Dear all, We would like to invite you all to join us online on the morning of Thursday October 20th from 10.30am until 12pm for an informal “coffee” morning. This will be held on Teams and the link to join is here. Come along any time between 10.30 and 12 if you wish or join […]
Online Event 14:00 Sue Pawley The Open University Welcome & Introduction. 14:05 Holly Gilbert Coventry University Maths and stats support in the ‘New Normal’: The practitioner and student perspective 14:20 Inna Namestnikova Brunel University London Maths and stats support and teaching at Brunel: back to campus? Overview of the new reality after returning to campus. […]
We would like to invite you all to join us online on the morning of Friday December 16th from 10.30am until 12pm for an informal “coffee” morning. This will be held on Teams and the link to join is here. Come along any time between 10.30 and 12 if you wish or join us for […]
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.