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Government must support maths education and talent pipeline - in the media

11 Mar 2026

CaMS supporter Bobby Seagull has written for Schools Week on recruitment targets for maths teachers.

WHY MATHS LIES AT THE HEART OF THE BIGGEST POLICY PROBLEMS - IN THE MEDIA

18 Feb 2026

Dave Robertson MP has written for PoliticsHome on the importance of maths in policymaking.

CaMS supporter Mark Sewards MP seeks answers on funding for higher-education maths teaching

5 Feb 2026

Mark Sewards MP has tabled a series of written parliamentary questions on behalf of CaMS. Sewards, a former maths teacher before entering Parliament, sought clarification on funding for mathematical sciences within the reformed Strategic Priorities Grant (SPG).   The SPG is UK government funding distributed by the Office for Students (OfS) to higher education providers, primarily focused on “high cost”, strategically important subjects. It is intended to ensure universities can invest in...

UKRI publishes report on deepening university-investor links

4 Feb 2026

UKRI publishes recommendations on improving spin-out access to investor finance.

KE Hub publishes Start-up Phase Report

28 Jan 2026

The UK Knowledge Exchange Hub for Mathematical Sciences (KE Hub) has published its Start-Up Phase Report.

 

The KE Hub is a national, virtual, UK academic organisation funded by EPSRC that exists to facilitate activity at the interface between academic mathematical scientists and Business, Industry, and Government. 

Look to maths to defend UK from cyber threats - in the media

15 Jan 2026

The Financial Times have published an article from University of Glasgow Professor Muffy Calder, who spells out the economic damage threatened by cyber attacks in the UK, pointing to maths as the nation's best line of defence. As she writes, mathematicians at Bletchley Park during the war were instrumental to the Allied victory, with their ideas going on to form the basis for the computing revolution. Professor Calder points out that the same could be achieved with joined-up thinking across...

Maths is not just for Christmas - in the media

2 Jan 2026

The festive period sees many of us wrestling with numbers and arithmetic, for everything from the timings for Christmas dinner to budgeting for presents.  At the same time, the importance of maths to issues of national significance must also be recognised, writes CaMS supporter  Mark Sewards MP  for LBC. As Mark argues, maths talent is the fuel for economic growth our country needs, whilst geopolitical threats will require innovations drawn from the mathematical sciences if we are to keep our...

Help maths to help the UK – in the media

3 Dec 2025

The Maths Week Parliamentary Expo has featured in mathematics publication Plus Magazine

XTX Markets donates £26m to UK university maths research

2 Dec 2025

XTX Markets has donated a combined £26m to seven UK universities, to help fund more than 100 PhD and post-doctoral pure maths research positions at universities across the UK.

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