15/01/2021
MOCK THESIS PROPOSAL DEFENSE
In its commitment to further deepen CUPB’s culture of innovative academic skills acquisition, the International Students’ Academic Innovation Platform, ISAIP, organized a 1-Day Mock Proposal Defense to prepare Masters’ students for the academic ritual of Thesis Proposal Defense. Held on Wednesday 13th January, 2021, the event was hosted on the Tencent meeting platform with sixteen Masters’ students (from Petroleum Engineering and Geological Sciences) presenting their research proposal while Doctorate candidates (eight of them) mentored the proceedings. The presentations were in two sessions of eight students per group. Students from within and outside China participated as audience and were given an opportunity to ask question bordering the presentation. In past years, the event was hosted on campus with this been the first virtual trial defense, and it was indeed a successful event. The event was concluded with remarks, suggestions and recommendations from the mentoring doctorate students who advised the presenters on best ways to ace ‘real-time’ thesis defense. Certificates of participation will be issued to participants.