What you doing 2 July? Only,  do you fancy coming out for a drink? Maybe something to eat? There'll be a bunch of us.

Summer Party,  Thursday 2 July, 4 p.m. Common Room. 

Bring your family. Or someone else's.

Image: Norman Rockwell - First date - Home Late

You may be aware that best-selling science writer Simon Singh, author of books such as “Fermat’s Last Theorem”, visited the Mathematical Institute at the start of the academic year. He and his colleague, Junaid Mubeen run a maths excellence programme (Parallel) for state school students. As well as giving some insights into what constitutes good practice in writing, outreach and education, they gave a brief outline of their Parallel programme, which currently supports 1,000 talented maths students every week from Year 7 through to Year 11.

The University of Liverpool invite applicants to their MSc and MRes programmes in Data Science & AI for Health Innovation. 

As you know, It's the question we always get asked. Why do your lecturers write on whiteboards when the unparalleled joys of PowerPoint et al are available? Here's Derek Moulton's take.

In 2022 Fantasy Premier League winner Josh Bull made his World Cup predictions. They were okay, but no cigar. However, in the intervening four years he has really honed his mathematical skills. Now he is 100% confident he's found the secret sauce.

It's the Week 8 Student Bulletin! 

It's our last bulletin of the year, congratulations to everyone who has reached the end of their exams and best of luck to our Part A and Prelims students whose exams are still ongoing. We hope you all have a lovely summer, see you in October!