellow in Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Jan Juillerat, Trustee for Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC)
  • Dr Petar Laušević, Adviser for international Cooperation Affairs, Center for the Promotion of Science, Republic of Serbia
  • Priya Madina, Director of External Affairs and Policy, Taylor & Francis
  • Professor Siobhan Neary, Professor of Career Development Practice and Head of iCeGS at the International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS), University of Derby

Chair of judging panel

Dr Saneeya Qureshi, University of Liverpool

Judges

  • Justyna Malkuch-Switalska, Trener Nauki
  • Katherine Burton, Taylor & Francis
  • Professor Susan Brooks, Oxford Brookes University
  • Simon Kigozi, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • Tom Rusbridge, Royal College of Nursing

  • Dr Ambreen Chohan, University of Central Lancashire
  • Arnida Jahya, Universiti Teknologi Mara
  • Cathy Coombs, Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Clara Morris, University of Dundee
  • Georgina Hardy, University of Birmingham
  • Dr Ian Archer, Aberystwyth University
  • Jennifer McNally, Coventry University
  • Justyna Malkuch-Switalska, Trener Nauki
  • Katherine Burton, Taylor & Francis
  • Kelly Louise Preece, University of Exeter
  • Lisa Thompson, Ulster University
  • Professor Susan Brooks, Oxford Brookes University
  • Dr Ross Kemble, University of Suffolk
  • Dr Saneeya Qureshi, University of Liverpool
  • Simon Kigozi, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • Tom Rusbridge, Royal College of Nursing
  • Veena Raigangar, University of Brighton

  • Abertay University
  • Aberystwyth University
  • Anglia Ruskin University
  • Aston University
  • Bath Spa University
  • Birkbeck University of London
  • Brunel University
  • Cardiff University
  • City University of London
  • Coventry University
  • Cranfield University
  • De Montfort University (DMU)
  • Durham University
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • Keele University
  • King’s College London (KCL)
  • Kingston University
  • Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)
  • Loughborough University
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Newcastle University
  • Northumbria University
  • Oxford Brookes University
  • Queen’s University Belfast (QUB)
  • Robert Gordon University
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Sheffield Hallam University
  • Swansea University
  • Ulster University
  • University College London (UCL)
  • University of Aberdeen
  • University of Bath
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Bradford
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)
  • University of Derby
  • University of Dundee
  • University of Essex
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Greenwich
  • University of Hertfordshire
  • University of Kent
  • University of Leicester
  • University of Lincoln
  • University of Liverpool
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Nottingham
  • University of Plymouth
  • University of Reading
  • University of Salford
  • University of South Wales
  • University of Southampton
  • University of Surrey
  • University of Sussex
  • University of the West of England (UWE)
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • University of Westminister
  • University of York