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🤔What have all these people got to do with maths & stats?
🔎Find out here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MathEd/
@OU_MathsEd @NASA @IMAmaths @bhmuk #BHM
🔎Find out here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MathEd/
@OU_MathsEd @NASA @IMAmaths @bhmuk #BHM
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🤔What have all these people got to do with maths & stats?
🔎Find out here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MathEd/
@OU_MathsEd @NASA @IMAmaths @bhmuk #BHM
🔎Find out here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MathEd/
@OU_MathsEd @NASA @IMAmaths @bhmuk #BHM
✖️Want to develop your understanding of multiplicative relationships?
🎇Need ideas for using resources to inspire Primary learners? 🚸
🆓Free online session in conjunction with Mathŵyl Cymru sites.google.com/view/mathwyl
📋Register here: forms.office.com/e/nCpaEbDwu9
#mathwyl @OU_MathsEd #teachmaths
🎇Need ideas for using resources to inspire Primary learners? 🚸
🆓Free online session in conjunction with Mathŵyl Cymru sites.google.com/view/mathwyl
📋Register here: forms.office.com/e/nCpaEbDwu9
#mathwyl @OU_MathsEd #teachmaths
October 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
✖️Want to develop your understanding of multiplicative relationships?
🎇Need ideas for using resources to inspire Primary learners? 🚸
🆓Free online session in conjunction with Mathŵyl Cymru sites.google.com/view/mathwyl
📋Register here: forms.office.com/e/nCpaEbDwu9
#mathwyl @OU_MathsEd #teachmaths
🎇Need ideas for using resources to inspire Primary learners? 🚸
🆓Free online session in conjunction with Mathŵyl Cymru sites.google.com/view/mathwyl
📋Register here: forms.office.com/e/nCpaEbDwu9
#mathwyl @OU_MathsEd #teachmaths
Exciting announcement📣: @mathsworlduk now open!
🫧Step inside a giant soap bubble or explore a kaleidoscope. 🌈
💥Laser-cut different shapes and crack secret codes. 🕵️♂️
🤚Experience hands-on exhibits 💡spark curiosity 🔥ignite imagination🙃 fun, colourful, mind-blowing! 🤯
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🫧Step inside a giant soap bubble or explore a kaleidoscope. 🌈
💥Laser-cut different shapes and crack secret codes. 🕵️♂️
🤚Experience hands-on exhibits 💡spark curiosity 🔥ignite imagination🙃 fun, colourful, mind-blowing! 🤯
Book now at mathsworld.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Exciting announcement📣: @mathsworlduk now open!
🫧Step inside a giant soap bubble or explore a kaleidoscope. 🌈
💥Laser-cut different shapes and crack secret codes. 🕵️♂️
🤚Experience hands-on exhibits 💡spark curiosity 🔥ignite imagination🙃 fun, colourful, mind-blowing! 🤯
Book now at mathsworld.com
🫧Step inside a giant soap bubble or explore a kaleidoscope. 🌈
💥Laser-cut different shapes and crack secret codes. 🕵️♂️
🤚Experience hands-on exhibits 💡spark curiosity 🔥ignite imagination🙃 fun, colourful, mind-blowing! 🤯
Book now at mathsworld.com
📢Calling all parents, home tutors, teaching assistants, future maths teachers🔢 This course is for you 🫵 ME620 will help you develop your knowledge and understanding of teaching school mathematics and broadens your ideas about how people learn mathematics🤔https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/me620/
September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
📢Calling all parents, home tutors, teaching assistants, future maths teachers🔢 This course is for you 🫵 ME620 will help you develop your knowledge and understanding of teaching school mathematics and broadens your ideas about how people learn mathematics🤔https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/me620/
🧮Making the leap from number to algebra🪂Learn how to communicate and interpret relationships in words, diagrams and graphs 🗣 Studying ME322 will help you develop your own and others' algebraic reasoning and understanding💡 Find out more👉https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/me322
August 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🧮Making the leap from number to algebra🪂Learn how to communicate and interpret relationships in words, diagrams and graphs 🗣 Studying ME322 will help you develop your own and others' algebraic reasoning and understanding💡 Find out more👉https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/me322
🧩Problem solving skills need work? 🤔Expanding your geometric thinking can help develop the way you think in many areas! 📐ME321 will help you develop your own mathematical understanding and teach you how to support others in developing theirs🚸 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu... #OU_MathsEd #TeachMaths
August 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🧩Problem solving skills need work? 🤔Expanding your geometric thinking can help develop the way you think in many areas! 📐ME321 will help you develop your own mathematical understanding and teach you how to support others in developing theirs🚸 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu... #OU_MathsEd #TeachMaths
August 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🤷Studying mathematics and mathematics education modules from the OU degree🎓 Mathematics and its Learning (Q46) gives you the knowledge to answer learners’ tricky questions. What would you say to the questions asked below? 🍎 www.open.ac.uk/courses/math... #OUMathsEd #TeachMaths
