Data walk
Data walk
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Overview of Maths Pathways
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There is a ‘wave’ of ~50,000 extra students at Key Stages 2-3 working their way through the school system
Source: ONS population estimates, February 2024; mapping of population age to educational stage is approximate, and not directly based on actual student volumes
Maths is compulsory until age 16 (KS4 / GCSE), with a standardised curriculum until KS3, and then Foundation and Higher options at KS4
Source: National Pupil Database, other UK Government data sources, as of academic year 2021-22
After KS4/GCSE, students can progress Maths via academic (A/AS-level) or vocational routes, and then via undergraduate and postgraduate degrees
*across all subjects
Source: National Pupil Database, other UK Government data sources, as of academic year 2021-22; A World Class Education System: The Advanced British Standard, Oct 2023, Department for Education
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
High attaining pupils frequently 'leak' from the pipeline
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Maths pathways are 'leaky’, with 40%+ not maintaining high performance in maths from one stage to the next
Note: transition rates from KS1 to A-Level based on national cohort of students in the NPD who took GCSEs in academic year 2016/17, linked to their academic records back to the end of KS1 (in 2007/08) and forward to A levels (in 2018/19); transition rates from A-level to Undergraduate based on a HESA cohort of around a quarter of a million first-year undergraduate students in 2015/16., linked back to their A level and GCSE outcomes and forward to undergraduate outcomes
Source: National Pupil Database 2023
Students with a consistent record of excellence at KS1 & KS2 are up to 10x more likely to achieve excellence at GCSE
Note: Based on national cohort of students in the NPD who took GCSEs in academic year 2016/17, linked to their academic records back to the end of KS1 (in 2007/08) and forward to A-levels (in 2018/19
Source: National Pupil Database 2023
… and the same is true post-16, where students with a consistent record of excellence are 2-3x more likely to continue to succeed at A-level and beyond
Note: Based on national cohort of students in the NPD who took GCSEs in academic year 2016/17, linked to their academic records back to the end of KS1 (in 2007/08) and forward to A-levels (in 2018/19
Source: National Pupil Database 2023
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Disadvantaged pupils and girls attain less highly
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Disadvantage significantly impacts ‘retention in excellence’ across all educational stages, but notably in the earlier years before GCSE
Note: achievement from KS1 to GCSE based on national cohort of students in the NPD who took GCSEs in academic year 2016/17, linked to their academic records back to the end of KS1 (in 2007/08) and forward to A-levels (in 2018/19); achievement at A-level, Undergraduate & Postgraduate levels based on a HESA cohort of around a quarter of a million first-year undergraduate students in 2015/16, linked back to their A level and GCSE outcomes and forward to HE outcomes
Source: National Pupil Database 2023
Girls also achieve significantly lower grades than boys across all educational stages (except degrees), especially in the earlier years of KS1 & KS2
Note: achievement from KS1 to GCSE based on national cohort of students in the NPD who took GCSEs in academic year 2016/17, linked to their academic records back to the end of KS1 (in 2007/08) and forward to A-levels (in 2018/19); achievement at A-level, Undergraduate & Postgraduate levels based on a HESA cohort of around a quarter of a million first-year undergraduate students in 2015/16, linked back to their A level and GCSE outcomes and forward to HE outcomes
Source: National Pupil Database 2023
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Attitudes to maths
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Students
Source: Kantar; High attainers – Year 6: n = 78; Year 7: n = 112, Year 8: n = 79, Year 9: n = 55; Low attainers - Year 6: n = 88; Year 7: n = 102, Year 8: n = 78, Year 9: n = 74
Source: Axiom Maths https://axiommaths.com/blog/how-friendship-groups-change-in-year-7/
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Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) assesses the proportion of all children aged 0 to 15 living in income deprived households.
Parents
Source: Kantar; Respondents were shown a series of statements that might be said in a family household and had the option to select ‘yes’ if that is the sort of thing adults in your house have said or say and ‘no’ if not. ‘Deprived and decreased’ are defined as children with IDACI 1-3 and self-report a decline in maths attainment) n = 58, Rest of population n=1942. Low / Avg attaining parents are more likely than others to make this statement.
