OU Maths & Stats

Our call for nominations for the Hardy Lectureship 2025 is open!

Nominate a distinguished mathematician based outside of the UK to give a series of lectures within the UK.

Previous Hardy Lecturers incl. Emily Riehl, Eva Miranda, Nalini Joshi.

➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lectu...

Love lego 💕What fun!😄

A photograph showing a group of school children building with Lego. Superimposed is the text Maths Week Scotland 2025: What's On for Schools?

And we’re off! Happy #MathsWeekScot everyone! Teachers, here’s the links again with everything you need to know for the week.

Daily Events Overview
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Schools Hub with all relevant competitions, learning resources, videos & more
mathsweek.scot/schools

#UKMathsChat #MathsToday

📆Two more days to register...Apply online by
11 September to start in October 💻
Don't miss out – secure your place today on one of the many maths & stats modules, including maths education, by applying online in just a few clicks🖱...https://www.open.ac.uk/

YouTube video by The Open University Library Exploring Generative AI: critical skills and ethical use #openuniversity training sessions #shorts

Students may be turning to Generative AI... but do they know the risks? 🤖🤔

Our 'Exploring Generative AI: critical skills and ethical use' session helps them think critically and use AI responsibly.

Our latest YouTube Short provides a quick overview 👇

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#OUstudents

📢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/

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🚨 Only two weeks to go to the October start registration deadline...make this the year that you finally sign up 📝 for that course you've always wanted to do! www.open.ac.uk

🤷Still deciding? 🤳Get in touch for help choosing your first OU maths module www.open.ac.uk/contact/#cou...

🧮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

Check out our courses 👉 www.open.ac.uk/courses/maths #GCSEResults #OpenUni

🤷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

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🚨 Less than 4 weeks left to register for Oct! 🚨 Secured a spot? For more information & inspiration👉 learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....
Already registered...get an early start⏰️using materials supplied on the maths & stats study site: 👉https://learn2.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=206217&cmid=1173067

🤔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
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...

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....

🤓 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....

The Open University

Did you know there are more than a dozen modules containing maths & stats at Stage 3?
♾️Pure maths (MST368, M337, M303)
💻Applied maths (MST374, MS327, MST326)
📊Statistics (M343, M347, M348)
🚸Maths education (ME620, ME321, ME322)
⚛️Physics (SM380, SM381)
Take a look: learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....

Recording available 📹 to OU students at the maths and stats study site on learn2.open.ac.uk/course/view....
Find out about potential career paths in actuarial science, teaching, bio-statistics and data science, and research and development in software and hardware.

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.

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Did you hear our exciting maths news? www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/s...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Open University

This week we are going to focus 🔍 on our Stage 2 modules:
🔢Pure mathematics (M208)
📈Mathematical methods, models and modelling (MST210)
➗Mathematical methods (MST224)
📊Analysing data (M248)
⌨️Practical modern statistics (M249)
Click here to find out more 👉
learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....

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Father's Day - perfect time for a dad joke😜 ?

Q: How do mathematicians discipline their children?
A: If I've told you n times, I've told you n+1 times... 🧮

Q: Why does algebra make you a better dancer?
A: Because you can use the algo-rhythm! Cue some dad dancing 🕺