It's tough, isn't? Probably one of the biggest challenges for mathematicians of all ages. Just how do you talk about your subject to friends and family who aren't mathematical? Our crack team of undergraduates ponder.

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The beginning of term also marks the start of a new series of Fridays@2/11 initiatives! 

The first Fridays@2 session is one not to be missed, taking place at 2pm on Friday 23rd January in L1. 

Look out for the posters around the Maths Institute for details on the sessions taking place this term. 

The University of Warwick are advertising a 6-week cohort-based research experience at Warwick for female undergraduate students of mathematics. Our aim is to encourage women to get into mathematics research. Female undergraduate students at UK universities are encouraged to apply. You should be in the penultimate year of an undergraduate programme whose main focus is mathematics.

Collaborative Computational Modelling at the Interface (CCMI) is an EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), offering a fully funded 4-year PhD programme at University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London. 

This programme consists of a four-year research thesis on the interface of computational sciences, research software engineering and data sciences, resulting in a PhD from UCL or Imperial.

The CCMI CDT positively encourage and welcome applications from members of underrepresented groups.

An exciting PhD project on the effects of heat transfer of transitional compressible boundary layers will be carried out under the UK Hypersonics Doctoral Network, which has been supported by the Ministry of Defence and EPSRC for building the necessary expertise to develop next-generation hypersonic vehicles.

Please see the below message from Friends of MSF Oxford:

Are you passionate about global health, humanitarian medicine, or making a real impact beyond the classroom? Then Friends of MSF Oxford Society is the perfect society for you! 

We welcome all students (medical and non-medical too!) who are interested in:

The Skoll Centre will be hosting a Map the System info session for all Oxford students on Monday, 19 January 2026 from 19:00-20:30 at SBS. This event will provide detailed information about Map the System, a Learning Programme and Global Competition for students interested in applying systems thinking to complex social and environmental problems.

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