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Note, however, that the data compares the parents of a small sub-group of low attainers (defined as IDACI 1-3 and when the child self reports that they were low attaining in maths scores since primary school) with the rest of the population and that this is student-reported. Source: Kantar; Respondents were asked ‘We would like you to guess to what extent, if any, someone like you would agree or disagree with the following statements…’
Deprived low attainers n=58, Rest of Population n=1942; IDACI 1-3 n=701; IDACI 4+
n=1024; High attainers n=324; Low/Avg Attainers n=724
Teachers
Source: TeacherTapp
Public
Source: National Numeracy; King’s College London
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Maths teacher workforce
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Department for Education
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LEO Graduate and Postgraduate Outcomes, Tax year 2020-21
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DfE: School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2020 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions (2020)
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Department for Education, 2019/20 (before the pandemic led to falling leaving rates), NFER
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Free school meal (FSM) eligibility can be used as an indicator of socioeconomic background
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2020 data, NFER teacher recruitment and retention in England data dashboard
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NFER survey, 2022
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NFER
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2019 data, NFER teacher recruitment and retention in England data dashboard
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Ortus Economic Research (2023): Mathematical Sciences recruitment and graduate outcomes – A diversity perspective of the landscape of Mathematical Sciences in UK universities
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Undergraduate provision
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Note: Data has been shown to 2021 for data consistency - the JACS system has been used to understand historical student trends over a 10-year period. A new subject coding system, Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS), was later introduced by UCAS.
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Options to study maths
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Breadth in university provision of maths degrees is a social justice issue
Source: Donnelly and Gamsu (2018)
The recent cost of living crisis has impacted students’ university choices further
Source: HESA, The Times , https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/students-shun-university-digs-for-home-comforts-6rhsnz9m3
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Early career researchers
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EPSRC portfolio as of 9 February 2024; UKRI - 2018 EPSRC funded CDTs (link)
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Source: Higher Education Statistics agency
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Higher Education Statistics agency, Times Higher Education REF 2021
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EPSRC portfolio as of 9 February 2024
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Research funding
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1. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency
Note that all charts below have been shown in real terms, instead of nominal terms. Real terms calculated by applying compound inflation to £1 in 2015 and dividing the actual funding by this relative value of a pound. Inflation figures sourced from Office for National Statistics
Note: HESA provides data for Higher Education Institutions, such as universities, but does not have data for all research institutes
2. Source: EPSRC funding of mathematical sciences by research area as of 9 February 2024
Note: Other includes research categorised by EPSRC as ‘Other’, ‘AI technologies’, ‘out of EPSRC remit’, ‘chemical reaction dynamics and mechanisms’, ‘clinical technologies’, and other themes aligned to ICT, healthcare, engineering, and physics.
3.16% of the portfolio is ‘EDI and people’ which is funding for Centres for Doctoral Training, Doctoral Training Partnerships, and industrial Cooperative Awards in Science and Technology. Note that some, but not all, of the ‘EDI and People’ funding below will benefit the mathematical sciences.
4. 14% of the portfolio is accounted for as ‘UKRI’, this includes other CDT funding, and managed funding for research or events. Note that some, but not all, of the ‘UKRI’ funding below will benefit the mathematical sciences.
5. Source: Times Higher Education, EPSRC portfolio
Other includes research categorised by EPSRC as ‘Other’, ‘AI technologies’, ‘out of EPSRC remit’, ‘chemical reaction dynamics and mechanisms’, ‘clinical technologies’, and other themes aligned to ICT, healthcare, engineering, and physics.
6. EPSRC portfolio as of 9 February 2024
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Graduate employment outcomes
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Employment and Earnings Outcomes of Higher Education Graduates: Experimental Data from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) Dataset (2020/21). Available at: Create your own tables, Table Tool – Explore education statistics – GOV.UK (explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk)
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Rowell, A et al. (2023). Mathematical Sciences recruitment and graduate outcomes – A diversity perspective of the landscape of Mathematical Sciences in UK universities. Ortus Economic Research. Available at: CMS_HoDoMS_MathematicalSciencesRecruitmentDiversity_FINAL120124.pdf. Page 17.
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Hodge, L, Little, A, Weldon, M (2021). GCSE attainment and lifetime earnings. Department for Education. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/993202/GCSE_Attainment_and_Lifetime_Earnings_PDF3A.pdf. Pages 35-36.
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Noyes, A, Adkins, M (2017). Rethinking the Value of Advanced Mathematics Participation. The University of Nottingham. Available at: revamp-final-report-3.1.17.pdf (nuffieldfoundation.org). Page 5.
