The Library recently held the Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) competition, an exciting opportunity for HDR students to creatively showcase their research in a visual format. Participants were tasked with distilling their research into a compelling 60-second visual representation, making their work accessible and engaging to a broader audience.
And the winner is...
We are thrilled to announce our winner: Jacinta Colvin from the School of Science. Her outstanding entry, “The Effect of Environmental Contaminants on the Health of Seabirds” captivated the judges with its creativity and clarity.
In addition to our winner, we would like to recognise our place-getters who also created impressive videos:
- Second Place: Michael Doneman, School of Media and Communication, “Animating Elderhood: Datascapes of Ageing in Place”
- Third Place: Gideon Hutapea, School of Design, “Indonesian Comics: Shaping Cultural Identities and Designing the Nation’s Incentive”
- People’s Choice: Nicholas Waxman, School of Education, “Acting Out! Embodying Voice and Agency: A Theatrical Inquiry into Learning Environments”
All entries, including the winning submission, can be viewed in the RMIT Research Repository, allowing everyone to explore the innovative ideas presented by our talented students.
We are proud to announce that Jacinta Colvin’s entry will represent RMIT at the upcoming Visualise Your Thesis International competition.
Congratulations to all participants for their hard work and creativity!
Jacinta Colvin, School of Science is the winner of the VYT competition 2024.
About the competition
The competition is open to all currently enrolled HDR students (Masters by Research, Ph.D.) at any stage of their candidature who are active and attending. Please note that Honours students, Masters by coursework students, graduate researchers on a leave of absence, lapsed candidates, and graduate researchers employed by RMIT University with potential influence over the competition outcome are not eligible to enter.
Why participate?
Participating in VYT offers you the opportunity to:
- Develop essential digital communication skills.
- Build awareness of open access and copyright.
- Showcase your research to a broader audience.
- Compete for prizes and recognition.
Judging criteria
Entries will be evaluated based on:
- Topic understanding
- Communication and language
- Creativity and engagement
- Topic significance
Prizes
- 1st prize: $1000
- 2nd prize: $500
- 3rd prize: $250
- People's choice: $250
- Registrations open: Monday 10 June 2024
- Open for submissions: Monday 8 July 2024
- Submissions close: Sunday 11 August 2024
- Showcase and RMIT University winner announced: Week beginning 19 August 2024
- International competition winner announced: October 2024
We are providing training and support all participants. If you've missed our online workshops, you can watch the recordings on MS SharePoint (login required).
- Developing online presentation (video, 12:35mins): Let us guide you in creating an engaging short video presentation, including sourcing and attributing media such as images and audio to enhance your entry.
- Presenting to general audience (video, 1 hr 21 mins): Learn how to transform your research into a compelling, accessible narrative for a broad audience.
Copyright
The material presented on this site is provided for the express purpose of the 2024 Visualise Your Thesis programme conducted by RMIT University Library. All copyright in text, data, images, audio, video and other such material on the site is protected by copyright held by The University of Melbourne and is made available for use by RMIT University Library and programme entrants. In using the Visualise Your Thesis programme materials you agree that you must not reproduce, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse or adapt the material contained in this site without the prior written permission of The University of Melbourne.
