Events

A conference of the IMA, CETL-MSOR and Teaching Mathematics and its Applications.

Free sigma Workshop Beyond Engineering Mathematics:  Teaching Mathematics and Statistics to Engineers in the 21st Century 13 July 2017, 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 […]

Free sigma workshop: Introduction to Numbas Hosted by the Mathematics Resource Centre, University of Bath on Thursday 31st August, 10:30-16:30. Overview Numbas is a free and open source platform for authoring of mathematical questions. Features include: randomised content LaTeX rendering of mathematical notation while you type instant feedback to students on tests regeneration of randomised […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hosted by the Eureka Centre For Mathematical Confidence, Loughborough University on Monday 26th March, 9:30-16:00 Call for participants The sigma Network Accessibility Special Interest Group aims to produce two sets of guidance resources on accessibility in a mathematics support context. The first set will be for mathematics and statistics support tutors and the second for […]

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 […]

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 overview of Meta-Analysis and Factor Analysis. These have been highlighted as two topics that students are increasingly asking for […]

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 us as academics to design and create learning […]