MathsCareer Profiles
The range of careers open to STEM graduates is very broad indeed. To give you an idea, we have put together a collection of personal career profiles of STEM graduates, as well as links to other websites that feature such profiles.
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Recent Articles
Maths Photo Competition 2013
Do you want to amaze your maths teacher and fellow students? Can you show some maths in the real world just by taking a photograph and adding a caption? You could win an Android Tablet!
Randomness in the stock market
In the aftermath of the worldwide banking crisis and widespread recession it is hard for a day to pass without some mention of the stock market.
Ambassadors
Welcome to the Ambassadors Section - information and resources for any undergraduate or postgraduate mathematics students who are working with pupils in secondary schools.
Who employs mathematicians?
Maths graduates may not always be aware of the various employment opportunities available to them. This page offers a list of employer websites divided into several categories.
Partner websites
The Maths Careers website is working in collaboration with Future Morph and the Science & Maths campaign.
Engineering in action
If you are thinking at all about a career in engineering, then the videos on this page are for you. Engineers from five diverse sectors talk about their careers, as well as giving real life examples of where they use A-level maths.
Transversal Maths Competition
Put your maths skills to the test and win a sailing lesson with a double-gold Olympic medal winning sailor!
Weighing the world
Find out how the world was weighed, through mathematics, on a soggy mountain in Scotland.
Featured career profile
Matt Henderson, Speech and language processing researcher
"If you do a maths degree, then there is a wide range of areas where people will welcome your skills."
Career profile
Do you use maths in your work / research ? Would you like your career profile to be featured on the Maths Careers website? Then do get in touch!
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Teaching resources
This page aims to provide a range of resources to support teachers in the classroom as well as parents at home.
Poster Competition 2012 / 2013
Check out the winners and runners-up of this year's poster competition!
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