Regional workshops

Four regional workshops have been held - in Bristol, Coventry, York and London - to discuss:

• the issues around increasing the supply of mathematical sciences graduates;
• projects which are currently underway;
• new ideas suggested.

Presentations from the keynote speakers from Education, HEFCE and Employers can be downloaded as follows:

Education speakers:

David Burghes (PowerPoint, 266KB)
Charlie Stripp (PowerPoint, 72KB)
Celia Hoyles (PowerPoint, 215KB)

HEFCE:

John Rushforth and Fiona Hoban (PowerPoint, 159KB)

Employer speakers:

Peter Grindrod (PowerPoint, 920 KB)
John McWhirter (PDF, 2MB)
Huw Williams (PowerPoint, 1.8 MB)
Trevor Lewis (PowerPoint, 83 KB)

Small group discussions formed a major part of each workshop. The following ideas were brought out from those discussions, together with ways of evaluating success.

Morning sessions
Problems which are being recognised and what is being done now about those problems:

• Bristol
• Coventry
• York
• London

Afternoon sessions
What current projects can be taken forward and any new ideas:

• Bristol
• Coventry
• York
• London