The Scottish Maths Support network is organising a workshop on using Latex for writing documents on Thursday the 26th of January 2017, at the University of Glasgow. The workshop is aimed at people with little or no experience with LaTeX. The workshop will run from 11:00 to 15:00 and lunch will be providing. We are asking […]
The sigma Network and the University of Essex invite you to a FREE event to explore how HE maths support provision can respond to the demands of “big data”. Increasingly it is not just STEM students who need mathematical skills – the quantification of the humanities and social sciences requires students in those areas also to be able […]
Keynote speakers: · Professor David Sheffield: Brief Interventions for maths anxiety Peter Jarrett: The assessment of dyscalculia and maths learning difficulties There will also be a range of parallel workshop sessions and some case studies: Maths and statistics anxiety in higher education Strength and Knowledge: developing self-realisation and perceived limit breakthroughs in mathematics students Practical Strategies to Support […]
SMSN (Scottish Maths Support Network) together with ADSHE Scotland (Association for Dyslexia Specialist in Higher Education) are holding the 1st Scottish Symposium on Maths and Specific Learning Differences at University, on 9th of June 2017, at the University of Aberdeen. This symposium is open to lecturers, tutors and advisers with an interest in Maths and/or […]
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 […]