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🚀 Calling all Apprenticeship Leaders and Educators passionate about Maths! At Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI), we’re expanding our work to better support those leading and teaching maths in apprenticeship provision. As part of this journey, we’re hosting a focus group in the new year, and we’d love for you to join us. We’re looking for individuals who: ✅ Have significant experience in the apprenticeship sector. ✅ Understand the challenges and successes of delivering impactful maths education in this context. ✅ Are passionate about shaping the future of maths provision in apprenticeships. Your insights will help us tailor our support to better address the unique needs of this vital area. Together, we can enhance outcomes for apprentices and ensure maths education is both practical and transformative. Interested? Let us know by commenting below or sending a direct message. We’d be thrilled to have your voice in the room as we work toward this exciting future! #Apprenticeships #MathsInEducation #MathsTeaching #FocusGroup

The media tend to focus on negative news. It is great to see the success of our young people, so important for them as individuals and for the country - the skills they are developing are essential for everyone’s future prosperity. The recently published TIMSS results for mathematics show positive news for England. Considering the disruptions caused by the Covid pandemic between TIMSS 2019 and TIMSS 2023, England's performance is particularly noteworthy. The substantial gains seen in year 5 during the 2019 TIMSS assessment have been sustained, and the year 9 maths score for TIMSS 2023 is England's highest ever. In contrast, most other countries, including those that typically excel, experienced a decline in their performance. MEI CBI (Confederation of British Industry) AIRTO Rain Newton-Smith Serena Tierney Charlie Stripp David Hancox Paul Hetherington. MBA FIoD Hashim Ramzan (he/ him/ his) Mridul Khariwal Lowri Williams FCIPD Jane Gate Emma Bell Emma McCoy Department for Education Jeremy Benson FRSPH Jenny Oldroyd Rebecca Lawrence Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

We are really proud of what we have achieved with the Further Education Maths Challenge, sponsored by AQA, so far this year! Well done Martin Newton and his team for making this year our biggest challenge yet! We can't wait to see how well everyone does in the new year when we move on to the college and regional finals! If you want to find out more about how you can get involved next academic year, why not visit our website and get in contact 😀

Success in the 2024 Ritangle Maths Competition! The 2024 International Ritangle Competition hosted by MEI and Jane Street has just concluded after 2 months, and I am happy to announce that my team of 8 people, including Tharul Wanni Arachchige, Ethan Zhou, Ayaan Siyad, Michael Wright, Leo Tabram, Aryan Menon, & Alex Summerscale came runners up in the competition. The Annual & International Competition consists of 3 stages. The first stage involved 20 questions over the main part of the 2 months, with Stage 2 and Stage 3 being released on the 22nd of November at 4 PM. Our team had to compile all the hints together and solve a series of crossnumbers in order to unlock Stage 3. We completed Stage 2 and 3 within 30 Hours of the release, submitting an answer within 24 hours of the winning team, resulting in us securing the runner-up position alongside teams from 12 other schools. Overall, nearly 2000 teams participated across the globe, with around 600 unlocking stage 3 and a further 300 submitting at least partially correct answers to it. The aim of the competition is to provide challenging questions linked with mathematical thinking alongside other skills, with our team using lots of Computer Science and programming to help tackle the questions effectively. https://lnkd.in/eeXBGfuZ

Don't forget to sign up your teams for the Further Education Maths Challenge! Not long now until registration closes so don't miss out!

We are excited to announce that the MEI Conference is back for the 2024/25 academic year! The MEI Conference 2025 will be held on 3-4 July at Keele University. Don’t forget to mark the date on your calendar! If you want to check out the resources from last year, they are all live and ready for download on our website. https://ow.ly/p5Hm50UeH1q Keep an eye out for registrations to open in the new year. We look forward to seeing you there!

Check out this video by Victoria Price, where she is starting a conversation about the role of maths in the modern workplace and whether you think it helped your career and/or whether you wish you’d studied it at a higher level. Become part of the conversation.

Time to register for the MEI FE Maths Challenge, sponsored by AQA https://lnkd.in/e_Z67Ci7

Thank you so much for inviting me again! Your team are amazing - the passion they have for supporting learners is phenomenal :) See you soon! MEI #FECPD

🌟Linking Careers to Maths: Insights from the AMSP Team🌟 This webinar is a valuable opportunity for careers leaders, staff in schools and colleges, general careers advisors, and Careers Hub staff to learn how to connect careers learning with mathematics, supporting student success in both academic and career outcomes.🚀 Click the link below to register! 🗓️ Tuesday 15th October 🕒 3pm 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eVjg7cZG MEI