[UK-TUG] LaTeX for Beginners course, London, 2nd August 2013

[Joseph Wright]

On 18/04/2013 15:40, Joseph Wright wrote:
> Dear Member,
> 
> The Committee have arranged another presentation of our popular 'LaTeX
> for Beginners' course, to take place in August. We hope to get a good
> turn out: members are encouraged to circulate the details to anyone who
> might be interested (or indeed to attend themselves).
> 
> Joseph Wright
> UK-TUG Secretary
> 
> *Details*
> 
> The UK TeX Users' Group (UK-TUG) will be arranging a presentation of the
> very popular course 'LaTeX for Beginners: Using LaTeX to Write a Thesis'
> in the summer.
> 
> The course will be taking place in London on the 2nd of August 2013,
> starting at 9:30 am and running to approximately 4:30 pm. Content will
> include:
> 
>  - Editing and compiling LaTeX documents
>  - Logical structure
>  - Chapters, sections, and other document divisions
>  - Including graphics
>  - Creating tables
>  - Bibliographies
>  - Dealing with large documents
> 
> The course fee is £20 for current UK-TUG members or £30 for non-members.
> The fee includes the course itself, refreshments on the day and a copy
> of the TeX Live 2012 DVD. For non-members, it also includes membership
> of UK-TUG for until the end of 2013.
> 
> Attendees will need to bring a laptop along to the event, although it
> may be possible to arrange a loan machine for a limited number of people
> on the day. The venue is UEA London, which is approximately five minutes
> walk from Liverpool Street station.
> 
> Provisional bookings should be made by e-mailing secretary at uk.tug.org.
> Confirmation of the booking, including the course fee, needs to be made
> within four weeks of the provisional booking. Full details of the course
> location, etc., will be provided to confirmed attendees.

Take up on the course has been slower than we've seen previously. I'd
encourage members to 'spread the word': running the course is an
important part of UK-TUG activities, but can only take place if
prospective 'students' hear about it!
-- 
Joseph Wright