Employers

The more maths grads project is working closely with a number of employers. Here are some of them:

East London

Buro Happold Buro Happold is a professional services firm providing engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of buildings, infrastructure and the environment. It was founded in 1976, by Sir Edmund Happold in Bath. International in reach, our engineering expertise draws upon multiple disciplines to create design solutions that are breath-taking in scope: from road schemes, bridges, harbours, schools, sports stadia and offices, to hotels, hospitals and tall buildings.

Creative Harmony Creative Harmony is a print media & web design company. It draws inspiration from mathematical appreciation of Islamic architecture to algorithms used in designing interactive content in websites.

Ocean Maths Project More maths grads and the Ocean Maths Project have developed a partnership that will take maths out of the classroom and to the parents by way of fun workshops.

Saracens Solicitors Saracens Solicitors is a legal firm. They require maths in everyday situations, from helping home owners purchase commercial business to making property deals; putting into practice their mathematical background which provides the necessary skills and promotes logical thought.

STEMNET (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network) STEMNET’s flagship programme is the Science and Engineering Ambassadors (SEAs) Programme. The SEAs programme enables people with STEM skills to support teachers in schools and colleges, by enhancing and enriching the relevant parts of the curriculum. The programme’s aims are to bring real-life experience to young people, to excite them about the role STEM plays in our lives, and to inspire them to consider the vast range of rewarding careers opened up by STEM qualifications. Click here if you or your organisation are interested in becoming ambassadors for the future.

Walsh Group Walsh Group are a firm of structural engineers based in the UK and Ireland. They have been involved in construction projects with clients including the BBC and Tesco amongst others. There is a strong emphasis on mathematical skills required from technically proficient staff in delivering on these projects. They employ a diverse workforce and combine good salaries with exciting opportunities to work in a demanding environment. They have been involved with the more maths grads project in numerous ways including the development of subject resources and the making of a film on maths in engineering.

West Midlands

Jaguar Jaguar have offered to help in various aspects of the project and we hope to interview some Jaguar employees in the near future.

Jonathan Lee Recruitment Jonathan Lee Recruitment is one of the a leading specialists in the engineering and manufacturing industries. Most of our client companies require a high level of numeracy and for our own recruitment our selection process includes numeric analysis testing. Our most creative and analytical people are often the brightest at maths.

Rolls Royce Rolls Royce have been extremely supportive of the more maths grads project, with employees very kindly presenting a session for teachers of Mathematics in Coventry at an Improving A Level Standards workshop. The company has also generously offered two Nuffield placements in Derby.

TGS TGS NOPEC is a Houston-based company specialising in geophysical analysis. They kindly allowed us to interview one of their employees, Brian O'Connell,  for a career profile. Brian talked about how mathematics has helped him have job security and how the subject is fundamental to the nature of his work.

Yorkshire and the Humber

ACCA The Association of Certified Chartered Accountants is the global professional body for accountants in the UK and worldwide.  Accountants are employed by many businesses and organizations and they use maths every day.  In order to make a business successful it is important to use mathematical skills when making decisions.

ASDA

Barclays Barclays in the community At Barclays, we take our responsibilities seriously. We're really proud of our leading community investment programme which added up to £52.4 million in 2007.  We encourage and enable our people to get involved in the causes that they care about most. Last year, we supported more than 43,000 Barclays employees in their volunteering and fundraising, benefiting more than 7100 different charities and community groups.

Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd Maths is used in many ways in the food and drink industry.  Here at Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd ratios are really important in making up the different sorts of drinks and ensuring that the correct amounts of ingredients are ordered.  Mathematics is also needed in the design and manufacture of the bottles, cans and other packaging and logistical skills are required in order to transport and distribute the goods throughout the country.  Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd are working with More Maths Grads to show students how some of their school maths is used in real life.

Cummins Turbo Technologies

Deloitte LLP

Enterprise Rent-a-Car Enterprise Rent-a-Car is a nationwide business that deals in car rental. Maths is important in making lots of business decisions in our company. For instance, in order to gain the most profit for the business we need to consider factors such as how many cars we should have, what rate we should set for the hire of vehicles, what would be the effect of increased occupancy.  There are also other issues such as depreciation, servicing, maintenance and insurance costs.  Maths is important in making all these decisions so we want to encourage students to attain good maths qualifications.

Institution of Civil Engineers

Jacobs Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of professional technical services. We offer full-spectrum support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across global markets.  Services we provide include scientific and specialty consulting as well as all aspects of engineering and construction, and operations & maintenance. We use mathematics to find suitable solutions to engineering problems. Planning, structural modelling, analysis & design, project management, quantitative risk management, budgeting and quantity surveying are some of the activities we undertake which utilise maths.

Kier Northern Kier Group is a leading UK building and civil engineering contractor.  Mathematical skills are used by architects and engineers who design buildings and structures, the quantity surveyor and estimator who consider the materials, labour, tools and time required to build what has been designed and to price the job, the planner who schedules the work to minimize the construction time and the bricklayer and joiner who need to build strong durable structures.  In fact, maths is needed at every stage of the construction process and so we are keen to work with the MMG project to show students how incredibly useful maths is in our industry.

KPMG KPMG in the UK is a leading provider of professional services including audit, tax and advisory. The firm employs over 10,000 people in many different roles and looks for numeracy skills in its recruits. These skills are essential given that many of our employees analyse organisations' financial information and make calculations, in some cases to value assets and in others to advise on financial strategies. While KPMG looks for a variety of skills and abilities in its people, mathematical ability is undoubtedly important.

PSI – Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry Statisticians are essential in the development of new pharmaceutical drugs.  Every medication needs to go through rigorous trials before it can be prescribed to patients.  These tests are designed through collaboration between medical experts and statisticians.  The results are analysed by a team of statisticians who use mathematical techniques to ensure that the drugs are causing a definite improvement in patients' health with no adverse side effects.  This career choice is both challenging and rewarding.  We are eager to work with young people to help inform them about this profession which could be followed after studying maths or statistics to degree level.

Rolls Royce Rolls Royce have been extremely supportive of the More Maths Grads project. As well as their valuable contribution to the project in the West Midlands, Rolls Royce delivered a workshop at our “Think you know what an engineer does?” event in Leeds.

Yorkshire Bank Yorkshire Bank recognises that the strength of our business and our people is related to the health and well being of the communities in which we operate.  This is why we continue to manage and grow an integrated community investment program.  As part of the National Australia Bank Group we are committed to increasing our community investment funding to 1% of cash earnings before tax.  We believe in active involvement in the local community, encouraging our employees to volunteer in their local area.  Last year our employees spent over 1,800 days volunteering.

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