Registration - call for abstracts

All Keele postgraduates are invited to apply to present their research to a cross disciplinary audience of peers, students and staff at the Institute’s annual postgraduate conference

Date: Monday 23rd November 2020

Time: 9.30am - 1.00pm

Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams

The challenge is to communicate your work in an accessible and inspiring way to an informed, but non-specialist audience. Projects should be presented as posters and you are encouraged to share your work in progress with a focus on effective and engaging communication.

Second Call for Abstracts

** New Deadline: Wednesday 28th October **

Your submission should include your entry title and abstract, both of which should be written with a lay audience in mind. Your abstract should be a single paragraph, no longer than 200 words and you should clearly draw out the relevance of your research, highlighting why it is important and interesting to someone who is not a specialist in your area.

Why present at this conference?

Just a few reasons to take part:

• The opportunity to communicate your research in an accessible and inspiring way to an informed but non-specialist audience
• Gain valuable experience in sharing your work beyond your own field
• Free and open to all postgraduate students
• Competitions and prizes
• Support friends and colleagues
• Take part in the Three Minute Thesis competition and set yourself a challenge of presenting your doctoral research in an inspiring and engaging way, using just one slide, in just 3 minutes
• Get your name and abstract in the conference handbook
• Attend breakout sessions on; Showcasing your PhD for employment, Engaging external partners to create impact from your research, Hot Topics in Qualitative Research methods and a Start to success, a PGR community event

Deadline Wednesday 28th October 2020.