07 04 2025

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Boost your poster abstract skills

Now that poster abstract submissions are open for the joint NIHR BRC and UKCRF Network Conference, we would like to share resources on how to create effective poster abstracts.

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Podcast – How to create award winning academic posters

Created by Dementia Researcher and hosted by Francesca La Frenais with panellists of poster award winning Early Career Researchers, Dr Claire Durrant a Post Doc Researcher from University of Cambridge, Dr Aoife Kiely who works as a Research Communications Officer at Alzheimer’s Society and Physicist and PhD Student Yolanda Ohene also at University College London.

The podcast hopes to offer guidance on how to produce a fantastic award-winning conference poster, thinking about the abstract, scripting, concept, design, and logistics.

Webinar Series – Writing skills for Clinical Research Nurses, Midwives and Research Delivery Staff

Webinar Image Poster Abstracts

Part of the NIHR Research Masterclass on the FutureNHS Platform (free account required to access)

Improve your writing skills with webinars on publishing, authorship, methods papers & conference abstracts. Perfect for those ready to publish or start a research career.

The module talks you through writing a conference abstract by helping you understand how to make an impact in 250 words and a review of a range of approaches to conference poster design.

Module E includes four webinars and associated workbook:

  • Webinar 1: Writing for publication
  • Webinar 2: Negotiating authorship and other thorny issues
  • Webinar 3: Writing a methods paper
  • Webinar 4: Writing a conference abstract and designing a poster

Get inspiration from last years' winners

The UKCRF Network portal holds all our resources from last years’ Conference including all poster abstracts winners.

Pictured below is last year’s winner Sruthy Thoniparambil Vinesh.

To join the UKCRF Network Portal, please use the following link: https://www.ukcrfnetwork.co.uk/ukcrfn-portal/

Sruthy Poster Winner