The North East and Yorkshire sigma Hub supported a workshop on 4th July 2013 on Numbas, a web-based e-assessment system developed by a team at Newcastle University. Free to use and open-source with a user-friendly interface (see https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/), Numbas allows the authoring of questions which include randomised content throughout and LaTeX rendering of mathematical notation.… Continue Reading
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Comprehending Mathematical Proofs – 24 July 2013
Supporting the specialist mathematician: A one-day event Comprehending Mathematical Proofs was held on Wednesday 24th July 2013 in the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough University. Speakers included Lara Alcock (Loughborough), Matthew Inglis (Loughborough), Juan Pablo Mejia-Ramos (Rutgers) and Keith Weber (Rutgers). The event was of interest to those who teach proof-based undergraduate mathematics, and others… Continue Reading
Introduction to SPSS: Boot Camp – 12 June 2013
Wednesday 12th June 2013, at University Campus Suffolk Statistics and quantitative data analysis techniques are increasingly used in “non-mathematical” disciplines such as the social sciences and humanities, as well as in the STEM subjects. This places an increasing demand on tutors, lecturers and learning assistants who support students in this area, either through in-course tutorials or… Continue Reading
Establishing, sustaining and developing maths and stats support – 27 February 2013
The Eastern England sigma Hub ran this FREE half day meeting for people interested in enhancing the maths and stats support provision at their universities. It took place on Wednesday 27th February 2013,at Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford Campus. This half day workshop provided a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences. Universities with new maths… Continue Reading
Call for presentations/workshops – supporting students to develop statistics skills
The sigma Northwest North Wales regional maths support hub is organising a day of workshops and presentations on ways in which we can effectively support the development of students statistics skills on Friday 18th January 2013 at the University of Liverpool. We are interested in work that supports statistics based subjects directly as well subjects… Continue Reading
North West & North Wales News Section
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North East & Yorkshire News Section
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South East England News Section
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