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LaTeX for Beginners: Using LaTeX to Write a Thesis
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' at UEA London on the 26th of August, starting at 10 am and running to approximately 5 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 £10 for current UK-TUG members, and £25 for non-members. The fee includes the course itself, refreshments on the day and a copy of the TeX Live 2010 DVD. For non-members, it also includes membership of UK-TUG for until the end of 2012.
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.
Places on the course are strictly limited, and previous experience suggests that these will be filled very rapidly. Provisional bookings should be made by e-mailing secretary@uk.tug.org. Confirmation of the booking, including the course fee, needs to be made within two weeks of the provisional booking. Full details of the course location, etc., will be provided to confirmed attendees.
Mediterranean Editors and Translators (MET) (www.metmeetings.org)
is pleased to announce a series of workshops and discussions of interest to translators and editors or others involved in facilitating international communication in English. These workshops will be held in Barcelona in March-April-May and September 2011.
Thursday 19 May - Revision matters: why, how and how much? Ailish Maher and Luci Vazquez
Thursday 22 Sept - Anatomy, part 3: the nervous system, an overview for English language specialists Philip Bazire
Friday 30 Sept - International Translation Day: Bridging Cultures. Freelance views from two associations, Mediterranean Editors and Translators (MET) and Associació Professional de Traductors i Intèrprets de Catalunya (APTIC)
Editing medical journals: short course (2-4 November 2011, Oxford, UK)
The world of medical publishing is facing huge changes and journal editors are expected to ensure success in the face of increasing expectations from authors, reviewers, publishers and readers. This two-day course, now in its 15th year, looks at the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to run a successful publication - recognising that most editors are full-time scientists and clinicians and not full-time editors. The course looks at relationships that editors need to cultivate with authors, readers, reviewers and other members of the editorial team; and investigates strategies to improve efficiencies and quality.
London Book Fair 2011: The partnership between author and editor SfEP hosts its first seminar at the London Book Fair
The Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) invites you to its first-ever seminar at the London Book Fair, on 13 April 2011 at 2.30pm. It will be held in Wellington Rooms 1 and 2, Level 1, Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, Hammersmith, London SW5 9TA. The seminar, entitled
The partnership between author and editor, will explore how the relationship between author, in-house editor and freelance editor works to mutual advantage. The panel comprises two trios – one in general/popular medicine and the other in fiction – and will be chaired by Christina Thomas, a long-standing member of the SfEP who was recently awarded honorary membership. The authors Mark Newton (fiction) and Bridget McCall (popular medicine) will discuss how they work with their editors Julie Crisp and Lawrence Osborn and Dick Warner and Richenda Milton-Daws respectively. SfEP Chair Sarah Price said: "We're delighted to be hosting our first-ever session at the London Book Fair. Publishing processes are changing rapidly, but we're keenly aware that good working relationships and effective communication remain at the heart of achieving quality."
The seminar is open to all London Book Fair visitors (registration for the London Book Fair does not guarantee entry to a specific seminar).
For more information or to schedule an interview please contact Lillian Avon on 01202 417535 or email her at prexecutive@sfep.org.uk. Notes for editors:
The SfEP was formed in November 1988 and works to promote editorial standards, uphold the professional status of editorial workers, and encourage the use of services offered by its membership.
It has approximately 1,400 members and associates (mostly in the UK) providing editorial services to publishers and a wide range of companies, government agencies and other bodies.
Contact C. Sterken, ASTRONOMY (WE/OBSS), University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; csterken@vub.ac.be;www.swya.org/
Scientific Writing for Young Astronomers
The direct purpose of organising this school is to teach new PhD students in astronomy how to express their scientific results through adequate and efficient science writing. In other words: how to write scientific papers for different forums (journals, proceedings, thesis manuscripts, etc.).
Contact C. Sterken, ASTRONOMY (WE/OBSS), University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; csterken@vub.ac.be;www.swya.org/
ALPSP training courses, briefings and technology updates - 2011 courses
Publishing Training Centre at Book House, London
Contact: The Publishing Training Centre at Book House, 45 East Hill, Wandsworth, London SW18 2QZ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 8874 2718, fax +44 (0)20 8870 8985, publishing.training@bookhouse.co.uk; www.train4publishing.co.uk
Society for Editors and Proofreaders workshops
SfEP runs one-day workshops in London and occasionally elsewhere in the UK on copy-editing, proofreading, grammar, and much else
Training enquiries: tel: +44 (0)20 8785 5617; trainingenquiries@sfep.org.uk
Other enquiries: SfEP, Erico house, 93-99 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 2TG. Tel: +44 (0)20 8785 5617; administration@sfep.org.uk; www.sfep.org.uk
Society of Indexers workshops
The Society of Indexers runs workshops for beginners and more experienced indexers in various cities in the UK. Details and booking forms can be found at www.indexers.org.uk; admin@indexers.org.uk
University of Chicago
Medical writing, editing, and ethics are among the many courses available at the Graham School of General Studies, 5835 S Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637-1608, USA. Fax +1 773 702 6814; www.grahamschool.uchicago.edu
University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education
Courses on effective writing for biomedical professionals and on presenting in biomedicine, science, and technology
Contact: Leanne Banns, CPD Centre, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, Littlegate House, 16/17 St Ebbes Street, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; tel: +44 (0)1865 286953; fax: +44 (0)1865 286934; leanne.banns@conted.ox.ac.uk; www.conted.ox.ac.uk/cpd/personaldev
