You may remember I work on curriculum innovation as part of the Mathematical Sciences Strand of the National HE STEM Programme. Hazel Kendrick, who works on outreach, has been collecting a list of smart phone and tablet apps for mathematics undergraduates and lecturers. Her original request to the Maths-Prom mailing list said: We are interested…
Maths of AV: a reading list
On the recent Math/Maths Podcast, among other things, we discussed the upcoming referendum on the UK voting system. Since then, I’ve become aware of a few more articles and blog posts that may be of interest. The referendum asks for a “Yes” to change the method of running the election of MPs to Westminster to…
Mathematical podcasting
Samuel Hansen and I appear in the report from the 13th IMA Early Career Mathematicians Conference in the latest Mathematics Today, which we spoke at on ‘Mathematical Podcasting’, during “Math/Maths Week” last November. Next up were two of our more tech-savvy colleagues Samuel Hansen (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Peter Rowlett (University of Birmingham),…
‘Technology in mathematics HE teaching & learning’
On the second day of Young Researchers in Mathematics 2011 at the University of Warwick I gave my second of two talks, this time on ‘Technology in mathematics HE teaching & learning’. This is a demo of some ways people are including technology in their teaching, learning and assessment. This follows the talk on the…
‘Innovation in mathematics HE teaching & learning’
I am at the conference Young Researchers in Mathematics 2011 at the University of Warwick and last night I gave the pre-dinner talk on ‘Innovation in mathematics HE teaching & learning’. I recorded this and it is available below. Here is the abstract: There are many issues in mathematical sciences HE teaching and learning that,…
Hidden Science Map
I have added myself to the Hidden Science Map and written a profile. This asked about my education and route into mathematics, a week in my life, what attracted me to what I do, & more. Here is its description of itself: The Hidden Science Map has been created to show how much science goes…
Types of scientist (or mathematician)
I am interested in a recent paper from the Science Council. This discusses the different roles scientists have in society beyond actually researching cutting edge science. For example, I would feel strange about describing myself as a ‘scientist’ (perhaps in the news media sense of: “Scientists have discovered…”) but when I see the Science Council…