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Vol: 
5
Num: 
3
Author(s)
Authors: 
Neil Gordon
Abstract: 
Mathematics UK education has been perceived as having a long standing problem. With student recruitment numbers, falls in associated funding and associated closure and contraction of mathematics and related disciplines in many institutions. The articles discusses the role of mathematics, the history of the "problem" and analyses the student numbers over the years to assess what can and/or should be done....
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53crisis.pdf
Keywords: 
mathematics problem, crisis, STEM, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, Science and Technology Select Committee, HEFCE, diagnostic test, A levels, statistics, curriculum control, QCA, LMS, student preparedness, mathematics teachers targets, key skills, AS level, post 92 institution, department closures, computer science, university entry requirement, campus wide mathematics support centres, computer aided learning