Here at RMIT the Architecture and Design schools hold a twice a year Graduate Research Conference. This three day event allows candidates to present their work-in-progress to a panel for review. This was my first GRC presentation and also my submission for candidature of my research project. For some reason I was very nervous which is unusual because normally I don’t have problems with public speaking. I have been doing a lot of reading and reflecting about my project since I arrived and the horror of leaving out important information was of big concern.
Stumbling through my presentation, I gather it went well for the most part. Some of the panel’s concerns was that the research was too generic and my graphs of my reflection on past design process lacked support from my readings. Some suggestions where to use my past curriculum design as a case study and to map out professional research and academic research. I think these events are integral to post-graduate education and allows the candidate see different or closed-off paths in which may have not been originally visible in the study.