One of our members has kindly agreed to do an online course in , you can find details of the course under the 'academic stuff' link on the Learning LaTeX page.

The course is split into two components (connected of course) one online, and one based in the computer rooms in the Maths building. The latter gets started this week (week 3) on Wednesday 18th October, 11am - 1pm in A0.01, which is the Linux based computer room. Come along, ask questions, learn, be part of it.

is a way of typesetting mathematics on a computer, if you look at your average maths textbook, then you'll get an idea of the kind of thing can do. Being able to write in is a very useful skill and the sooner you get into it the easier it will be to type up your second and third year essays!