Events

Free In-Person Workshop Supporting Students with Meta-Analysis and Qualitative Analysis Coventry University, Friday 27th January 2023 10:00am – 4:00pm Organised by the sigma Network Statistics Special Interest Group (SIG) This free in-person event, aims to offer staff CPD opportunities to develop a basic working knowledge of meta-analysis and qualitative analysis, in order to support students with these topics in the context of […]

This workshop will explore what Mathematics and Statistics Anxiety is and how to support students and staff who may suffer from them, as well as opportunity for discussion on your own experiences. The day will run from 10am to 3pm and lunch will be provided. Speakers already confirmed include: Sue Johnston-Wilder, Associate Professor of Mathematics […]

You are invited to join us for our online sigma coffee morning using the link below. Possible discussion topics might include: those proceeding from the recent successful Maths and Statistics Anxiety event held at Coventry University continuing the discussion on running Maths/Stats CPD for academic staff for whom these subjects are not their qualified area of […]

We will be hosting an online event on Embedding Maths & Stats Support on Wednesday 17th May from 1pm to 4pm. As a loose definition ‘embedded’ sessions sit somewhere between 1-1 appointments or drop-in support and the teaching of a whole module – but what you mean by the term might be an interesting starting […]

We would like to invite you to the next Sigma coffee morning on Wednesday 26th July 10:30am-12:00pm. There is an MS Teams link below (for you to add to your own calendars). After a recent coffee morning we asked Sigma members to complete a questionnaire providing feedback including the reasons for attending.  The two most […]

The University of Greenwich, in conjuction with the sigma Network, is holding an online maths support tutor training session on Tuesday 5th September, 9:30am-1pm. The session has been arranged to train PhD students at the University of Greenwich who will be maths support tutors in the coming term, but we are very happy to accommodate […]

The Accessibility SIG meet regularly to discuss the cognitive and affective barriers to maths learning and accessing maths support.  We welcome new members.

sigma Coffee Students’ Engagement with the Service & Service Marketing Thursday, 22nd January 2026, 8:30 – 10:00 Time zone: Europe/London Hosted virtually by Monica-Cristiana Hess and Noel Parnis at Brunel University of London The January coffee morning will focus on exchanging experiences regarding students’ engagement with the service & service marketing. Participants are invited to reflect on key points such […]

sigma Workshop: Doing Research in Maths and Stats support Thursday 26th Feb 9 am – 10:30 am UK time Hosted virtually by Mark Hodd at Coventry University Contact: ab7634@coventry.ac.uk Link: join via Teams This workshop will discuss how to conduct research in maths and stats support, from developing an idea to running a project and submitting a write […]