Education

NOTES: Unusual Hour.
TBA

First, Robert Barham will introduce the systems of support available for undergraduate students.  The slides used will contain links and will be distributed afterwards.  Then Rukia Nuermaimaiti will direct a discussion around a number of hypothetical situations related to student welfare and wellbeing, where we will discuss appropriate actions for teachers in different roles.

In 2024, Kings College London Maths School and Exeter Maths School celebrated their 10-year anniversary. King’s Maths School also achieved an average grade of A*, the highest academic result in England, topping the school academic rankings for three consecutive years. The school is part of a growing number of mathematics schools in England designed to help the best performing and most enthusiastic young students in STEM subjects to progress to have mathematically intensive careers.
Yet despite rapid growth and academic success, there is little research on these schools, students’ experiences and their progression through these schools and beyond.
This study is the first study to offer a comparative review of a selection of maths schools’ curricula and pedagogy in a qualitative study using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, following students as they progress from Year 13 and their journeys beyond school-predominantly into university and if and how going to a maths school has benefited students.