There is an article on the website of Times Higher Education (THE) ‘Maths teaching seeks the formula for good graduates‘, which is about the report of the HE Mathematics Curriculum Summit, which I edited. I recording some thoughts about this hours before the deadline for the related funding call as episode 8 of the Maths…
Smart Phone Apps for University Mathematics
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…