Increasing the Supply of Mathematical Sciences Graduates - A Community-wide Programme of Activity

In August 2006 the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) approved funding for a £3.3 million pilot programme of activity designed to increase and widen participation within the mathematical sciences. The moremathsgrads proposal was developed by the Heads of Departments of Mathematical Sciences (HoDoMS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the London Mathematical Society (LMS), the Maths, Stats & OR Network, and the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and followed a period of community-wide consultation [1]. Many national organisations have given their support to the Project and, to date, 22 individual HEIs have expressed a desire to be directly involved in its activities….Article goes on to outline: Evidence of a Decline; Breadth of Student Participation within the Mathematical Sciences; The Aim of the moremathsgrads Initiative including a Careers Theme, Student Theme, Teaching Theme and HE Curriculum Theme; The Implementation of the moremathsgrads Initiative; The Careers Theme Explained; The Student and Teching Themes Explained; The HE Curriculum Development Theme Explained…