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…
IMA Sticker in the wild
While I was in Portsmouth I saw my first IMA sticker “in the wild”! (That is, a sticker I didn’t stick to something). This was on the door of Ann Heal at the University of Portsmouth. And when I mentioned it to other people at Portsmouth they had noticed it, which is really great to…
Licence to practice mathematics
I intermittently read a webcomic xkcd, which is mostly teccy and sometimes mathsy jokes. One from a couple of weeks ago stikes me as funny: “Math Paper“. Also, the last frame reminds me of a sign I saw attached to the side of the Department of Mathematics at Bristol. I took a picture of this,…
A purple door and more in Portsmouth
Last week I visited the Department of Mathematics at Portsmouth University (pictured above). I was invited to do so by Nira Chamberlain, who is studying part time for a PhD there. I met with staff in the Department and visited the Purple Door (pictured below), where the careers service is based. The Mathematics Department has…
Dinner with the East Midlands Branch
On Saturday night I attended the IMA East Midlands Branch dinner. This was in Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, just a couple of miles from where I live. By contrast, others had travelled from around the region to attend: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, one chap had travelled from Alford in Lincolnshire, which must be a good couple of hours…