The sigma North East and Yorkshire Hub are holding a networking day on 24 June from 10:30 to 15:30 at the University of York. The day will be a combination of talks and activities and aims to give the delegates an opportunity to consider their individual needs for service development and get ideas from the… Continue Reading
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Being Inclusive – the whole kit and caboodle
In the maths and statistics support environment The sigma North East and Yorkshire Hub hosted a day conference on Being Inclusive – the Whole Kit and Caboodle in the Maths and Statistics Support Environment at The University of Sheffield on Monday 19 January 2015, starting at 10am and finishing at 4pm. The day was a combination of talks and activities and… Continue Reading
sigma NE&Y Hub event: Being inclusive: the whole kit and caboodle in the maths and stats support environment – 19 January 2015
The sigma North East and Yorkshire Hub are arranging an event at the University of Sheffield on Monday 19 January 2015, starting at 10am and finishing at 4pm. The day will be a combination of talks and activities and aims to give delegates an opportunity to consider their inclusive practice of mathematics and statistics support and learn ways of developing… Continue Reading
sigma NE and Yorkshire Tutor Training – 29 October
The sigma North East and Yorkshire Regional Hub is running a sigma Network Tutor Training event suitable for tutors and PGRs working in mathematics and statistics support centres. The event is free and will be held at the University of Sheffield on Wednesday the 29th October. The training will be delivered by members of the sigma Network who have a sustained teaching and… 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 Statistics advisory meeting:Improving the support we give to students and each other – 9 April 2014
Place: Birmingham City University, Perry Barr, Birmingham Registration: 10:15 – 10:45am End Time: 3:15pm This event is aimed at anyone who provides statistics advice/support to undergraduate or postgraduate students, who wishes to share their experience, who would also like to hear how others carry out a similar role and who is interested in how we can… 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
North East & Yorkshire News Section
This is the area where you will find news, events & updates for the North East & Yorkshire SIGMA hub. You can check back for details, or sign up to our JISCMail list. Contact details for this hub can be found here.