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Posters are often only thought of in a conference context, but actually they can be so useful at all stages of your PhD. They put you in the right mindset for thinking about your work in a concise and effective way and are a brilliant thing to create before say, a viva or presentation.


This week, we'll give you all the details on how to create a poster, from the first key questions to ask yourself all the way to actually designing and transporting your poster!


Lots of Links this week:


Poster Design Principles

Great Icon Resource

Creating posters in Powerpoint

More Poster guidance


Accessible Colour Wheel


Our Posters:

Poster 1

Poster 2


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