
Other forms of publishing: Posters
Drawbacks
- Time consuming, both for preparation and at showing.
- Difficult to condense into 300-500 words.
- Has to convey a complicated message simply and easily.
- Needs to be designed for the specific audience.
- Design issues should be considered, for example font size and format.
- Conferences and competitions will have different criteria so it is not always possible to use one poster for several events.
Find out more
- Use the following links to gain more information about Academic posters and to help you with the various design issues associated with the production of your poster.
- University of Leicester Designing a poster. Practical help with poster design.
- Vitae Posters. More information about the use of posters.
- F1000 Posters Open access repository. This site covers posters from biology and medicine conferences.
- Presentation from UCL Useful tips. Examples and some useful tips.
- Step by step help Poster Design. Information about how to design a poster with good and bad examples.
Examples
- For examples of some national and international poster competitions, look at the following links. Perhaps one of these could be an opportunity to raise awareness of your research?
- Set for Britain
- Graduate Junction International Research Poster Competition
- Vitae Regional poster competition