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Vitae Midlands Hub regional poster competition 201005 July 2010

Event overview

 The Vitae Midlands Hub is one of several regional ‘Hubs' run in partnership with Vitae.  Vitae is supported by Research Councils UK (RCUK) and managed by CRAC: The Career Development Organisation and is the first national organisation to champion the professional and career development of both doctoral researchers and research staff in higher education institutions and research institutes.

The Midlands Hub supports universities and supervisors in the Midlands to develop the personal and professional skills of researchers in the region.  As part of our programme of activity for 2010, we will be holding a poster competition in July.  It is open to any postgraduate researcher, in any discipline, studying at a Midlands institution.

Regardless of the area of research, post graduate researchers need to be able to communicate their findings with other people during and at the end of a PhD.  This might be through peer reviewed articles, at meetings or in grant proposals.  This poster competition will refine these skills in the researchers you put forward.

As the UK Research Councils' Joint Statement of Skills Training Requirements states, researchers also need to be able to critically evaluate their own work and that of others.  Therefore we will be asking entrants to give feedback on each other's posters.

We would like to invite you to enter postgraduate researchers at your institution into the poster competition run by the Vitae Midlands Hub.  The poster competition is a regional final and will be held at Nottingham Conference Centre on Monday 5th July 2010.

 

2010 VITAE MIDLANDS HUB SPONSOR

 

Vitae Midlands Hub would like to welcome representatives from ITCM

ITCM is the special-purpose machinery division of Molins PLC, an international business providing high performance machinery and services for the production and packaging of consumer products.  ITCM plays a pivotal role in helping clients to generate new products and in ensuring their successful launch to market through the design and development of advanced processing and packaging technologies for manufacture. Clients include Unilever, GSK, Johnson and Johnson and Philip Morris International, to name just a few. 

 

Based in a semi-rural location next to the prestigious University of Warwick and at the heart of manufacturing in the UK, the business is housed in a purpose built facility.

 

 

05July2010

Nottingham Conference Centre
Newton Building
Nottingham Trent University
Burton Street
NG1 4BU

Audience:
Postgraduate researchers.
Staff supporting researchers development
Non-HE Employers
Supervisors
Policy makers and national stakeholders
Region:
Midlands
Organisation:
Vitae Midlands Hub  
Contact:
Vicky Crawford midlandshub@vitae.ac.uk  
Location:
Nottingham Conference Centre  

2009 Midlands Poster competition runners up

Venue information

 The comptition will be held at the Nottingham Conference Centre (within the Newton Building at Nottingham Trent University - Building 22 on the pdf below )

http://www.ntu.ac.uk/map_files/42554.pdf. 

http://www.nottinghamconferencecentre.co.uk/ncc/our_location/how_to_find_us/index.html

Nottingham Conference Centre has an arrangement with Talbot Street Car Park for a rate of £6 per day (versus standard 1.40 per hour) per vehicle for conference centre delegates.  The car park is a 5 minute walk from the conference centre.  You must pay for your parking at Nottingham Conference Centre to be eligible for this rate.

http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/carpark/talbot_street/ng1/nottingham/

The height restrictions for Talbot Street car park are 6ft 3inches.  Please check this restriction if you are driving a minibus to the competition.

Upon leaving the car park, turn left up Talbot Street towards the city centre.  Cross the tram line at Goldsmith Street and the Nottingham Conference Centre is directly in front of you (impressive glass building)

Entry requirements/cost

This competition is the regional final of local poster competitions held at local universities. If you would like to enter the regional final you MUST have been nominated by your home university.

Judges will be nominated by their university.

If you would like to help with the organisation and smooth running of the competition please send us your details.

Spectators and visitors to the competition final are welcome, however, you must send us your details.

Booking forms for participants, judges and helpers will be available for each institutional contact to fill in soon.

Additional information

Prizes:

First Prize:  £500

Second Prize:  £250

Third Prize:  £150

Researcher Choice Prize:  £150

Best Poster Summary for Non-Specialist Audience Prize:  £100

Runner up prizes:

  1. £50
  2. £50
  3. £50
  4. £50

 Examples of winning postes from the 2009 competition are availble on request. Please email midlandshub@vitae.ac.uk

Useful links

Rules of entry and judging criteria for the Midlands Hub regional poster competition final and research summary

Research poster - rules of entry 

  • All posters must be A1 size (59.4 x 84.1cm)
  • Posters can be either portrait or landscape
  • A4 size versions of the poster may be used as handouts. No other handouts may be used.
  • No additional material may be used or added to the poster (e.g., laptop demonstration, speaker in poster, anything stuck on the poster, flaps or lifts on poster).
  • Name, title of poster and the name of the University must be clearly presented on the poster (for the regional competition).

Research summary for a non-specialist audience - rules of entry

  • The research summary will include information about the research topic, convey a sense of importance as to why the research is relevant in the 21st century and report any preliminary findings if appropriate.
  • The summary will be judged independently from the poster, therefore should not include references to pictures, diagrams or tables on the researcher's poster
  • The summary should not include any technical jargon and should be written for a lay audience
  • Maximum word length 150 words
  • References should not be included in word count
  • The only formatting permitted will be bold/italic/underlined
  • Summaries should be submitted using typeface Ariel, font size 12 (see template Annex D)
  • The summary should clearly display the researcher's name, the name of the University and the title of the summary.

Each researcher will be judged on their poster and their presentation of their research using the judging criteria below.  The poster should be in layman's terms, that is, understandable by a member of the general public.  The judges will be clearly identifiable and will introduce themselves as necessary.

Each researcher will present one A1 poster.  Researchers are also permitted to distribute A4 replica copies of their poster.  No other additional handouts or ‘props' will be permitted.  Each researcher will be expected to answer questions from the audience and judges about their research and their poster.

Prior to the competition each researcher will be asked to submit a written summary of 150 words which outlines the research referred to in the poster to a non-specialist audience.  This will be judged separately and a prize will be awarded to the best summary.