Tweet your Thesis/ Tweet your Research

About

As part of our Research Showcase, we are challenging our PGRs to communicate their research to a public audience – in 280 characters. Our Tweet Your Thesis/Tweet Your Research competition is inspired by the #tweetyourthesis hashtag, and the British Library’s #ShareMyThesis competition.

Our Tweet Your Thesis competition 2022 will run from 9am on 6 June until 5pm on 12 June*. To enter, you must tweet during these times using the #tweetyourthesis and tagging @ExeterDoctoral. Failure to add both in your tweet will be automatic disqualification from the competition. 

The prizes for this years competition are as follows:

• 1st prize £100 voucher
• 2nd prize £75 voucher
• 3rd prize £50 voucher

*Please note new dates

Rules

• You must be a University of Exeter postgraduate researcher (PGR).
• To enter, you must tweet your thesis between 9am on 6th June and 5pm on 12 June*.
• You are limited to one, 280 character tweet.
• Links to extra text explaining your research is not allowed (no Twitter threads- it has to be one tweet!) 
• You can include images in your tweet, but not those that contain text.
• Gifs and emojis can also be used!
• If you are a PGR you must use the #tweetyourthesis and tag @ExeterDoctoral.

Please note your tweets will be displayed in a feed on the Doctoral College website, and on screen as part of our Three Minute Thesis competition, PGR Inductions and other Doctoral College events.

*Please note new dates

Judging

Tweets will be judged according to:

• Clarity of tweet
• Succinctness of tweet
• Engagement/Impact
• Accessibility to a layman’s audience

The panel will also consider the impact and inventiveness of your use of your 280 characters.

Judges for the 2022 competition are as follows:

• Sunday Blake, Associate Editor at WonkHE
• Zoe Bright, PGR and ECR Experience Support Office, Doctoral College
• Suzan Kors, Post Graduate Researcher, College of Life and Environmental Sciences
• Professor Richard Toye, College of Humanities