The School of Mathematics of the University of Edinburgh and Public Health Scotland invite you to participate in the Edinburgh Undergraduate Operational Research Challenge. The challenge is to design a solution for a practical problem using operational research. If you are interested in using numerate techniques to solve practical problems and enable decision-makers to execute better decisions and make a difference for society, then this challenge is for you!

The University of Greenwich and the IMA are again working together to host the conference Tomorrow's Mathematicians Today (TMT) 2025 online

The GAPCOMB group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) offers a 4-year PhD scholarship, starting from 1st January 2025.

https://gapcomb.upc.edu/en

Deadline for applications: 27th October 2024

Link to apply (in Catalan, we are happy to help with the application procedure): 

The University of Warwick Statistics and Mathematics departments will be holding a number of PhD Open Days in October and November 2024. 

Statistics PhD Open Days:
•    In person: Wednesday 30th October, starting at 2.00pm

Mid-Term lecture questionnaires for Michaelmas are now available! 

The questionnaire will appear on each of your course pages on Moodle (https://courses.maths.ox.ac.uk/).

The Cure are back, looking much as they did in 1979 when they produced this post-punk masterpiece. Lyrics and song meshing to perfection. It's what music is about.

If you haven't been watching our mathematicians playing with their toys on social media, you can now watch the first compilation via YouTube. The films seemed to have worked well, not least because they strike a balance between entertainment and education which can sound patronising, but which is where social media can work.

Still time to tell us about your toys...