maths
Meet our academics – Dr Catherine Powell
Meet the Department 12th February 2019
Get to know Dr Catherine Powell, a Reader in Applied Maths and Numerical Analysis, who discusses her research and tells us what it’s like to work at the University.
Meet our academics – Dr Faustin Adiceam
Meet the Department 3rd January 2019
We catch up with Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Fellow Dr Faustin Adiceam, asking him about his research in pure mathematics and the early days of his academic career.
Trig or Treat
Student experience 3rd December 2018
Undergraduate student in the School of Mathematics Emily Todd provides an introduction to who she is and talks about life both inside and outside the University.
PhD Student Q&A
Student experience 19th September 2018
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 Catherine Bruce – a British PhD student about to enter her third year – about publishing research, giving talks, outreach, and the social aspects […]
Meet our academics – Dr Ian Hall
Meet the Department 5th September 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 Statistics Dr Ian Hall. We asked him about his work and what he gets up to when he can tear […]
First Year of PhD
Student experience 8th August 2018
I am in my first year of PhD, and it is my first time studying abroad. Before that I was educated in Russia in a 6-year long program that was, in essence, a joint masters and bachelors. When starting my time in Manchester, I did not think that mathematical education in universities in different countries […]
Why Mathematics?
Making it count 18th July 2018
Why Mathematics? For over 4 years, I’ve been asked similar questions over a thousand times : “ Why did you choose mathematics?” “Are you an idiot?” “Are you crazy?” A large number of people, even some maths students, usually feel confused why students are willing to choose maths as their major. Mathematics, which is a difficult […]
PhD Student Q&A
Student experience 12th June 2018
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 Cesare G. Ardito – a second year PhD student hailing from Italy who shares his office and research area – about PhDs, conferences, collaboration, […]
Moving in…
Student experience 2nd October 2014
Hi my name’s Jess, I’m 18 years old and I’m from a town in North Wales called Connah’s Quay. I’m studying the 4 year maths course. It’s a scary prospect and this will be my first year as a student in Manchester… but having the opportunity to chat about the beginning of my journey while […]
Welcome Week!
Welcome to Maths 29th September 2014
On my first day inside the University of Manchester, it was easier than I thought to stumble across people on the same course as me. After asking around, we were soon in a little group signing up for societies together and getting to know one another. The Alan Turing building is modern and spacious and […]