In 2025, there were 31 posters on display. Please have a look at the Academic Development Symposium Poster Booklet. The posters aligned with the Symposium’s theme 'Future-Ready Education: Enhancing Student Employability and Institutional Reputation'. All posters were displayed on digital screens.
Two awards were made this year
- The Popular Vote Award
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Tracey Innes, Regina Jaschke, Ellen Minshull and Kate Robertson from the Careers & Employability team were awarded the Popular Vote Poster Award for their poster titled 'Career Readiness: Using data to inform and deliver tailored employability enhancing support for students throughout their learner journey’.
Pictured above: Kate Robertson, Ellen Minshull, Miles Rothoerl, VP for Education (Students’ Union), Professor Jo-Anne Murray, Vice-Principal (Education) and Regina Jaschke.The Popular Vote Award was voted for by the Symposium delegates on the day. While judging the posters for the Popular Vote Award, attendees were encouraged to use the following criteria:
- Creativity, visual appeal and flair of the poster
- Legibility and clarity of the information presented
- Balance of text and diagrammatic information
- Succinctness of the information presented
- Innovative teaching and learning or research content
- The Digital Accessibility Award
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Sarah Dobbie was awarded the Digital Accessibility Poster Award for ‘Integrating EAP: Supporting Students’ Learning Journey’ poster.
View the 'Integrating EAP: Supporting Students' Learning Journey' poster
It has been a tough competition and so we'd also like to acknowledge two very close runners up:
1st runner up – Steven Sangster - View Steven's poster
2nd runner up – Megan Buchanan - MyAberdeen: Piloting an Institutional Course TemplateThe Digital Accessibility Award was selected by a judging panel consisting of last year’s winner of the award and eLearning Support Assistants working within the Centre for Academic Development, who have received extensive training in digital accessibility to deliver the Course Accessibility Service.
The posters were judged on adherence to digital accessibility standards including:
- Legibility and clarity of the way information is presented.
- Logic of the reading order, including when using assistive technologies.
- Sufficiency of the colour contrast between text and background.
- Availability of text alternatives for visual content.
- Use of a variety of methods to convey information.