JADE Student Learning Conference - JSLUG Q&A wall by Chris

Some tips for abstract writing

c_w_r_little — 2015-11-26 13:23:13 UTC

Dr Helen Kara, University of Birmingham, has produced an excellent guide to writing a good conference abstract. It can be found via the following link: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/01/27/how-to-write-a-killer-conference-abstract/

More Tips

c_w_r_little — 2015-11-26 13:31:21 UTC

2 more good ones via:

http://academic-conferences.org/abstract-guidelines.htm

https://findsandfeatures.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/how-to-write-an-abstract-for-a-conference-paper/

Need guidance!

w4e55 — 2016-02-18 17:15:59 UTC

Where can I go to get feedback on my abstract before submitting?

Guidance on checking abstracts before you submit.

2016-02-19 08:37:57 UTC

Hi there, thanks for asking an important question. This conference is trying, as much as possible, to mirror postgraduate and professional conferences so there is no formal way of gaining feedback on your abstracts from the conference team. You are more than welcome to speak to your personal tutor, friends or the team in Student Learning. These might be worth a go. The abstracts, at this point, are indicative and not set in stone so don't worry if things change. Just make sure they are well written and tell us what you are presenting and perhaps why. Sorry we can't be more help.
Chris

Ronnie/ Questions about verbal presentation

2016-02-22 16:01:10 UTC

1. In the verbal presentation, are participators allowed to use powerpoint or something like that to help to present more visible information?
2. What maximum and minimum time length of the presentation?
3. If I want to change my title (but still in the same topic) after I upload it to JADE, is it possible?
4. After the verbal presentation, will participators been asked questions?

For Ronnie re Questions about verbal

c_w_r_little — 2016-02-23 08:38:55 UTC

Cheers for questions, here are the answers:
1. Of course PowerPoints are fine, as are any other presentation mediums, I'll make this clearer on the website.
2. Maximum time length is 15 minutes.
3. You can change the title and some of the content, the abstract at the moment is just indicative as is the title. We'll confirm full title details in May.
4. Generally, we would like students to answer questions on their presentation for 5 minutes at the end.

Hope this helps and thanks for raising the questions!
Chris

Finding out if we've been selected to present at JADE...

2016-02-26 01:41:11 UTC

When will applicants find out if we'll be presenting at the conference? Thanks.

referancing

2016-02-26 12:12:57 UTC

Hi, I know its a bit late in the day but would you like references used with in the abstracted?

When will you find out if you're successful?

c_w_r_little — 2016-02-26 16:21:14 UTC

I hope to let every applicant know by the 11th March whether or not they have been accepted to present at this years conference so not too long to wait.
Chris

Referencing in abstracts question

c_w_r_little — 2016-02-26 16:22:20 UTC

You can reference within your abstract all though it is not a prerequisite. It really depends on the quality of the whole abstract. Feel free to include them if you wish.
Chris

Attending

2016-03-30 16:52:00 UTC

When will we find out more about attending the conference?

Attending - Response from Chris

2016-04-04 07:56:07 UTC

Cheers for getting in touch. I will be releasing details of how to attend the conference by the end of this month to all students. Keep your eyes peeled and watch your emails for further details. Thanks for showing interest!

Practice, meet, get feedback on drafts?

2016-04-12 17:35:53 UTC

For those of us presenting, will we get a chance to practice in the room the conference will be held in?
Can you organize the presenters to meet each other? It would nice to meet other presenters to help and support one another.
Will you be able to look at drafts of presentation and provide feedback? Thanks

Documenting

2016-12-07 03:07:24 UTC

Will the presentations be recorded and shared on youtube/vimeo/fb? I think it would be a cool idea for people to see what goes on and also for presenters to watch themselves

Documenting - Response from Chris

2016-12-08 13:48:09 UTC

Thanks for the question. We do not currently have any plans to do this but may look into this for this year. I'll look into this and will possible ask hose accepted to present if they would like this. Thanks for this though - it's making me think!
Chris

Can more than one submission be made or is it one abstract per student?

2017-02-24 02:01:42 UTC

Attending

2018-03-25 18:32:39 UTC

Is anyone able to attend or is it only students and staff?

Response from Chris - Who can attend?

2018-04-03 07:52:03 UTC

At the moment I can't confirm or deny whether or not external guests can attend, I am looking into it for this year but there may be some time before I can get back to you on this. I need to see what the regs are around externals, safeguarding, etc. So I will let you know ASAP.