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If people miss out on maths at school or had a bad experience the first time round, discovering maths later in life can be really important in achieving your potential. Read more!

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  • Faces of Women in Mathematics  – International Women’s Day 2018

    Faces of Women in Mathematics – International Women’s Day 2018

    A mathematician from Loughborough University and her filmmaker sister have produced a short film for International Women’s Day this year featuring cameos by women mathematicians around the globe.

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  • The Maths Inside the Twelve Days of Christmas

    The Maths Inside the Twelve Days of Christmas

    Have you ever wondered about how many gifts the singer received in the famous Twelve Days of Christmas song?  The answer might surprise you!

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  • How mathematics helps solve murders

    How mathematics helps solve murders

    When detectives arrive at the scene of a murder they are presented with lots of evidence, ranging from tiny unseen hairs or particles which could provide DNA, to bigger more noticeable clues such as potential murder weapons. Some of the most gruesome and obvious clues are usually bloodstains, and, by using mathematical analysis, these bloodstains […]

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  • The Black Heroes of Mathematics

    The Black Heroes of Mathematics

    As part of Black History Month, Dr Nira Chamberlain has produced a presentation which celebrates black mathematicians from history.

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  • An Interview with Maria Bruna – L’Oréal-UNESCO Fellow

    An Interview with Maria Bruna – L’Oréal-UNESCO Fellow

    Maria Bruna is the first mathematician to win a L’Oréal-UNESCO UK and Ireland for Women in Science Fellowship. She is a Junior Research Fellow an Affiliate Researcher.

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  • What’s the largest number in the world?

    What’s the largest number in the world?

    If you’ve ever asked what the largest number is during a maths lesson it is quite likely that some bright spark piped up with an answer along the lines of: “That’s easy! It’s infinity of course!” The only problem with infinity is that it isn’t a number as such, as demonstrated by the conversation below […]

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  • How Paralympic athletes are compared using maths

    How Paralympic athletes are compared using maths

    How mathematics is used to compare the performances of Paralympic athletes who experience differing levels of impairment.

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  • Five different careers that use maths

    Five different careers that use maths

    Explore a variety of different careers that use mathematics via these career advice videos from icould.com       Matt discusses his role as a consultant at the Met Office:   Sarah talks about her role in finance management for the Arcadia Group:   Chris discusses construction management at Balfour Beatty:   Nicola on her role designing satellites […]

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  • Work Experience during a Maths Degree

    Work Experience during a Maths Degree

    “Most employers agree that they would rather employ a graduate with a 2:1 and evidence of work readiness than a graduate with a first class degree and no work experience at all.” The good news is that a maths degree will give you a head start when applying for jobs, and that you will be […]

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  • Understand everyday maths with Citizen Maths

    Understand everyday maths with Citizen Maths

    Try a new way of learning about everyday maths – it’s free Citizen Maths is a free online maths course. It helps you learn maths in a new way. Instead of abstract routines, the course uses practical problems to help you grasp some “powerful ideas” in maths.  You can then apply these in work and […]

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  • Cakes, Custard and Category Theory: Easy recipes for understanding complex maths – review

    Cakes, Custard and Category Theory: Easy recipes for understanding complex maths – review

    What on earth do cakes, custard and category theory have in common apart from alliteration? Described as the only female category theorist in South Yorkshire, Cheng has written this quirky book to show that “mathematics is there to make difficult things easy”

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  • Advice from employers to mathematical sciences students

    Advice from employers to mathematical sciences students

    A series of videos produced by www.wideangles.tv as part of the Curriculum Impact project based in the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London.

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