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Students participating in Full STEAM Ahead

Nurturing a love of science

4 July 2018

Hands-on activities at University to engage young learners

Danny Groves, School of Mathematics

Cardiff Mathematicians present in Parliament

10 May 2018

Three postgraduate students from the School of Mathematics were invited to Parliament recently as part of the annual STEM for Britain poster competition.

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Less is more when it comes to developing bigger brains

4 May 2018

New study reveals human brains may require fewer initial cells to grow compared to monkeys and mice

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High-tech fun for 500 pupils

25 April 2018

Cardiff University and Bridgend College join forces for hands-on learning

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World Cup stickers

28 March 2018

Equations reveal an expected cost of £774 to collect all 682 stickers in Panini’s World Cup 2018 album

New MSc Mathematics

New postgraduate degree at the School of Mathematics

22 March 2018

An exciting new postgraduate degree has been launched at the Cardiff School of Mathematics.

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Detecting tsunamis

24 January 2018

Scientists develop new method to calculate a tsunami’s size and destructive force by exploiting high-speed acoustic gravity waves

Mathematics Education Research Group launch

New research group focus on maths education

21 December 2017

An event to celebrate the formation of a new research group focusing on maths education has taken place at the School of Mathematics

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School of Mathematics hosts important LMS meeting

21 December 2017

A London Mathematical Society (LMS) meeting was recently hosted by the Cardiff School of Mathematics.

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Celebrating Excellence success for School of Mathematics

20 November 2017

Professor Paul Harper has won the Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Enterprise Award at the Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Awards.

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Underwater sound waves help scientists locate ocean impacts

24 October 2017

Cardiff University researchers use acoustic gravity waves to locate precise time and location that objects hit the sea surface

PRES 2017

Research students satisfied at School of Mathematics

1 October 2017

Excellent PRES 2017 for School of Mathematics

How do zebrafish develop their stripes?

28 September 2017

Cardiff University mathematician discovers key aspect underlining distinctive patterns of the zebrafish

Top architects chosen for £23m maths and computer science centre

27 September 2017

University planning new centre of excellence for innovative teaching and research

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School of Mathematics accreditation success

16 August 2017

The School of Mathematics has successfully achieved accreditation from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) for our undergraduate degree programmes.

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Impressive student satisfaction results for the School of Mathematics

9 August 2017

Satisfaction amongst final year Mathematics students at Cardiff University has increased this year with 90% of Maths students saying they were satisfied with their overall student experience.

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Cardiff Mathematics Lecturer part of pioneering quantum breakthrough

20 July 2017

Dr Gandalf Lechner, Mathematics Lecturer, was part of a team of researchers who have discovered that quantum mechanical particles have the unique ability to move in the opposite direction to the way in which they are being pushed.

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Diffusion of the dead: Using mathematics to survive a zombie apocalypse

19 July 2017

Dr. Thomas Wooley, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics was invited to the National Museum of Mathematics in New York to give a talk on how mathematics can be used to survive a zombie attack!

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Healing Brexit generational divide

22 May 2017

Referendum fallout is among Cardiff University events at 30th Hay Festival

President Tim

Mathematics Head of School elected President of the British Society of Rheology

15 May 2017

Professor Tim Phillips, Head of Mathematics at Cardiff University, was recently elected President of the British Society of Rheology (BSR) last month for a two year term in office