Objectifs :
The Coimbra group is organizing CG 3MT, a “3 minutes thesis” competition in English. Member Universities organize a regional competition to select one candidate for the final competition, which will be held in Bologna in June 2025.

In this context, the Doctoral College LR and the Montpellier University Doctoral College are co-organizing a regional competition to select one candidate for the international competition. Take this opportunity to improve your skills in scientific mediation and in English communication, and prepare yourself for job and post-doc interviews.

Programme :
The selection auditions will take place on friday 17 January 2024, from 2 pm to 4.30 pm, in Montpellier.

Candidates must prepare a 3 minutes talk describing their thesis subject, in terms that should be understandable by non-specialists. It is possible to prepare one slide illustrating the subject, only one image with no animation.

Following this audition, successful candidates will complete a training in science popularization, public speaking and rhetoric to prepare the regional competition.
The training calendar and the objectives of the trainings are as follows:

- Tuesday 28 january, 2.00 pm / 5.30 pm - Patrick Sandrat,
- Tuesday 04 February, 2 pm / 5.30 pm - Lynn Blin,
- Thursday 13 February, 2 pm / 5.30 pm - Patrick Sandrat,
- Tuesday 18 February, 2 pm / 5.30 pm - Lynn Blin,
- Tuesday 25 february, 2 pm / 5.30 pm - Lynn Blin and Patrick Sandrat

The regional competition will take place on March the 6th at "lycée Jean Monnet" (Montpellier), in front of a multidisciplinary jury and in front of high school students.

> Training with Patrick Sandrat :
- Popularisation of science, rhetoric and structuring of the text. Understanding the speaker-audience exchange. "Tips for speakers"
- Structuring the slide and coherence with the text. Speaking in public. Stress management

> Training with Lynn Blin :
- Storytelling in English: How information is organised in English and how it differs The Music of the English Language: Intonation, Pace, and Rhythm. Reading my text, Memorising my Text. Owning my text. Voice, Breathing, Movement.from French. Ideas on how to organise a text in English. Voice, Breathing, Movement
- The Music of the English Language: Intonation, Pace, and Rhythm. Reading my text, Memorising my Text. Owning my text. Voice, Breathing, Movement.

Candidates will be filmed during regional final and the video of the selected student will be sent to the Coimbra group for the international competition. PhD students who have achieved the 3 best presentations will have the opportunity to participate in the final competition.

La formation participe à l'objectif suivant :préparer le devenir professionnel des doctorants dans le secteur public comme dans le secteur privé