This is an idea taken from the original guys in Nottingham

Summary

Can you explain your PhD in a pub?

Format

A monthly event at which 3 local PhD student speakers, from any discipline from Art History to Quantum Mechanics to Microbiology, explain their work in a pub to the general public.

We also welcome Engineering Doctorates (EngDs), Doctorate in Education students (EdDs), etc. Basically – anyone doing any research that they would like to talk about!

The talks would be about 10 minutes long and would be followed by up to 20 minutes of (friendly!) Q&A.

The “friendly” aspect is important. This isn’t about bringing students into a “lion’s den” to be grilled about their studies. The audience, we hope, will be genuinely interested in hearing about a wide variety of academic areas.

The same event could also host post-docs.

What the students get out of it

A pint or two!

Plus public speaking and public engagement practice.

What the audience gets out of it

Something interesting to listen to on a weekday evening.

Cost

We want to make this as cheap as possible. We would just have a whip-round to buy each of the speakers a pint or two. Perhaps, £1 into a pint glass passed around? Any left over will be put towards a special night as it is all COMPLETELY NON-PROFIT!

Next steps

The next step is to approach any university students situated in the South West to see if we can find some willing speakers! Contact us if you are interested in speaking or getting involved in general.

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