1. Basic Maths Support Sessions Dr Marcus Keogh-Brown Basic Maths Support Coordinator

2. Who should attend? See online self-assessment via URL listed in welcome packs: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/edu/studyskills.html (under subheading ‘Maths and Numeracy Skills’) Do NOT need to be able to do all this for MSc courses If struggling with the questions and cannot understand the solutions then come to the Basic Maths Support Sessions No question is too basic, come and ask!

3. http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/edu/studyskills.html

5. http://studyskills.lshtm.ac.uk/BasicMaths/index.htm Recommended calculator: Casio fx-85GT (or fx-85GT PLUS)

6. Register Online

7. When and where are the sessions? Lunchtime sessions at 12.30-2.00 pm on: – Session 1: Wednesday 7th October – Session 2: Friday 9th October – Session 3: Monday 12th October – Session 4: Wednesday 14th October – Session 5: Friday 16th October Practice between sessions is important and you can read the materials in advance too If you enrol you will be individually allocated to a teaching group Email and notice board in Keppel St reception / outside Teaching Support Office (TSO) for details of rooms Download or print materials and bring to the sessions! Welcome to eat in the sessions!

8. How to access the course materials Either from – Self-assessment exercise: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/edu/studyskills.html (under the subheading ‘Maths and Numeracy Skills’). or – Intranet U:\Download\Teach\Basic Maths Combined handout or individual Powerpoints and teaching materials with exercises and solutions

9. How will the sessions help? Not training in statistics, epidemiology or economics Refresher sessions for revision of basic concepts in order to handle numeracy required for associated modules

10. Summary 1.Decide if the support sessions would help you using the Self-assessment exercise: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/edu/studyskills.html (under the subheading ‘Maths and Numeracy Skills’). 2.Please enrol by 12 Noon Friday 2nd October (also via the self-assessment exercise) 3.Download the materials and bring them to the session  From the self-assessment  From Intranet U:\Download\Teach\Basic Maths