August 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🤷Studying mathematics and mathematics education modules from the OU degree🎓 Mathematics and its Learning (Q46) gives you the knowledge to answer learners’ tricky questions. What would you say to the questions asked below? 🍎 www.open.ac.uk/courses/math... #OUMathsEd #TeachMaths
🤔Just got your A' Level results?🎓Interested in studying maths at university but want to stay at home or work whilst studying? 🙋The OU's got you covered!🫵Not studied A' Level maths? There's a route for you. Check out our courses 👉 www.open.ac.uk/courses/maths #AlevelResults #OpenUni #studymaths
August 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🤔Just got your A' Level results?🎓Interested in studying maths at university but want to stay at home or work whilst studying? 🙋The OU's got you covered!🫵Not studied A' Level maths? There's a route for you. Check out our courses 👉 www.open.ac.uk/courses/maths #AlevelResults #OpenUni #studymaths
📢 One month to go - Final registration day for October start modules: 11th September 2025
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Read Fallon's story about achieving her BSc (Honours) Mathematics and Statistics 🎓: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/s...
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Read Fallon's story about achieving her BSc (Honours) Mathematics and Statistics 🎓: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/s...
August 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📢 One month to go - Final registration day for October start modules: 11th September 2025
www.open.ac.uk/courses/math...
Read Fallon's story about achieving her BSc (Honours) Mathematics and Statistics 🎓: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/s...
www.open.ac.uk/courses/math...
Read Fallon's story about achieving her BSc (Honours) Mathematics and Statistics 🎓: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/s...
Ready to explore the beauty✨of complex analysis & its applications? Join M337 Complex analysis on a journey into advanced mathematical concepts combining ideas from algebra, analysis & geometry. A gateway 🕳 to further fields of study in maths, engineering & physics!⚛️ www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
July 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ready to explore the beauty✨of complex analysis & its applications? Join M337 Complex analysis on a journey into advanced mathematical concepts combining ideas from algebra, analysis & geometry. A gateway 🕳 to further fields of study in maths, engineering & physics!⚛️ www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
Journey through elegant problems with applications from planning engineering projects to ensuring reliable data transmission. MST368 blends theory with playful exploration, making it a perfect choice for curious minds🧠who enjoy seeing maths in action. www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
July 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Journey through elegant problems with applications from planning engineering projects to ensuring reliable data transmission. MST368 blends theory with playful exploration, making it a perfect choice for curious minds🧠who enjoy seeing maths in action. www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
💻Computational applied mathematics introduces powerful numerical methods⌨️used in applied maths,⚛️science & data science. As well learning how the methods work, you'll use them in Python. Don't worry if you have not programmed in Python before, you'll also learn how!🐍 learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....
July 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
💻Computational applied mathematics introduces powerful numerical methods⌨️used in applied maths,⚛️science & data science. As well learning how the methods work, you'll use them in Python. Don't worry if you have not programmed in Python before, you'll also learn how!🐍 learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....
🤓 Deciding what to study next...how about MS327? An accessible introduction to applied mathematics📝 at Stage 3, based around the study of deterministic, chaotic🌀 and stochastic dynamics. open.ac.uk/courses/modu... learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....
July 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🤓 Deciding what to study next...how about MS327? An accessible introduction to applied mathematics📝 at Stage 3, based around the study of deterministic, chaotic🌀 and stochastic dynamics. open.ac.uk/courses/modu... learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....
Thank you to our four fantastic panellists: Cleo Taylor-Smith, Anushka Fitzherbert, Rebecca Gower & Olga Martini, our fabulous host OU academic Cath Brown, & a big thank you to all our students who attended and asked excellent questions. Great discussion about a variety of potential career paths.
July 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thank you to our four fantastic panellists: Cleo Taylor-Smith, Anushka Fitzherbert, Rebecca Gower & Olga Martini, our fabulous host OU academic Cath Brown, & a big thank you to all our students who attended and asked excellent questions. Great discussion about a variety of potential career paths.
