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CTI Mathematics Monthly report, September 1999 Centre staff were involved in four national events during September: the Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Conference (UMTC) at Sheffield Hallam University, the Mathwise User Group (MWUG) Annual Conference and AGM at the University of Birmingham, ALT-C 99 at the University of Bristol, and the launch of the Royal Statistical Society’s Centre for Statistical Education (RSSCSE) at Nottingham Trent University. Pam attended the first day of UMTC, and set up a stall for the delegates to browse through during their coffee breaks. She helped to organise day 2 of ALT-C, which was organised into subject specific streams. Six papers were presented in the stream relating to Mathematics, Physics and Engineering. She also attended the RSSCSE launch with John Blake. The organisation of the MWUG conference was done by Greig in his role as the Secretary of MWUG, in conjunction with Julia Meek, the Mathwise Coordinator. This organisation was supported by Pam and CTI Mathematics. A full report of the day can be seen on the MWUG website. [http://mat-nt2.bham.ac.uk/mwug/mwug99/w-mwug99.htm] We received a reply to our second stage bid for the new Learning and Teaching Support Network Centre for Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research, to the effect that our proposal provides an acceptable basis on which to proceed to contract. The letter outlined a number of important residual issues to be resolved as part of the contracting process. In the meantime CTI Mathematics activities continue as usual. Work on the November edition of Maths&Stats has begun and preparation is taking place for a Matlab workshop in conjunction with the CTI Centres for Engineering and Physics, to be held in December at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London =============================== Greig Fratus Information Officer CTI Mathematics School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT Tel: 0121 414 7670 Fax: 0121 414 3389 Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.bham.ac.uk/ctimath/ ========================= %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%