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
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6th Annual Scottish Maths Support Network Meeting – 20 June, 2014
An invitation to the 6th Annual Scottish Maths Support Network Meeting, University of Dundee, 20th June, 2014 Carrying the Remainder: Maths & Statistics Support for University Students’ will take place at the University of Dundee and will bring together UK Higher Education institutions to explore and discuss effective maths and statistics support techniques for student who… 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
Second funding call for new centres/enhanced provision
sigma – the national network for cross-university mathematics and statistics support – is pleased to be able to offer a second round of funding to pump-prime the development of new mathematics and/or statistics support centres in institutions with little or no existing provision, and the development of substantially new lines of activity within existing centres[1]. The funding… 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
Funding Call – Resource development (25 April 2014)
The sigma Network for Excellence in Mathematics and Statistics Support is pleased to be able to offer funding for the development of resources in the area of mathematics, statistics or operational research. On offer are 5 grants of £2,000 for the delivery of resources that will be made available to the wider community via mathcentre.ac.uk… Continue Reading
Funding Call – Student summer internships (25 April 2014)
The sigma Network for Excellence in Mathematics and Statistics Support is pleased to offer funding for the delivery of student summer internship projects. On offer are 6 grants of £2,000 each for student projects that will typically run for around 6 weeks over the summer of 2014. The grants can only be awarded if the hosting institutions… Continue Reading
Michael Grove joins the sigma Directorate team
The sigma Directors are delighted to announce that Michael Grove, Director of the STEM Education Centre at the University of Birmingham, has agreed to work with sigma as an Associate Director. Michael brings with him an extensive understanding of the MSOR and wider STEM arenas. He was the Director of the National HE STEM Programme,… Continue Reading
sigma announces the successful bidders to its new centres initiative
sigma, the national network for cross-university mathematics and statistics support, is delighted to announce the four successful projects from our recent funding call. These are: Kings College London University of Leicester Halesowen College Bournemouth University All four of these projects focus on the development of new provision and each will receive funding of £15,000 over two… Continue Reading