Meet our academics – Dr Christiana Charalambous
Meet the School 30th May 2019
In this series of blogs, we chat to the academics you’ll meet, be taught by and work with during your time in the School of Mathematics. In this post, we catch up with Lecturer in Statistics Dr Christiana Charalambous and ask about her research in Statistics. Please can you describe your research, for the layman, […]
The James Lighthill Building – the history behind the name
Welcome to Maths 13th May 2019
Maths at Manchester has a proud history, and many distinguished mathematicians have helped build its reputation. Among them is Sir James Lighthill, a man with a fascinating life story – and a building on North Campus named after him. Lighthill was an applied mathematician who would become known for his pioneering work in aeroacoustics. He […]
Term 2
Student experience 9th May 2019
This blog post was written by School of Mathematics undergraduate Emily Todd in February 2019. Wow, time’s flown past. Results have just come out. I’m incredibly relieved but currently getting hate from my house mates for my whinging about failing when these were nearly my best results. Slightly under the boundary but I can make […]
Chinese New Year
Student experience 29th March 2019
Chinese New Year isn’t celebrated in my country so it isn’t a big deal, right? WRONG! And oh how wrong I was. Never have I seen a community much less a faculty so dedicated to making their international students feel at home. From the paper lanterns and Chinese symbols to the flyers with pigs on […]
PhD Student Q&A
Student experience 18th March 2019
This is a blog article about being a PhD student in the School of Mathematics at The University of Manchester. One of our PhD students, Elliot McKernon, did a Q&A with Ulla Karhumäki – a Finnish PhD student in her third year – about research, the global mathematical community, and the impact of world politics […]
Meet our academics – Dr Catherine Powell
Meet the School 12th February 2019
In this series of blogs, we chat to the academics you’ll meet, be taught by and work with during your time in the School of Mathematics. In this post, we catch up with Reader in Applied Maths and Numerical Analysis Dr Catherine Powell and ask about her research in Numerical Analysis. Please can you describe […]
Meet our academics – Dr Faustin Adiceam
Meet the School 3rd January 2019
In this series of blogs, we chat to the academics you’ll meet, be taught by and work with during your time in the School of Mathematics. In this post, we catch up with Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Fellow Faustin Adiceam and ask about his research in Pure Mathematics. Please can you describe your research, for the […]
Trig or Treat
Student experience 3rd December 2018
This blog post was written by School of Mathematics undergraduate Emily Todd. I feel like I should start this with a sort of formal introduction. I’m Emily and I’m currently second year on the MMath programme. I’m also the Event Secretary on the Mathsoc committee and a Maths PASS leader. You could say that I’m […]
Meet our academics – Prof Kody Law
Meet the School 12th November 2018
In this series of blogs, we chat to the academics you’ll meet, be taught by and work with during your time in the School of Mathematics. In this post, we catch up with Chair in Applied Mathematics, Professor Kody Law. We asked him about his work and what he gets up to when he can […]
Meet our academics – Dr Christopher Frei
Meet the School 10th October 2018
In this series of blogs, we chat to the academics you’ll meet, be taught by and work with during your time in the School of Mathematics. In this post, we catch up with Lecturer in Pure Mathematics, Dr Christopher Frei. We asked him about his work and what he gets up to when he can […]