Project Aims

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more maths grads is an ambitious and wide ranging project.

The primary aims are:

÷ Improving the perception of maths by school pupils:

  • changing the ways schools and universities interact in the mathematical sciences
     
  • helping students who want to study maths at university find out about available options
     
  • raising awareness of the applications of maths and the importance of mathematics in careers
     

÷ It will also seek to encourage participation from:

  • women
  • Black African, Black Caribbean, Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups
  • returning adult learners in mathematics, especially part time
  • lower socio-economic groups
     

÷ Wider benefits include increasing:

  • the number of students taking Maths A-level (or equivalent) particularly those who have not achieved the highest grades at GCSE
     
  • the level of mathematical achievement of students who study other science, technology or engineering courses at university
     
  • the number of specialist mathematics teachers in schools by increasing the number of undergraduates wishing to train as teachers

     

Project History

more maths grads grew from a proposal submitted to HEFCE by a consortium mathematical organisations following a community wide consultation. Click here (PDF, 556 KB) for details of the earlier scoping study. A copy of the site for the original scoping study can be found here.
 

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