Wednesday 25th April 2018 from 10:30 – 16:00. Sheffield Hallam University, Norfolk Building, room 609. The space in which students work and are supported by staff makes a significant difference to their engagement. Carefully designed shared open learning spaces can help create a partnership learning community within which student engagement can flourish. The capacity for… Continue Reading
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Statistics Training for Mathematics and Statistics Support Tutors – 20th April 2018
Coventry University sigma Centre, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm, Friday 20th April 2018 The sigma Network Special Interest Group (SIG) in Statistics Support is delighted to announce a workshop on ’Statistics Training for Mathematics and Statistics Support Tutors’, being held on Friday 20th April 2018, 10:00am – 4:00pm at Coventry University. This free event offers an… Continue Reading
Measuring the impact of Mathematics Support – 17th April 2018
There will be a free sigma Network workshop on “Measuring the impact of Mathematics Support” at Cardiff University on Tuesday 17th April 2018, 10:30am – 4:00pm. Measuring the effectiveness of learning and teaching is known to be challenging at all levels of education. However, evidencing the “impact” of activities in Higher Education continues to be… Continue Reading
Employability development for HE mathematics and statistics – 16th February 2018
Workshop at Sheffield Hallam University, Friday 16th February 2018 from 10am-4pm. All stakeholders in Higher Education are increasingly aware of the importance attached to the additional skills students should be gaining at university, over and above their course-specific skills. Students are concerned that courses will provide them with the full range of skills necessary to… Continue Reading
New tutor training at Cardiff – 6th October 2017
Will your maths support centre be employing new tutors this year? For example, postgrad students or academic staff who are new to the practice of maths support in HE? The sigma Network is offering a FREE one-day training workshop for new maths support tutors on Friday 6th October 2017, at Cardiff University, School of Mathematics… Continue Reading
New Tutor Training at Greenwich – 11 September 2017
The staff of the Maths Support Centre at the University of Greenwich are running a training event for their new PhD students who will be providing maths support in the coming academic year. The event runs from 12.00 to 16.30 (approx) on Monday 11th September 2017. Other universities who also use postgrad students to provide… Continue Reading
sigma Network Annual General Meeting 2017
The Annual General Meeting of the sigma Network for Excellence in Mathematics and Statistics Support took place place on Tuesday 11th July 2017 at 4.00pm, at the University of Birmingham. AGENDA 1) Minutes of the 2016 AGM (available here) 2) Chair’s Report (reports available here ) 3) Secretary’s Report 4) Treasurer’s Report 5) Ratification of Steering Group… Continue Reading
Beyond Engineering Maths: teaching mathematics and statistics to engineers in the 21st century – 13th July 2017
A FREE sigma Workshop, Loughborough University The engineering profession has undergone huge changes in the last 30 years, including a greater emphasis on working with data and with software. However, the teaching of mathematics and statistics to engineers has remained quite traditional. This meeting is aimed at those teaching engineers in higher education whether in… Continue Reading
Mathematics Education beyond 16: pathways and transitions
10th – 12th July 2017, University of Birmingham. This is a joint conference of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, CETL-MSOR and Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. One of the themed conference working groups will address “Mathematics Support within Higher Education“. A keynote speaker will be Tony Croft. As an innovation for 2017, this… Continue Reading
Maths and Specific Learning Differences – 9 June 2017
The sigma Network is pleased to support this event organised by the Scottish Mathematics Support Network and the Association for Dyslexia Specialists in Higher Education. This symposium is open to lecturers, tutors and advisers with an interest in Maths and/or Specific Learning Difference (SpLD) support at university.We are very fortunate to have Dr Emma Cliffe,… Continue Reading