OU Maths & Stats

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 👉
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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 🕺

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So that's our Stage 1 modules...you might think where to start MU123 or MST124?🤔🔹GCSE maths or equivalent? Or been a long time🌌 since doing maths? Go for MU123 🔹AS level maths or equivalent? Try MST124 🔹Check out OpenMS featuring🆓“Are you ready for...” quizzes! learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view.... #OU

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

➕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...

M140 Introducing statistics 📊
www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...

Are you ready for M140? 👉
learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....

📚 Discovering Mathematics (MU123)
📊 Introducing Statistics (MU140)
🔢 Essential Maths 1 (MST124)
➗ Essential Maths 2 (MST125)

Click the links below ASAP and secure your spot today! 🏎️💨
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As exam season starts to wind down 😌, our thoughts turn to what to study next 🙋.

This week we'll post about our Level 1 course options.

Registration OPEN NOW for October start modules📅

📚 Discovering Mathematics (MU123)
📊 Introducing Statistics (MU140)
🔢 Essential Maths 1 (MST124)
➗ Essential Maths 2 (MST125)

Then click the links below ASAP and secure your spot today! 🏎️💨
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🙏Wishing anyone who has a maths exam today, lots of luck 📐📝🍀

✨ Just 2 weeks until the first of our 2025 Maths Communication Workshops, taking place in Edinburgh on 11 June

In this interactive session, @steckl.es + @sparksmaths.bsky.social cover the skills and techniques required to communicate maths effectively

➡️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathe...

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There's a whole host of OU activities for all happening at this year's Glasgow Science Festival, from discovering hidden colours to celebrating Glasgow’s engineering past and present!

📅8 & 9 June

Find out more here 👉 ow.ly/cw4C50VTNix
@oumathsstats.bsky.social @oustudents.bsky.social #GlaSciFest

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

Today is #May12, a worldwide celebration of women in mathematics, marking the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, who passed away at the age of 40.

Dozens of events are taking place all across the world ➡️ may12.womeninmaths.org

#WomenInMaths #May12 #May12WIM

Watch our very own Dr Vasiliki Evdoridou share what male colleagues can do to support women in maths 🎥 tinyurl.com/56tvm2f5

Happy Women in Maths Day! 💚 On 12 May, we celebrate women’s contributions to mathematics—honouring pioneers like Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman and Iranian to win the Fields Medal 🏅.