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Dear all,</div>
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The time has come for institutions/companies to register their membership of the <a href="https://www.uknc.org/" id="LPlnk945953" title="https://www.uknc.org/">
UKNC </a>for the period April 2024 - March 2025.</div>
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As in previous years, we will be using Eventbrite to collect membership: see <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<a href="https://uknc-2024-25.eventbrite.co.uk/" id="OWAbc701375-6584-de74-2cf8-e80c921105c2" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;">https://uknc-2024-25.eventbrite.co.uk</a></span>.</div>
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The deadline for renewing UKNC membership via this route is <b>31<sup>st</sup> July 2024</b>. Please liaise with other parties in your institution/company to avoid unnecessary duplicate membership. Any problems with the deadline, please get in touch.</div>
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The relevant membership categories (excluding the Eventbrite processing fee) are:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Small academic group (up to 6 people) : £110</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Large academic group (more than 6 people): £220<br>
(For larger academic groups who wish to split the fee across two departments please sign up as two small groups)</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Industrial member: £220</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Individual member: £110</span></li></ul>
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Membership allows you to:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Be part of this thriving community,</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Qualify for reduced rates at the Annual Winter Conference,</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Have your students be eligible for conference bursaries,</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Participate in any online seminars,</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Vote at the AGM.</span></li></ul>
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Please feel free to forward this email onto any parties you think might be interested.</div>
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Best regards,</div>
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Philip Shields (UKNC Webmaster)</div>
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<p style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">Philip Shields, Senior Lecturer & Director of Teaching, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom | Telephone: +44 (0)1225 386309 | Email:
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p.shields@bath.ac.uk</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: gray;">[Please note that I work flexible hours and may contact you outside of the normal working day; I do not expect a reply outside of your normal working hours.]</span></p>
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