Over the past few weeks I have made several trips to Birmingham. First, I met with the IMA’s new liaison with the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS), Julie Hepburn from the Cardiff University Careers Service. We had a chat about what AGCAS and the IMA can do, and about the careers advice offered…
Mathematics Today October: University Liaison Officer’s Report
As I have been on leave over much of the rainy summer, I wrote a shorter than usual report for Mathematics Today October. I am happy to report the IMA Younger Members Committee has taken enthusiastically to the Facebook group and has set up groups on other social networking sites LinkedIn and MySpace. Those of…
Podcast: Episode 0 – Prelude
This is the first in a series of posts on this blog which are show notes for the Travels in a Mathematical World podcast. As episode 0 is a test, so is this post. Regular posts will contain links to further reading related to the episode of the podcast. You can subscribe to the podcast…
The Sound of His Own Voice
In my travels so far, I have been recording short interviews/monologues from interesting mathematicians talking about their career and/or an interesting piece of mathematics they have worked on. I have also collected a few maths history pieces on famous historical mathematicians from Noel-Ann Bradshaw of the University of Greenwich and the British Society for the…
iSquared Magazine Autumn
I have designed adverts to go on the back cover of iSquared Magazine in the next 4 issues. Each highlights an aspect of IMA membership and will provide a regular income to support iSquared, something the IMA are keen to do. The first advert concentrates on recreational mathematics. The advert is below, click on it…
Mileage
In response to a recent idle query, I have had a play with Google Maps and come up with a rough figure for the number of miles I have travelled as University Liaison Officer. If this is of interest, I have placed a mileometer in the sidebar to the right and will try to update…
Mathematics Today August: University Liaison Officer’s Report
The following report is my report in Mathematics Today August. – The thought may or may not be welcome during the summer break, but the new intake of undergraduates will arrive shortly and my thoughts turn to engaging them with the IMA. A number of universities send out information to incoming students after A-Level results…