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Guidelines for Preparing Talks and Posters for Conferences

Below are links to help you with preparing a poster or talk for conference situations.

The most important point to remember is the audience who will be listening to your presentation or viewing your poster. The style and content will differ markedly from one audience to another so always keep this in mind.

For the postgraduate conferences run by the NW Hub (PRISM, PRASH etc) the audience will be a range of postgraduate researchers from a wide variety of disciplines. Try to keep your presentation interesting and accessible to people that won't be familiar with your research area.

Guides for preparing posters

• http://depts.washington.edu/mphpract/ppposter.html
• http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters
• http://www.bio.vu.nl/tmbm99/poster.html
• http://abacus.bates.edu/~bpfohl/posters/

Guides for preparing oral presentations

• http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~markhill/conference-talk.html
• http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/oral/
• http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Dept/Tips/present/comms.htm
• http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/Preparing_talks/TalkStrt.html

UK GRAD and the Northwest Hub do not accept any responsibility for the quality or content of external links. Information is provided as a guide only.

Recent NW Hub event summaries:

• Postgraduate Researchers in Science / Medicine (PRISM 2006)
• Postgraduate Researchers in Educational Research (PRIE 2006)
• Postgraduate Researchers in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (PRASH 2006)

Useful web links:

The UK GRAD website has a selection of useful online resources:

• Just for Postgrads offers hints and tips on most aspects of completing a postgraduate research degree.
• The GRADschools section lets you explore a range of courses designed to increase the impact of your skills

You can also sign up for monthly PGR tips offering helpful hints at tips on how to be a successful researcher.

Other useful sites for postgraduate researchers are the UK Research Councils (RCs):

• Research Councils UK Careers and Diversity Unit
• AHRC - Arts and Humanities Research Councils
• BBSRC - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Councils
• CCLRC - Council for the Central Laboratories of the Research Councils
• EPSRC - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councils
• ESRC - Economic and Social Research Councils
• MRC - Medical Research Councils
• NERC - Natural and Environment Research Councils
• PPARC - Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Councils

Postgrad Talent NW is supported by the NW Regional Hub of the Research Councils’ UK GRAD Programme.
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