Friday 5th December 2025

Good News

The Knowledge Exchange (KE) Hub for Mathematical Sciences named Knowledge Exchange (KE) Team of the Year

Photo of team collecting award

The Knowledge Exchange (KE) Hub for Mathematical Sciences led by our own Chris Breward has been named Knowledge Exchange (KE) Team of the Year 2025 at the KE Awards held in Salford last week. 

The KE Hub is part of the UK’s national Mathematical Sciences infrastructure and exists to promote, facilitate, and support knowledge exchange activities between Academia and Business, Industry & Government. Learn more about the team here.

Kira Patel wins EPSRC Best Poster prize

Bertha Morisot - The Cheval Glass

Kira Patel, now a 4th year mathematics undergraduate, won the prize for the best Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Vacation Internships poster at the EPSRC Poster Event on November 6th. Kira's poster title was 'A viscous catenary in glass tube manufacture'. She was supervised by Peter Howell.

Image: Bertha Morisot - The Cheval Glass

Teaching and Learning

Short stories 1

In the end it's about the people. Here are three of our second year undergraduates.

 

Short stories 2

What's the key to a good night's sleep? No screen time before bed? No midnight snacks? No late night arguments?

No mathematics?

Other News

Song of the Week: Roy Wood - Forever

You know those songs from your early childhood that you liked at the time, but suspect were probably a bit rubbish. So after years of silence you nervously play them again and..

Turns out they were actually a bit fab. This video is from a Dutch tv show.

Roy Wood is best known for Wizard's I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday, as well as being a member of the Move and ELO - and for being very underrated (it turns out).