MathsEver wondered about the people behind the maths you learn at school?
Then why not enter our competition to design a poster about a mathematician from the past, or write an article on the legacy of the work of Alan Turing?
Career 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.
Alex Bellos
Writer, author and broadcaster
"In the Venn diagram intersection of published English language football authors and fluent Portuguese speakers, I think I was the only one."
Recent Articles
Non-Newtonian fluids
When stressed, this class of fluids begin to behave very strangely indeed: they can get thicker or thinner, some instantly and some over time.
A colourful problem
How many colours do you need to fill in a map? The answer is more complicated than you'd think...
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.
Colour calculations
Many different people need to know how to mix and create colours in order to do their jobs, and maths helps them to get the exact colour they need.
Ambassadors
Check out the new Ambassadors Section - information and resources for any undergraduate or postgraduate mathematics students who are working with pupils in secondary schools.
Weighing the world
Find out how the world was weighed, through mathematics, on a soggy mountain in Scotland.
Competitions!
Poster Competition 2011/2012
The competition is now closed. Find out who won!
Article Competition 2011/2012
The competition is now closed. Find out who won!
Get into the Big Screen!
A video competition for undergraduates who work with secondary schools. A laptop plus 10 runner-up prizes to be won!
Featured pages
Teaching resources
This page aims to provide a range of resources to support teachers in the classroom as well as parents at home.
More Maths Grads
Maths comes alive with 'Maths in a Box'!
Maths in a Box is a vital resource for all maths teachers in secondary schools and FE colleges and also for university outreach departments. It shows that maths is used in a whole number of ways that school students may never have thought of. For example, it shows how quadratic equations and probability are linked to football and how logarithms are used in our analysis of earthquakes. And at the same time, it shows how maths can be fun, as students will be able to perform - and understand - the magic tricks for themselves.
More Maths Grads
More maths grads was a three-year project (2007 - 2010) funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to develop, trial and evaluate means of increasing the number of students studying mathematics and encouraging participation from groups of learners who have not traditionally been well represented in higher education.