The date for CETL-MSOR 2014 has been announced. It will be held at Cardiff University on 8/9 September 2014. Further details will be available here soon.
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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
8th Annual Workshop of the Irish Mathematics Learning Support Network – 31 January 2014
The 8th Annual Workshop of the Irish Mathematics Learning Support Network (IMLSN) was held on January 31st 2014. Conference theme: Diversity: challenges and opportunities – enabling and supporting mathematics learning in a diverse student population. Further details on the conference and the keynote presentations are available from the conference website http://supportcentre.maths.nuim.ie/mathsnetwork/workshop8
“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
CETL-MSOR Conference 2013 – 10/11 September 2013
The keynote speakers at the CETL-MSOR Conference held at Coventry University on 10th and 11th September were Dr Chris Sangwin School of Mathematics University of Birmingham, Professor Jeff Griffiths Professor of Operational Research, Cardiff University and David Youdan IMA, There was also be a plenary session presented by students currently completing internships at 4 universities.… Continue Reading
Building online maths assessments using Numbas – 04 July 2013
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
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
Mist, Haze and Shutters: dyscalculia in FE/HE – 10 April 2013
A one-day conference on Dyscalculia in Further/Higher Education was held at Loughborough University on Wednesday 10th April 2013. The programme organised by Clare Trott included keynote addresses from Dr David Grant and Simon Drew, demonstrations of current research in the field and a series of case studies.
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