#Sharemythesis - Aston PhD and Doctoral students

The British Library is currently running a Twitter based competition for all PhD authors and current doctoral students, inviting you to say why your doctoral research is important, using the hashtag #ShareMyThesis.

The competition aims to raise awareness of the importance of doctoral research and increase visibility of the PhD thesis as a valuable source of research information. It is generously supported by Research Councils UK and Vitae, and there are some great prizes.

 

Twitter competition - https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23sharemythesis&src=typd

Competition web page - http://www.bl.uk/share-my-thesis/

Entries are flooding in already, and you can see them all here https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23sharemythesis&src=typd.

The competition closes on 9 February, when eight entries will be shortlisted and invited to expand their tweet into a blog post.

Why don't you give it a go  

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