IMA Higher Education Teaching and Learning Workshop
Transitions in the Mathematical Sciences - 18 April 2018
Growing student numbers in mathematical sciences lead to significant challenges for teaching staff in particular when students are going through the transition from school to university education. This workshop aimed to bring together staff to discuss key issues and share ideas and good practice.
This workshop was jointly organised by the Department of Statistics and the Mathematics Institute. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
Abstracts for the presentations can be found here. For presentation slides, where available, please click on presentation title.
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Registration and Welcome | Coffee |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Dr Kevin Houston (University of Leeds) | The transition to thinking like a mathematician |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Dr Lara Alcock (Loughborough University) | Tilting the Classroom: Engaging Students in Large Lectures |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Buffet lunch | Maths Undergraduate Workroom |
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Dr Barrie Cooper (University of Exeter) | Deconstructing assessment and feedback |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Dr Eleni Katirtzoglou (UCL) | The round table model |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | Coffee break | Maths Undergraduate Workroom |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Sophie Guiry and Michael Grove (University of Birmingham) | Mathematicians Supporting Mathematicians: Our Role in Teaching and Learning |
Members of the programme committee:
Dr Elke Thonnes, Dr Sigurd Assing, Prof David Mond, Prof Robert McKay, Dr David Wood.
