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Category Archives: North West & North Wales

Embedding Maths and Statistics support into Sports and Exercise Science degrees – 10 February 2016

The sigma North West and North Wales Hub and the Sports and Exercise Science Dept at LJMU are arranging the first sigma event focused on the Sports and Exercise Science community. The event will be held at Liverpool John Moores University on Wednesday 10th February, starting at 10am.The aims of the day are To acquaint the sigmaContinue Reading

sigma Tutor Training – 15 December 2015

Place: Lancaster University Date: Tuesday 15th December 2015 Time: 10.00  –  16.00 A free training day is being held on Tuesday 15th December 2015 for tutors who work in mathematics and statistics support centres or who otherwise support students to enhance their mathematical skills. The course will be delivered by members of sigma, based around the sigma guide “Tutoring in a Mathematics Support Centre“. The training is idealContinue Reading

sigma NW & NW tutor training – 28th October 2015

Place: Liverpool John Moores University Date: Wednesday 28th October 2015 Time: 11.00  –  16.00 A free training day is being held on 28th October 2015 for tutors who work in mathematics and statistics support centres or who otherwise support students to enhance their mathematical skills. The course will be delivered by members of sigma, based around the sigma guide “Tutoring in aContinue Reading

Numbas Workshops – 6 and 7 July 2015

sigma, in conjunction with Newcastle University and the North West and North Wales Hub, is pleased to offer a two day Numbas workshop.  Free and open source, Numbas allows the authoring of questions which include randomised content throughout and LaTeX rendering of mathematical notation. Tests provide instant feedback to the student, including rendering of the student’sContinue Reading

sigma North West and North Wales Hub Mathematics and Statistics Support Networking EventNetworking Event – 25 June 2015

The sigma North West and North Wales Hub is holding a Mathematics and Statistics Support Networking Event at Liverpool John Moores University on Thursday 25th June 2015, starting at 12:30pm. This event is aimed at those who would like to network with other Mathematics and Statistics support practitioners, share good practice and discuss common issues. This is an ideal opportunity for Institutions to meet up and shareContinue Reading

Meeting the mathematics needs of pharmacy students

The sigma North West and North Wales event held at Liverpool John Moores University on 19 November attracted 29 participants from 16 institutions, with a good representation of both maths support practitioners and pharmacy teachers. Tony Croft opened proceedings with a presentation on the issues with numerical and mathematical reasoning which plague all HEIs andContinue Reading

sigma NW & NW tutor training – 16 December 2014

A free training day is being held on 16 December 2014 at Lancaster University for tutors who work in mathematics and statistics support centres or who otherwise support students to enhance their mathematical skills. The course will be delivered by members of sigma, based around the sigma guide “Tutoring in a Mathematics Support Centre“. The training is ideal for tutorsContinue Reading

Meeting the mathematics needs of pharmacy students – 19 November 2014

The sigma North West and North Wales Hub, the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society are arranging an event Meeting the mathematics needs of pharmacy students at Liverpool John Moores University on Wednesday 19 November, starting at 10am.The aims of the day are : To acquaint the maths support community of the needs of pharmacy studentsContinue Reading

Creating and maintaining a social media presence – 20 June 2014

Twelve people from six HEIs attended the sigma North West and North Wales Hub event Creating and maintaining a social media presence at Liverpool John Moores University on Friday 20 June.  Appropriately the event had a hashtag #ljmutwt. Alex Spiers, @alexgspiers, Learning Technology Developer, LJMU, opened proceedings with Getting to grips with the technology helping participants, many of themContinue Reading

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 aContinue Reading