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Dr Paola Iannone to join TEMSE in Spring

Published: Thursday, 26 January 2023 Tags: jobs Maths Education

The School of Mathematics is delighted to announce that Dr Paola Iannone will be joining the School as a Reader in the Theme of Technology Enhanced Mathematical Sciences Education this Summer. Dr Iannone completed a first degree ...

MSc dissertation model from Edinburgh showcased at The American Statistician

Published: Wednesday, 11 January 2023 Tags: Operational Research Probability Statistics MSc international outreach Maths Education

American Statistical Association journal publishes an article on the dissertation model from the MSc in Statistics with Data Science, from the School of Mathematics.

Maths Week Scotland a huge success for the Outreach Team

Published: Wednesday, 5 October 2022 Tags: Geometry Topology outreach Maths Education

Our Mathematics Outreach Team has contributed to the nationwide initiative Maths Week Scotland with a wide range of in person and online events for people of all ages and backgrounds. Our program included workshops for teachers ...

Miguel de Carvalho gave a keynote lecture in a leading celebration of European Statistics Day 2021

Published: Monday, 25 October 2021 Tags: Applied Mathematics Probability Statistics undergraduate MSc international outreach Maths Education

Miguel de Carvalho gave a keynote lecture in FENStatS (Federation of European National Statistical Societies) celebrations of European Statistics Day 2021.

George Kinnear has been awarded funds to back a project which will help deliver and enhance higher education

Published: Tuesday, 30 June 2020 Tags: funding award Maths Education

George Kinnear has been awarded $10,000, in the 2020 U21 Global Educational Enhancement Fund Call, to back a project which will help deliver and enhance higher education. The project team consists of Chris Sangwin, University ...

George Kinnear has published a paper with four former undergraduates

Published: Thursday, 6 February 2020 Tags: undergraduate Maths Education

George Kinnear has published a paper with four former undergraduates, Max Bennett, Rachel Binnie, Róisín Bolt and Yinglan Zheng, who completed a project with him last year. The paper, titled 'Reliable application of ...

RSS and CfS Event on Decision-Support in Litigation

Published: Wednesday, 27 November 2019 Tags: Applied Mathematics Operational Research Probability Stochastic Analysis Statistics outreach Maths Education

The Centre for Statistics will be welcoming John MacKenzie (partner at Shepherd and Wedderburn), Dr Alex Biedermann (University of Lausanne), and Wen Zhang (London School of Economics) who will showcasing modern opportunities for Statisticians and Data Scientists to work with lawyers to to improve the legal decision-making process. Joint event with the Royal Statistical Society.

CfS Symposium on Training and Education

Published: Wednesday, 25 September 2019 Tags: Probability Stochastic Analysis Statistics jobs outreach Maths Education

The Centre for Statistics will be welcoming Ed Humpherson (UK Statistics Authority) and John MacInnes (RSS Vice President) who will be speaking about the importance of trustworthiness and the new RSS accreditation process.

Principal's Teaching Award Scheme

Published: Tuesday, 4 December 2018 Tags: funding award Maths Education

George Kinnear and Pamela Docherty along with colleagues in the School of Physics and Astronomy and R(D)SVS have been awarded a grant under the Principal's Teaching Award Scheme.

Students help school pupils make sense of maths

Published: Monday, 29 January 2018 Tags: undergraduate Maths Education

School of Mathematics undergraduate students are supporting school pupils while gaining valuable classroom experience.

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