LaTeX Training Course in Cambridge

The UK TeX Users Group is organising another introductory LaTeX course on April 15th, 2011 in Cambridge.

Using LaTeX to Write a Thesis

This course is aimed at beginners and will cover a range of topics connected with writing a dissertation in LaTeX, including:

• Installing LaTeX for the first time
• Creating a document
• Document structure
• Graphics
• Managing a bibliography with BibTeX

Registration

The course only costs £10, so I imagine places will be taken very quickly.

To register, e-mail Joseph Wright <joseph.wright@morningstar2.co.uk> and include:

• Your completed UK-TUG membership form as an attachment (a year’s membership is included in the course fee)
• Details of your LaTeX experience (if any), including which operating system you use
• What your general subject area is (to help plan the course content)

Useful Links

Full details of the course and more information about booking conditions are posted here: http://uk.tug.org/2011/03/12/latex-training-course-15th-april-2011-cambridge/

LaTeX Training Course at Oxford University

For those of you who missed the UK TeX Users Group and University of East Anglia course back in July, there’s another LaTeX training session happening at Oxford this October.

An Introduction to LaTeX

The Department for Continuing Education at Oxford University is organising a full-day course on October 16th.

It is aimed at beginners and will cover creating documents (including letters), graphics and bibliography.

Registration

The course costs £50 and enrolment is either online or by downloading an application form – both available on the course webpage:

http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/details.php?id=O10P133MAJ

LaTeX Training Course – Update

I’ve just discovered that the LaTeX course organised by the UK TeX Users Group and the University of East Anglia is now fully booked.

There’s clearly a need for introductory courses like these!

Future Courses

It sounds like the UK TeX Users Group will repeat this course later in the year if there’s sufficient demand. Joseph Wright writes:

We are starting a list of interested people in case anyone drops out, and will be looking at holding another course later in the year if there is the interest. So do consider sending a registration e-mail: the more people we know are interested the more likely it is that another course can be organised.

Who to Contact

As before, please email Joseph Wright <joseph.wright@morningstar2.co.uk> with details of your experience with LaTeX and your academic subject area.

LaTeX Training Course

In London on July 30th the UK TeX Users Group and the University of East Anglia will be running a course on how to use LaTeX to write a thesis.

Course Content

You don’t need to be an expert to take part – the course is aimed at people new to LaTeX. The topics covered include:

• Creating a document
• Document structure
• Graphics
• Managing a bibliography with BibTeX

Registration

The course only costs £10, so I imagine places will be taken very quickly.

To register, e-mail Joseph Wright <joseph.wright@morningstar2.co.uk> and include:

• Details of your LaTeX experience (if any)
• If you’re bringing a laptop  with you to the course
• What your general subject area is (to help plan the course content)
• Any special requirements (diet, access, etc.)

Useful Links

Full details of the course (including the programme) are posted here: http://uk.tug.org/2010/06/17/latex-training-course-using-latex-to-write-a-thesis/.

Cambridge University LaTeX Courses

Students and staff at the University of Cambridge may be interested in the following courses on offer this term:

• 10-11 February LaTeX: Introduction

• 13 February LaTeX Follow-up Practical Using TeXshop on a Macintosh

See http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/courses/timetable.html for course descriptions and booking information.

Eligibility: The standard programme of short courses run by the Computing Service is aimed at the staff and students of Cambridge University. Others may also be eligible to attend if from certain related institutions. For details see: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/courses/genreg.html#charging

I would encourage readers of this blog to submit information about other LaTeX courses being run near you. You can do this by adding a comment to this post.