1. Further Mathematics Support Programme

2. www.furthermaths.org.uk Maths is Your Future Let Maths take you Further…

3. Quite soon it will be up to you to choose what you study… ….but are you making an informed choice?

4. What do you want out of your future career? I want to enjoy my work I want the opportunity to travel and meet interesting people I want to earn LOADS OF MONEY! I want to do something worthwhile

5. Average Hourly Pay Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the median hourly earnings by qualification level in 2010

6. Why Maths?

7. Studying maths helps develop other skills Logical Skills Analytical Skills Problem Solving Resilience As well as Numeracy

8. Versatile Qualification for your Career Prospects Finance-Actuarial Work, Accountancy, Banking Financial Modelling Business- Logistics, Traffic Planning, Project Management, Business Consultancy Statistics- Medical Statistics, Market Research, Government Statistics Teaching/Lecturing

9. STEM - New technologies Government forecasts huge shortages of people with STEM skills needed to enter the workforce Computing- Games Design, Internet Security, Programming, Telecommunications © Ironclad Games Corporation Vancouver, BC. You would use: 3D shapes transformations vectors matrices

10. Engineering-Aircraft Modelling, Fluid Flows, Acoustic Engineering, Quantity Surveyor, Planner, Electronics, Civil Engineering STEM - New technologies Science -Modelling Populations and Diseases Quantum Physics, Astronomy, Forensics, DNA sequencing

11. Security and Encryption GCHQ STEM - New technologies

12. What are your options for mathematics post-16? GCSE Mathematics – keep going to get a good grade Science, Technology, Engineering courses – developing and improving your mathematics skills AS level in Mathematics or Use of Maths – 1- year courses to extend what you have done at GCSE A level Mathematics – 2 year course AS/A level Further Mathematics – extends and broadens the range of mathematical skills and applications

13. It’s hard but you can do well Many people do succeed at A level Maths Data JCQ from 2012 A Level Results SubjectA*/ABCDEU English21.226.929.917.24.20.6 Law17.924.325.818.99.63.5 Mathematics43.922.015.710.55.62.3 Media Studies11.030.336.917.53.60.7 Psychology17.526.126.818.38.62.7 Further Maths57.421.011.06.12.81.7 All Subjects26.626.024.014.96.52.0

14. Maths has Broad and Varied Options

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