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Britton, J et al. (2020). The impact of undergraduate degrees on lifetime earnings. London: The IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/impact-undergraduate-degrees-lifetime-earnings. Pages 17-18. Note: Chart created from the report
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Britton, J. et al (2020) The earnings returns to postgraduate degrees in the UK. Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: Earnings returns to postgraduate degrees in the UK (ifs.org.uk). Page 66. Note: Chart created from the report
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Britton, J et al. (2020). The impact of undergraduate degrees on lifetime earnings. London: The IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/impact-undergraduate-degrees-lifetime-earnings. Pages 61-62. Note: Chart created from the report
Professor Rachel Bearon
Professor Rachel Bearon is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at King’s College London. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Her research concerns the spatial and temporal dynamics of biological systems, ranging from bacterial chemotaxis, cancer cell motility and phytoplankton in turbulence, to modelling cell-signalling pathways, intracellular protein dynamics and drug transport. Rachel is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and has been on its Council (2017-2023). She is a founding trustee of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences and serves on the Exec Committee for its set-up phase.
Dr Jessica Enright
Dr Enright is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include the mathematics of networks and games, and she is particularly interested in applications in infectious disease, contagion processes, and epidemiological and economic systems. She is the general secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a Member-at-Large of the London Mathematical Society’s Council, and on the management board of the Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematical Sciences.
Dr Howard P. Haughton
Dr Howard P. Haughton is a widely recognised expert in quantitative financial risk and works as a consultant in this field. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Computer Science and has held senior roles in risk and capital markets at notable institutions, including Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Notably, he's served as Chief Risk Officer and co-Head of Treasury at a Building Society, where he established the organisation's Risk and Treasury management policy and departments. He's also held executive positions at a leading brokerage firm in the Caribbean.
Dr Haughton serves on the Board of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), is a member of its Professional Affairs Committee and is the EDI champion for the IMA. He is also on the advisory board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He is a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London conducting research across multidisciplinary subjects including quantitative finance, artificial intelligence, formal aspects of computer science and mathematical modelling of social issues including EDI.
Professor Catherine Hobbs
Professor Catherine Hobbs CMath FIMA is Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Bristol. As Chair of the research Institute, she works with the mathematics community and Government to apply mathematical knowledge and skills to real life problems as well as nurturing the mathematical sciences pipeline from schools through to high level research.
Catherine is also currently Vice President of the London Mathematical Society and Honorary Secretary (Education) of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is on the Executive Committee of the proto-Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, where she leads on Policy.
Professor Terry Lyons
Professor Terry Lyons is the Wallis Professor Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is currently PI of the DataSıg program (primarily funded by EPSRC), and of the complementary research programme CIMDA-Oxford. He was a founding member, and then Director (2011-2015) of, the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance; he was the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS; 2008-2011). He came to Oxford in 2000 having previously been Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London (1993-2000), and before that he held the Colin Maclaurin Chair at Edinburgh (1985-93).
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Dr Richard Pinch
Richard is a retired civil servant, whose career has been divided between academic research in pure mathematics and its application to cybersecurity. He was the founding head of research at the Heilbronn Institute, and has served on advisory boards at EPSRC, NGM, INI, ICMS and on the REF. He has also served as Vice-President (Professional Affairs and Industry) at the IMA. He continues mathematical research as a consultant.
Labour market
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There has been a growth in demand for maths-related jobs in recent years.
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Source: Lightcast; Note: Growth in demand is proxied by number of published job postings, as at Dec 2019-23
Demand for maths-related jobs varies by region
Source: Lightcast; Note: Demand is proxied by number of published job postings for 2023.
Skills shortages limit the capacity of mathematical sciences to contribute to economic growth
Source: Ortus Economic Research, DfE (2020)
The Yorkshire and the Humber is amongst the fastest growing regions in demand for maths-related jobs
Source: Lightcast; Growth is measured by Compound Annual Growth Rate.
Top employers: A-level maths
Top employers: Undergraduate maths
Source: Lightcast
Note: Lightcast uses a title classification process to map raw job titles to a standardized library of ~75,000 titles. As a result, there can be the occasional outlier (for example, ‘English and Maths tutor’ can be mapped to ‘English tutor’). In the rare instance that these anomalies occur in job titles, they have been omitted for clarity.
Labour market: Lightcast methodology
Lightcast collects job postings from over 50,000 sources daily, including jobs boards and company websites, to develop a comprehensive view of labour market demand.
To capture the maths-related jobs market, Lightcast extracted job descriptions which featured maths-related skills that fell within the A-level or undergraduate-level maths curricula.
Lightcast uses a title classification process to map raw job titles to a standardized library of ~75,000 titles. As a result, there can be the occasional outlier (for example, ‘English and Maths tutor’ can be mapped to ‘English tutor’). In the rare instance that these anomalies occur in job titles, they have been omitted for clarity.
