PhD student Maddie Long talks about her experience in the 3 Minute Thesis competition

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Communicating research to a wider audience

The 3 Minute Thesis is an international competition for PhD students, helping them to raise their research profile and better communicate their research.

Maddie Long is a PhD student in Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh. She works with linguists and psychologists to explore questions at the intersection of cognitive ageing, second language acquisition and the pragmatics of human communication.

Maddie is one of six finalists who compete in the UK final of the 3-Minute-Thesis competition on 12 September 2016.