A Short Interview With Emily Mitchell
April 9, 2021
Emily Mitchell is an applied statistician and research associate in Mathematical Sciences. We spoke to her back when she was a PhD student and asked her a few questions. Why did you choose to do a PhD? I did my integrated master’s in Mathematics with Statistics here at the University of Nottingham, where I continued …
Meet Jack Broad, MASS PGR
March 3, 2021
Jack Broad is a PhD student in Mathematical Sciences and is a part of the Modelling and Analytics for a Sustainable Society Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship programme. We asked him some questions about his studies. Why did you choose to do a PhD? I was the first in my family to go to university so the …
A Conversation With Hayley Mills
January 15, 2021
Working as part of Mathematical Science’s Modelling and Analytics for a Sustainable Society (MASS) group, final year PhD Student Hayley Mills researches plant biology. We asked her a few questions about her time in mathematical sciences. What is your background and why did you choose to do a PhD? I did my undergraduate in maths …
UoN SIAM & IMA Student Chapter – PGR Student Showcase
November 26, 2020
The University of Nottingham SIAM & IMA Student Chapter (details below) held our first PGR Student showcase on Monday 9th November. The aim of the event was to provide an opportunity for students to practice giving talks that they will be giving at conferences or their second year talk. We planned to originally have this …
Female Genital Mutilation: Understanding Connections and Practices. Getting to know the digital champions.
November 2, 2020
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an endemic problem in parts of Tanzania. Working with Hope for Girls in Tanzania, we are trying to understand why this practice continues and where girls are most at risk of being cut. This year over 100 girls arrived at Hope’s safe houses due to being at immediate risk of …
Maths Outreach Continues During Lockdown
June 3, 2020
While many activities and events have been cancelled in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, our researchers and PhD students find ways to continue with engaging the public in mathematics. We have spoken to PhD students Heather Collis and Sarah Brown as well as Assistant Professor Katie Severn about what outreach activities they have been …
URNmaster – Meet the maker
February 12, 2020
Do you like Taskmaster? If so then you’ll love this! We’ve caught up with Matt Tyler (our very own Alex Horne) to find out about his latest project URNmaster and how his MMath is going. What is URNmaster? Taskmaster is a TV show on Dave which consists of 5 comedians completing very vague challenges, it’s …
MASS Field Trip
August 15, 2019
Our MASS (Modelling and Analytics for a Sustainable Society) students take on different challenges throughout the year. Ahead of their energy challenge, some of our students went down to Peterborough to visit the North Level District Internal Drainage Board. It came about when MASS student Alistair Delboyer used his contacts at the Environment Agency, and …
An interview with Rowland Seymour
July 24, 2019
We’ve been catching up with one of our PhD students and recent EPSRC Doctoral Prize winner Rowland Seymour. We’ve been talking about all things relating to his recent triumphs to his field of work. What made you want to apply for the Doctoral Prize Fellowship? I got involved with Theo’s assignment research priority area, …
Mathematical Sciences Egg Hunt
May 1, 2019
This Easter, one of our students Katie Severn decided to create an egg hunt promoting mental health awareness. What was it? Hidden all around the department were small chocolate eggs each with a fact or information about mental health. A lot of the eggs provided useful information such as links to websites with advice …
