Students need to decide what they'll study at university BEFORE they start their A-Levels. Of course, to study Maths you need to do Maths A-Level (+ sometimes Further Maths too) To study Medicine, you need Chemistry and the right combination of other subjects too. Many other

Do teachers over-correct students? I was talking to my tennis coach the other day about the tendency some coaches have to over-correct their students. After every shot they’ll say ‘hit the ball earlier’, or ‘follow-through more’ or something else. Whilst individually all of

The easiest way to succeed in maths is to get comfortable with it being hard. If you can’t get started at all you might need to ask for help. But once you know the goal, if you realise you’re meant to get stuck then you’ll stay focused for longer. The optimal state of mind for

Sunday Times - big jumps in A level entries for maths 11%, physics 13%, computing 12% & Further maths 20% between 2023-24. Nothing else comes close. 2014-24 data is messier. Well done to Economics (+54%) and computing (+409%), which must have been new.

I was really hooked by a problem Catriona Agg Catriona mentioned on the MEI Digging for the Why podcast with Andy Lumley and Alison Hopper recently. Are palindromic numbers like these always multiples of 11? The answer is not as simple as it looks, and

Quick poll for secondary teachers: Do you allow/encourage students to use iPads (or similar devices) routinely as their primary method of organising their notes/work in lessons?

Teachers! Have you registered for the Senior Mathematical Challenge (SMC) on 1 Oct? The SMC is a 90-minute, multiple-choice test that challenges students to think mathematically and solve problems. Purchase your entries: ukmt.org.uk/senior-challen…

Here's a new (fully subtitled) video with complete solutions to every question from the UK Maths Trust Senior Maths Challenge 2023. Good luck to all students taking part this year! youtube.com/watch?v=lLq5YP…

Our live online maths circles start on Tuesday, with YouTuber Ayliean & Countdown champion Junaid Mubeen - all free, different cricles for different ages (10 to 16 years), 9 slots each week! parallel.org.uk/circles

Very excited to be launching a brand-new primary maths enrichment day, Inside Maths, at Royal Institution in London in Feb. Spread the word! insidemaths.co.uk

The UK Maths Trust Senior Maths Challenge 2024 takes place on 1st October 2024 for students aged 18 and under. I've just added every question from 2023 with my video hints and solutions to this totally FREE course: bit.ly/ukmtsmc The course also contains every

🥳Let's celebrate🎉 10 years of the Maths Hubs Programme and over 4.7 MILLION pupils impacted by this incredible work🤯 Watch the video to hear from a few of the MANY amazing people who are involved 👇 #MathsHubs10Years

Talking Maths in Public is a UK network for people who communicate maths - in any form, from speaking to writing, videos to podcasts, books to art exhibits. Find out more and join our active chat community by visiting talkingmathsinpublic.uk

Here's how the scoring works in the UK Maths Trust Senior Maths Challenge (taking place on 1st October 2024). #ukmt #seniormathschallenge #smc2024 #mathschallenge undefined

Gear up for the BMO and MOG with UKMT’s Olympiad Bundle: designed to help you excel. Save money and buy a Bundle: ukmt.org.uk/product/the-ol…

Yes, teachers should sometimes not tell students the whole truth! To take an example from maths, there's nothing dishonest about saying the equation x^2 = -1 has no solution if the student doesn't know that complex numbers exist. For the benefit of non-mathematicians,