Last week I attended the Maths Options Fair at the University of Oxford. This is for third year undergraduates to consider their options and I was invited to this by Audrey Curnock of the Mathematical Institute so I could meet those students and make them aware of the IMA. The event was well attended. I…
The West of England
On Tuesday I attended the launch of a new IMA Branch: West of England. This is very pleasing as the Branches have the potential to be a huge benefit to members. The champions of this are Garrod Musto, Dr Alison Hooper and Edward Glennie. Garrod is Head of Mathematics at Kingswood Senior School in Bath…
Sponsorship for students to attend ECMI 2008
The following is an announcement from Amy Marsh, Conference Officer for the IMA. The IMA is this year organising the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI) Conference in London. We are very pleased to announce that the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has provided £3,000 to support students attending the European Consortium…
Mathematics Today June: University Liaison Officer’s Report
The following report is my report in Mathematics Today June. “When I graduated from my mathematics degree, between results and graduation I received a letter from a local academic suggesting I join the IMA. I thought: ‘Who are these people and why would I want to give them my money?’ and the letter went straight…
A week in Cardiff
This week saw the IMA Eighth Younger Mathematicians Conference at Cardiff University on Saturday. I took the opportunity to spend the week in Cardiff on holiday. Below are pictures of Cardiff Castle (near the University) and Cardiff Millennium Centre, which is fairly iconic. The weather in Cardiff was really nice all week, despite almost constant…
Manchester Students Research Conference
I attended the Mathematics Research Students’ Conference (MRSC) 2008 at Hulme Hall, University of Manchester (pictured above) and manned an IMA stall (pictured below). This was a good event and I met some interesting people, though I wasn’t able to attend any of the talks as I had a report to work on. It was…
Manchester Mathsoc Ball
Today I attended first hour of the University of Manchester Mathsoc Ball. The Mathsoc recently made a successful application for a grant from the IMA to support their activities. I did some mingling and gave a short speech though I’m not sure most people could hear me in the large hall. The students had printed…