1. Mathematics Education Centre Staff Meeting 10th March 2010
Carol Robinson

2. Mathematics Education Centre Towards 2016
Consolidate Successes
Ensure continuation as Sigma funding ends
Maintain excellence in eng maths teaching
Address shortage of statisticians
Restart PG Cert. following staff illness
Strengths and Successes
Maintain high profile outreach work
Sigma - cetl
Seek senior replacements for staff retiring
Mathematics learning support centre
Statistics advisory service
Support for students with additional needs
Research
Pedagogic and Mathematics Educ. in HE
Build on Strengths
Teaching
Build on RAE result
Engineering mathematics teaching
Secure regular research council funding
Electronic learning technologies (ELT)
Increase postgraduate student numbers
PG Certificate in Maths Support
Make leading contribution to ELT
Outreach
Introduce Maths with Maths Educ. programme
Work with local schools
Staff
Experienced, international reputations
International Profile
Increase international profile through Sigma
Build international profile in research
Increase international reputation in eng maths
Carol Robinson 26/11/2008 updated 04/03/2010

3. Sigma Continuation – Internal 
Continuing cross-faculty funded activities:
2 drop-in centres
Statistics Advisory Service
Eureka Centre for Mathematical Confidence
Support for Students with Additional Needs
Other activities
Interactive classrooms
2nd/3rd year maths resource room
Electronic Learning Technologies
Staffing losses: Moira Petrie, Bob Nyugen

4. Sigma Continuation – External 
HE STEM programme
£300,000 over 3 years to continue sigma hubs
Administered from Coventry University
0.5 FTE administrator

5. External Evaluation Report to Hefce
Accountability
Internal
Service Level Agreement will be drawn up
Annual Report to T&L committee
External Evaluation Report to Hefce
(Tony Croft, Duncan Lawson, Moira Petrie, David Green et al.)
Morag Bell ” It is very impressive indeed. Indeed, it is hard to believe that you and colleagues could have achieved so much for Loughborough and Coventry, and for the broader academic community. Hefce should be delighted with the results of its investments. I should like the final report to come to a future meeting of Learning and Teaching Committee.”

6. Maintaining Excellence in Eng Maths Teaching 
19 modules

7. Address Shortage of Statisticians 
2 excellent appointments
Alun Owen
Very experienced statistician
Leading statistics advisory service
Cross-campus support
Joint ESRC bid
David Sirl
Great potential
Will start 1st Sept 2010
(Demand for stats teaching
across campus.)
Dr Borja Garcia and Prof Barrie Houlihan (of the Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy)
Should we seek to take on more service teaching in statistics and appoint another statistician.

8. Restart PG Cert following staff illness 
Postgraduate Certificate in Mathematics Support and Dyslexia/Dyscalculia in FE/HE
9 students started - February 2010
Delivered by MEC and CALS staff
Future provision
Run course every 2 years?
Consider offering as distance learning?
High Profile
East Midlands TV, Shirley Conran
Dyscalculia Screener – enterprise opportunity
Many invitations for keynote addresses, etc

9. Maintain high profile outreach work 
Further Mathematics Support Programme
2 years funding secured – July 2011
Widening Participation contribution
Alumni donation
Relies on
energy,
enthusiasm
experience
of Rod Bond
(retires 2011)

10. Seek Senior Replacements for Staff Retiring X
Hoped for senior replacement for Martin Harrison
SEAF form now submitted for lecturer in Mathematics Education
Current profile of academic staff
3 lecturers + new statistician
2 senior lecturers
2 professors

11. Improve Environment Improve Outputs
Build on RAE result 
Improve Environment
Eye-tracker lab now set up (Matthew Inglis)
£31 K – research equipment grant
BSRLM conference – November 2009
Improve Outputs
Research away day – Sept 2009
Joint supervision of PhD students

12. Secure regular research council funding X
Barbara Jaworski to discuss later

13. Increase postgraduate student numbers 
Target of 3-4 for 2009/10
3 students recruited
Target of 4 for 2010/11
Funding for 1 (Lara Alcock JISC grant)
Current numbers (excl. new students)
4 F/T + 1 P/T
3rd Successful PhD student
Ria Symonds 2009
Xie, Daniela, Marijn

14. Make leading contribution to electronic learning tech. 
JISC £80,000, FETLAR £30,000 – Tony Croft
mathcentre and mathtutor
JISC £69,000, LU £3,500 – Lara Alcock
E-Proofs
Hewlett Packard $10, tablet PCs
EngCetl and MEC – Crawford, Ward, Robinson
Sigma, MSOR, More Maths Grad £30,000
Stats tutor pilot – David Green, Alun Owen
Also various small awards under £10 K

15. Introduce Maths with Maths Education programme 
Obtained Senate approval Nov 2009
Barbara Jaworski programme director
Promote for October 2011 entry
Target 15 students
1 student applied for October 2010 entry

16. Building an international profile 
Visitors from all over the world
Maths support
New technologies
Academic visitors
Tablet pc work
Voting systems
Engineering mathematics
Research in proofs
University of Sydney (36)
Website links to our work

17. VIPs Marcus du Sautoy Adrian Smith Sir Mike Tomlinson
Some Highlights
VIPs
Marcus du Sautoy
Adrian Smith
Sir Mike Tomlinson
Head of IBM Global Education
Shirley Conran

18. University Medal for David Green

19. Inaugural Lecture – Professor Barbara Jaworski
Creating an inquiry culture in mathematics learning and teaching
20th January 2010

20. Liz Ahrends Award – Janette Matthews
Association of dyslexia Specialists in HE
In recognition of the profound influence of work of 1-1 tutors on students with Specific Learning Difficulties

21. Graduate Junction Poster Competition
First prize to Sam King
The poster competition featured
entries from nearly
300 researchers in the UK/EU.

22. Module Results

23. Liaison with Engineering T&L coordinators
Annual meeting with all Eng T&L coordinators
Meetings with individuals throughout the year:
Materials
new syllabus for 2nd year students
taught on own for 1 semester
Foundation Maths – college students
Civil Engineering – communication re exam results
Pre-panels for service modules only
Engineering T&L coordinators invited
Tutorial attendance recorded on ‘Attendant’