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The British Congress of Mathematics Education (BCME) Conference
Leading UK mathematical organisations unite in a single conference at the University of Warwick from 30 March to 2 April 2005. The conference theme is Routes of Unity and has been organised by the British Congress of Mathematics Education (BCME).
Warwickshire School pupils 1st to Use UK's Most Advanced Maths Research Centre
The most advanced Maths research centre in the UK has its official opening day on Saturday 12th June and the first people to use it will be maths pupils from Warwickshire Schools.
Professor David Epstein - Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
Members of Warwick's Mathematics Institute are very proud to have someone of David’s calibre working amongst them and even though he is retired from teaching he is still very much hard at work. A celebration party was recently held to honour David’s election to the Royal Society.
Walking in the IT Park
The Enterprise Fellowship Scheme (EFS) has nurtured yet another innovative business, with Meadoweb ready to delivery 24x7 IT support to any business or home computer user not covered by an IT support department.
Right to Read
Every child has the 'right to read' but not every child has the opportunity. Warwick Volunteers and the University Bookshop have teamed up to support
'right to read'.
Mathematics and Statistics on the move
The coming weeks will see the Mathematics and Statistics departments move to their new building on central campus, with the departments moving over the period 8 to 20 December. We will endeavour to provide updates as they become available.
International Biometric Society - SUSAN Conference
The International Biometric Society (IBS) is holding its eighth Biannual SUSAN Conference from 7 11 July 2003 at the University of Natal in South Africa.
Warwick students first for enterprise (and second, and third...)
Three students from the University of Warwick have been named Coventry and Warwickshire's most enterprising students.
NAGTY @ Warwick 2003 - Maths in Action
I am on the Mathematics In Action course at the NAGTY @ Warwick Summer School. We have been studying different topics in maths and seeing how they relate to real life.
£5 Million Award for Pioneering Project to Train New Breed of Scientists
Warwick University has been awarded £5 Million for a new Life-Sciences Doctoral Training Centre which will educate a new breed of scientists.
Warwick vs Wadham
On Monday 25 November, the Students' Union echoed with an uplifting cheer in response to the name "Saddam Hussein". No, nothihng political, it's just that the Iraqi dictator was an answer on the latest edition of University Challenge, in which the Warwick team comprehensively beat Wadham College, Oxford, in an exciting, high-scoring game.
Nothing Really Matters
by Dr David Wood, Department of Mathematics
Mathematics is full of the weird and wonderful, so where could 'nothing' possibly have a place? According to the Collins New English Dictionary:
nothing (pron) 1. not anything. 2. a matter of no importance. 3. absence of meaning, value, or worth. 4. the figure 0
Mathematics is full of the weird and wonderful, so where could 'nothing' possibly have a place? According to the Collins New English Dictionary:
nothing (pron) 1. not anything. 2. a matter of no importance. 3. absence of meaning, value, or worth. 4. the figure 0