The SE sigma Hub is organising a free workshop entitled ‘Using maths puzzles and games in the teaching of mathematics’ at Kings College, London on Thursday 26th June from 10:30-4pm, Liddell Hart Seminar Room, S3.05, Strand Campus, Kings College, London and directions can be found:http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/directions/strand.aspx. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Speakers will include: Sally Barton (Sir George Monoux)… Continue Reading
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Creating and maintaining a social media presence – 20 June 2014
The sigma North West and North Wales Hub is holding an event, Creating and maintaining a social media presence at Liverpool John Moores University on Friday 20 June, starting at 10am. In the morning LJMU’s Alex Spiers will give an introduction to Twitter &c. This is something he does on HEA training courses so he is in a… Continue Reading
sigma North East and Yorkshire Hub Event – 19 June 2014
sigma North East and Yorkshire Hub is holding an event on Thursday 19th June at the University of Leeds from 10:30 to 15:00. The day will run as an exchange of ideas and discussion on topics of current interest with the aim of strengthening links between the maths support centres and practitioners in the region. The morning session will… Continue Reading
sigma Eastern England Hub event – 18 June 2014
The Eastern England Hub of sigma – the national network for those involved in university mathematics and statistics support – held a meeting on 18th June 2014 at University Campus Suffolk, based around two themes of topical interest: Hands-on use and evaluation of Prezi and How can maths support work together with other support services? The meeting was attended by representatives from six universities… Continue Reading
sigma North West and North Wales “Get to know and learn from each other” afternoon – 11 April 2014
Regrettably, this event has been cancelled as so few people signed up to attend. I have had suggestions of alternative topics and formats so I expect to arrange a different, and hopefully more attractive, version of this event in the near future. Leslie Fletcher 10 April 2014 The meeting is at Manchester University; this is… Continue Reading
sigma Statistics advisory meeting:Improving the support we give to students and each other – 9 April 2014
Place: Birmingham City University, Perry Barr, Birmingham Registration: 10:15 – 10:45am End Time: 3:15pm This event is aimed at anyone who provides statistics advice/support to undergraduate or postgraduate students, who wishes to share their experience, who would also like to hear how others carry out a similar role and who is interested in how we can… Continue Reading
Ideas exchange and development : sigma South West Hub – 26 March 2014
Place: University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus Arrival: 11:00 am End time : 16:00 The main purpose of this first meeting of 2013/14 is to re-establish links between maths support centres and practitioners in the… Continue Reading
Interactive Technologies for Maths and Statistics Support – 19 March 2014
Date: Wednesday 19th March 2014 Time: 10.00 – 15.30 Place: University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich This FREE one-day hands-on workshop gave participants the chance to experience and try out a number of technologies that can provide motivation and interaction in maths and statistics classes and workshops. It was particularly relevant for tutors working in maths and statistics… Continue Reading
Sustainability and Evaluating Success: sharing good practice – 14 February 2014
Sigma South East held an event, Sustainability and Evaluating Success: sharing good practice on 14 February 2014, 12-3pm, at Queen Anne QA063, University of Greenwich. This meeting enabled those involved in Maths Support in the South East to get together to share good practice. Universities represented included Brunel, Buckinghamshire Greenwich, Imperial, Kent, Kingston and Portsmouth. During the afternoon… Continue Reading
“A resource in a day” – Mathematics Support Resources Workshop – 18 September 2013
The Midlands Hub of the sigma Network at Loughborough University held a one-day resource development workshop on Wednesday 18th September 2013 from 10am to 4.30pm. The aim of this event was to facilitate the production of new text based resources, for example Quick Reference (two A4 sides) or Facts & Formulae leaflets. Attendees were invited… Continue Reading