Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) challenges graduate researchers at any stage of their candidature to present their projects in a 60-second, eye-catching, audio-visual digital display. Using a pre-supplied template, entrants are tasked with developing a striking e-poster presentation that succinctly describes their research and its potential benefits to a non-specialist audience. The competition provides graduate researchers with an opportunity to build and apply their digital literacy skills, ensuring they are workplace-ready, and provides institutions with an opportunity to showcase graduate research. The competition provides students with an opportunity to build and apply digital literacy skills. By creating a “visual elevator pitch” they will develop crucial employability skills including effective communication, digital literacy, and visual storytelling. They also build their awareness of open access to information and copyright.

Entries close on July 15, 2022. The Deakin finals will be held online in conjunction with the Three Minute Thesis competition on August 18, 2022.

This training session covers important information about copyright and aims to prepare you for the Visualise Your Thesis Competition. It will be recorded and available on the VYT CloudDeakin site for future reference.

The workshop will be delivered by Luke Watsford, Copyright Records and Projects Officer, Deakin Library and Astrid Bovell, Copyright Manager, Deakin Library.

For more information about VYT, visit the VYT webpage https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/research/visualise-your-thesis-competition and or contact research-training@deakin.edu.au.