Mathematics

While some women may not feel safe with numbers, according to stereotype, Katie Buchhorn uses numbers to help keep women safe

Body proposed by former government was seen as a way of upskilling workforce and growing the economy

Campaign aims to address stalling university enrolments despite record interest in subject at A level

Our public exhibition on maths’ global origins aims to stimulate discussion about decolonisation and inclusion, says John Armstrong  

Acknowledging Aboriginal intellectual traditions could ‘bring students back’ while improving weather forecasts, says co-creator of new course

Heilbronn Institute director Catherine Hobbs warns that graduates of highly selective institutions are less likely to work in school sector

To make maths programmes viable, we must make them more attractive to a wider pool of applicants, says Jens Marklof

The senior lecturer in financial risk management discusses his academic career around the world, his admiration for Galileo and how a traditional game inspired his love of mathematics

Government hopes new institution will help to upskill the country’s workforce and grow the economy

University says current cohorts will be the last, blaming declining student numbers

Three hundred mathematicians expected to have retired by middle of the century

Rishi Sunak's plan for mathematics to age 18 would come too late to save many university departments, says Ulrike Tillmann

Women now have a better chance of getting in than male scholars with similar track records, suggesting attempt to redress historic injustices

Four Fields Medal winners and former European Research Council president among advisory board for independent research institute

New subject guidance mandates ‘narrowly skewed perspective on the history of mathematics’, leading academics claim

If the balance of the £300 million promised by the UK government is not delivered, a broad swathe of research will suffer, says Ulrike Tillmann

Ditching high-profile pledge to spend £300 million more on maths research over next five years will harm under-pressure discipline, experts warn

High-profile pledge to spend £60 million a year on maths research has not been fulfilled, MPs hear

UK professional bodies for mathematicians call for specialist funding to help female senior lecturers whose research careers are blown off course

The UK government’s £300 million funding pledge must be confirmed in the spending review, and departmental closures must stop, says Jon Keating

Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk moves some scholars to near ecstasy but may have lost its rationale in the shift to digital education

Still much to be said for old-fashioned media that operate ‘at the speed of human thinking’, book suggests

Wang Yongzhen stabbed at Shanghai university

Public confusion is one thing, but some subjects provoke quizzical and sometimes dismissive frowns even among colleagues from different departments. Here, nine academics set the record straight about what they do – and why it matters

Son of Nobel laureate and radical historian who forged his own path as a mathematician and activist remembered

Tony Mann welcomes a compelling account of the power – and ethical challenges – of mathematics in helping us address crucial issues in today’s world

Rare opportunities arise in a country with a small population and a big regard for science

Organisers refused to engage with the problem, or offered a series of stock excuses, say campaigners

As time drags on since their signature course was turfed out, Australian whistleblowers’ colleagues fear their discipline will die a slow death

Academics do the numbers on lower fees, increased subsidies and a reduced funding envelope

Tony Mann is impressed by a study of what we mean by numbers that ranges across millennia

Graduates’ common lack of deep understanding about how AI works is hindering industry take-up, says Min Wanli

Robin Wilson enjoys a lively account of how we learned that we’ll never be able to square the circle or meet a number of other challenges posed by the ancient Greeks

Staff nerves fray as whistleblower row university calls time on course

Tributes paid to an expert on the theory and practice of democratic politics whose ‘intellectual brilliance’ was matched by a strong ‘sense of scholarly camaraderie’

Researcher says experiment demonstrates that students mistake benefits of technology for increase in ‘internal ability’ to solve problems 

Machine learning pioneer on how he became obsessed with stars as a child, why many AI predictions are just hype, and whether he is tempted to join big tech full-time

Italian mathematician Alessio Figalli says falling short demonstrates the testing and unknowable nature of research

Matthew Reisz is intrigued by a tale of hard-boiled mathematicians hitting the mean streets to tackle crime

Tony Mann assesses an argument about the role of mathematical beauty as a key to understanding how the universe works

Tony Mann learns that ‘applied mathematics’ isn’t what it used to be

Elevated output has not come at cost of excellence, research assessment exercise suggests

However, latest data from EU suggests eastern European nations having more success in keeping gap narrow

Tributes paid to nun who was a pioneer of women’s education

New centre could supply the ingredients to bring home-grown Fields medallists back, says director

Tributes paid to Yale’s pioneering game theorist

European Research Council says move is to support open access and get round often lengthy publishing process

Maths prodigy just second Australian to claim discipline’s highest honour

Government may harness funding agreements to influence mix of teacher specialties

Champion of the University of Notre Dame’s Catholic identity remembered

Admissions overhaul could trigger wider insistence on mathematics prerequisites

End stigma against students who don't want to pursue careers in academia, says report

The former gay porn star turned academic on what lecturers can learn from the adult entertainment industry

HKUST head to lead Saudi Arabian university from September

Imperial College London academic Abbas Edalat has been detained on security charges since mid-April 

Researcher says it is difficult to find portrayals of female scientists that focus on achievement

Stephen Hawking’s enormous achievements in science and communication are a manifestation of amazing willpower and determination, says the astronomer royal

Mathematicians – and, indeed, other scholars – who cooperate with intelligence agencies face a moral dilemma knowing that their research could well be applied in unethical ways, says Michael Harris

Mathematicians at Imperial College London will have access to French research grants through new collaboration

Expansion of league table reveals a more diverse list of countries and institutions