And here's part two starring Ellie and Sienna from the Mirzakhani Society . If you wonder at the title (Etc.) the post was accompanied by the text: "Mathematicians are all the same. They look the same. They only like other mathematicians. They only like maths. They did nothing but maths from the age of two. Etc."

Where were you when you had that moment when things became mathematically clear (if they ever have).

We're looking to do a short series of films on places that inspire after the success of last year's places you go to get away from maths.

Drop Dyrol a line. We'll also be coming round with the camera so shut your doors if you don't fancy it.

Image: Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) has recently launched a Good Practice Exchange Survey to help develop a plan for research culture.

It’s targeted at anyone that has a passing interest or involvement in anything research culture related. It closes on 10 August.

The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK and Ireland Young Talent Awards is an annual programme that awards grants worth £25,000 to five outstanding early-career women scientists in the fields of Engineering, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physical Sciences and Sustainable Development.  

The grants are designed to provide flexible and practical financial support to enable these women scientists to further their research and careers.

Exeter College is seeking to appoint a Stipendiary Lecturer in Mathematics. This is a fixed-term role, tenable from 1 October 2025 until 30 September 2026.

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Image: the Rector’s Drawing Room in Exeter College in the 1890s

High summer in Oxford and the students have gone to be replaced by tourists and generic summer schools. But before they left, we had a chat. Here's the first video, with the guys on the other side of the lectern for a change. And our apologies to Shing Fung whose name is spelt incorrectly in the captions.