Luciano Rila

Practice Interview Sessions for Oxford & Cambridge are now open!

Free online 30-min maths interviews for Year 13s. Online | 24 Nov - 12 Dec

Boost confidence, practise problem-solving, and get expert feedback.

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#MEI #Oxbridge #MathsInterview

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Bookings for these courses will close soon - likely by the end of this week. Please book now if you're wanting to attend.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

The AMSP 'The Maths of Data Science and AI' teacher course has been really popular and we've managed to slightly increase the capacity on the London study day - if you're quick you can grab one of these extra places amsp.org.uk/event/192742...

Teen Hannah Cairo's Mathematical Discovery Sends Ripples through Harmonic Analysis When she was just 17 years old, Hannah Cairo disproved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, breaking a four-decade-old mathematical assumption

I had an enlightening conversation with mathematician Hannah Cairo about how she broke a huge conjecture in Harmonic Analysis at just 17 years old, what being a transgender mathematician means to her and how math has supported her along her journey! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌊 ✨

Read the Q&A here:

Head and shoulder picture of a male gay couple on top of the sugar loaf mountain in Rio de Janeiro with a breathtaking view of Copacabana beach and hills.

Honeymoon 🫶

Hey hey! It’s all good, thanks! I’m now admissions tutor at UCL maths. How are things with you?

The small grants scheme for this year will open soon 👀

I always forget to advertise my talks but this is one my favorites - an introduction to mathematical biology for year 9/10 students via prehistoric frogs and giant squid.

At BAMC/BMC in Exeter?? Come join us now for the Queer Eat ‘n Meet and come along to our Mini Symposium tomorrow! 💜💜

Very well deserved! Congratulations!

It’s a lovely question!

Our New to Teaching A level Mathematics Summer School is back for 2025!

Our Summer School is designed to deepen teachers' pedagogical content knowledge in key areas of the A level curriculum.

Apply now: buff.ly/ErXXrzd

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

🚨 Job Alert:

We are currently looking for an Education Administrator to join our Professional Services team and work across our taught and research programmes. This is a full-time, permanent position - all details are available here:

http://bit.ly/447GzLV

This is great, thanks for sharing! There’s a new queer network for mathematicians @qedmathsnetwork.bsky.social

A title page for a set of posters of 'LGBTQIA+ Mathematicians from around the world'

Thumbnails of posters of 12 different 'LGBTQIA+ Mathematicians from around the world'

A set of Maths questions based on the Progress Pride flag.

Another set of Maths questions based on the Progress Pride flag.

It's Pride Month.
I feel like it is important to recognise this in school, especially given recent developments at home and abroad.

Here's two ways I'm doing that.

LGBTQIA+ Mathematicians (new!): interwovenmaths.com/famous-mathe...

Pride Flag Maths activities:
interwovenmaths.com/pride-flag-m...

Not only does he know about sin, he also knows about cos.

All the best! Thank you for talking to my students about your research

Also:

🔵 The Sullivan Review is not a peer-reviewed research output, it's a savvy piece of Sex Matters campaigning.
🔵 Where is the evidence that current datasets are 'corrupted' by public authorities' long-established approach to the collection, analysis and use of sex and gender data?

Diverse Perspectives in Science Communication Creating Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges

If you are free and in London next Tuesday evening, come listen to some truly phenomenal speakers (and me) on diversity in science communication!

And it's free!

www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/events/2...

Teaching A level Mathematics (TAM) - AMSP TAM Quote

Our Teaching A level Mathematics course will return in the new academic year.

The course gives new A level maths teachers at state-funded schools the opportunity to explore key mathematical concepts and teaching strategies. Including six structured in-person study days

two points on EHRC advice on trans people's use of public toilets:

1) trans people are being required to out themselves when using loo in public

2) how is it enforceable? What about cis people who don't conform to stereotypical appearance?

it's shit.

www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...

🧵DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY

I've been keeping track of Trump actions - now up to 192. Here, I dig into 69 actions specifically targeted at undermining democracy, rule of law & suppressing dissent.

It's been 12 weeks of assaults on democracy.

based on
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
1/18

Finally, there were various comments from viewers about how universities are just ivory ideas discussing abstract ideas and of no use to society.

This was my defence of university & higher education

I was on DW News yesterday discussing Trump's attacks on science, and here is a clip where I was talking about the importance - and joy - of diversity in science.

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A Level Maths and Further Maths Revision

https://colleenyoung.org/2025/03/23/a-level-maths-and-further-maths-revision-2/

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come

Trump is picking off the universities one by one and they are caving very quickly.

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Worth reposting this article i wrote the other week.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...

Brilliant to see our "Importance of DEI in Science" report covered by @resprofnews.bsky.social today!

Our report has been getting traction - I hope because we're meeting a need from scientists to push back on the attacks on DEI in science.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Really nice set of posters available here #MathsToday
womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/posters/