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IMA Lancs & NW event

By Peter Rowlett. Posted February 7, 2008

In the evening on Tuesday I attended a talk by Liz Henning of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) to the Lancashire and North West Branch of the IMA at Manchester Metropolitan University. This was an interesting talk on school teaching of mathematics and provoked a fairly lively discussion. More events from the IMA Lancs and NW Branch are available through the branch website.

During the talk I noted down the following quote Liz gave from the Non Statutory Guidance 1989:

“Mathematics provides a way of viewing and making sense of the world…and to tackle a range of practical tasks and real life problems.”

Shiny new building in Manchester

By Peter Rowlett. Posted February 7, 2008

On Tuesday I visited the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester in the new Alan Turing Building (pictured) at the invitation of the Mathsoc there. I had a useful day and met some interesting students and staff.

While there I ate lunch at the cafe in the Alan Turing building, which is called “Pi in the Sky”. It seems to me if you’re going to have a cafe in a maths building, you might as well use a Pi pun.