Know some basic statistics📊and keen to learn more📈? Then M249 could be for you! Come and join us for an introduction to four of the major topics in applied statistics widely used by statisticians and data scientists📲 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
June 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Know some basic statistics📊and keen to learn more📈? Then M249 could be for you! Come and join us for an introduction to four of the major topics in applied statistics widely used by statisticians and data scientists📲 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
Keen to further develop your skills in using statistics and working with data🤩? M248 Analysing data explores fundamental statistical techniques and ideas💡for analysing and interpreting data📊. Stats practice and theory💭. Find out more 🔎: open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
June 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Keen to further develop your skills in using statistics and working with data🤩? M248 Analysing data explores fundamental statistical techniques and ideas💡for analysing and interpreting data📊. Stats practice and theory💭. Find out more 🔎: open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
What links: How a guitar string works🎸, how animal populations grow and shrink🐇, electricity and magnetism🧲, water circling round a plughole🌀, and quantum mechanics🌌?!
They all depend on differential equations!
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They all depend on differential equations!
www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
June 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
What links: How a guitar string works🎸, how animal populations grow and shrink🐇, electricity and magnetism🧲, water circling round a plughole🌀, and quantum mechanics🌌?!
They all depend on differential equations!
www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
They all depend on differential equations!
www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
Want to learn the maths behind how things work🌍, from what stops your wheels skidding 🛞 to baby bouncers👶to how guitar strings work? Join MST210 for a mix of key mathematical techniques & applying your knowledge. It opens the🚪 to fascinating applications at Stage 3 too
www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
June 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Want to learn the maths behind how things work🌍, from what stops your wheels skidding 🛞 to baby bouncers👶to how guitar strings work? Join MST210 for a mix of key mathematical techniques & applying your knowledge. It opens the🚪 to fascinating applications at Stage 3 too
www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
What does rotating 🔄 and reflecting 🪞 a symmetrical shape have in common with adding ➕ or multiplying ✖️ numbers?
Explore fascinating pure maths topics and build higher level maths skills with M208 Pure mathematics – a next step after MST125 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
Explore fascinating pure maths topics and build higher level maths skills with M208 Pure mathematics – a next step after MST125 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
June 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
What does rotating 🔄 and reflecting 🪞 a symmetrical shape have in common with adding ➕ or multiplying ✖️ numbers?
Explore fascinating pure maths topics and build higher level maths skills with M208 Pure mathematics – a next step after MST125 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
Explore fascinating pure maths topics and build higher level maths skills with M208 Pure mathematics – a next step after MST125 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
Ready to delve deeper into maths?🤿Build on MST124 with Essential Maths 2 (MST125) & complete your Stage 1 studies!🎉Explore proofs, differential equations, mechanics & more-perfect for both pure & applied mathematicians💡https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/mst125 #Maths #OU #MST125
June 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
➕Join MST124!! The perfect intro to university mathematics 🎓. Check it out: www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu... #Maths #OU #Calculus #Algebra
June 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
➕Join MST124!! The perfect intro to university mathematics 🎓. Check it out: www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu... #Maths #OU #Calculus #Algebra
MU123 is a gentle-yet-exciting whirlwind 🌀 introduction to maths 🔢. Starting from scratch 🔰, MU123 gives the you skills in maths needed for a wide range of qualifications across the university 🎓 and beyond. MU123 makes dreams come true for so many students 🧚 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
June 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
MU123 is a gentle-yet-exciting whirlwind 🌀 introduction to maths 🔢. Starting from scratch 🔰, MU123 gives the you skills in maths needed for a wide range of qualifications across the university 🎓 and beyond. MU123 makes dreams come true for so many students 🧚 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
M140 Introducing statistics 📊
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Are you ready for M140? 👉
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Are you ready for M140? 👉
learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....
June 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
M140 Introducing statistics 📊
www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
Are you ready for M140? 👉
learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....
www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...
Are you ready for M140? 👉
learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....
Missed Women in Maths Day? 💜 No problem! You can watch our inspiring content —including this video by our very own statistician, mother and Head of School, Prof. Rachel Hilliam — anytime on our Maths & Stats YouTube 🎥
🔗 tinyurl.com/56tvm2f5
🔗 tinyurl.com/56tvm2f5
May 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Missed Women in Maths Day? 💜 No problem! You can watch our inspiring content —including this video by our very own statistician, mother and Head of School, Prof. Rachel Hilliam — anytime on our Maths & Stats YouTube 🎥
🔗 tinyurl.com/56tvm2f5
🔗 tinyurl.com/56tvm2f5