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The University of Dundee has confirmed that it will continue to offer undergraduate mathematics beyond 2026, reversing its earlier proposal to suspend new recruitment from 2027.

CaMS has placed an article by Dr Neil Saunders from City St George’s, University of London in The Conversation. He makes the case that AI could lower barriers to studying mathematics at university and support more people to become research mathematicians. The piece argues that AI should be viewed as a tool for accelerating mathematical discovery, rather than as a replacement for human mathematicians. It highlights the growing importance of mathematical skills in AI itself, as well as in...

A Financial Times article by Chris van der Kuyl, chair of 4J Studios which brought Minecraft to consoles, makes a powerful case for protecting the UK’s mathematical sciences.