After the diagnostic test - what next?: Evaluating and Enhancing the Effectiveness of Mathematics Support Centres - Part 2

In the face of the well-documented decline in the level of mathematical skills displayed by students on entry to university, many higher education institutions have established some form of mathematics support centre. These centres offer learning support to students which is in addition to that provided by their routine teaching programme of lectures, tutorials, problems classes, etc. Often the provision is primarily aimed at those who are not specialist mathematicians although specialist mathematicians are rarely barred from using the provision. In 2001 a grant was received from the LTSN Maths, Stats & OR Network to fund a project to investigate how widespread is this kind of learning support provision, to identify elements of good practice in this provision and to disseminate these findings throughout the higher education mathematics community…