 |
 |
Media release 12 May 2004
For immediate release
Society launches Mathematics Promotion Unit
The London Mathematical Society launches its Mathematics Promotion Unit by welcoming Jennifer Pollard to its new role of Mathematics Promotion & Policy Assistant.
The Unit has been established in response to concerns about how mathematics is perceived by the public and policy makers, and the decline in uptake of mathematics post-16 into further and higher education. It forms a new resource for the media to gain information about mathematics and to offer access to the mathematical community.
Jennifer will be working with the media to promote mathematics education and research to the public and policy makers. She intends to provide a strong base for journalists and broadcasters to obtain comprehensive data on mathematics education and research and to make contact with mathematicians. She also plans to publicize events and developments within the mathematical community and to coordinate responses to inquiries and reports into mathematics.
The Unit will work under the Society's Executive Secretary, Peter Cooper, in close contact with the Society's work in education. It will also work with the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) and the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Society's partners within the Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS).
Jennifer graduated from the University of Manchester in 2003 with a BSc in Chemistry and MSc in History of Science. She is currently studying for an MSc in Science Communication at Imperial College, London. The Unit is based at the Society's London Offices in De Morgan House on Russell Square. Jennifer took up her post on Tuesday 4th May and will be based there part-time.
ENDS
Notes for Editors
1. The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is the UK's learned society for mathematics. Founded in 1865 for the promotion and extension of mathematical knowledge, the Society is concerned with all branches of mathematics and its applications. It is an independent and self-financing charity, with a membership of over 2600 drawn from all parts of the UK and overseas. Its principal activities are the organisation of meetings and conferences, the publication of periodicals and books, the provision of financial support for mathematical activities, and the contribution to public debates on issues related to mathematics research and education. It works collaboratively with other mathematical bodies worldwide. It is the UK adhering body to the International Mathematical Union and is a member of the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, which comprises the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, the Royal Statistical Society together with the London Mathematical Society.
2. For further information contact:
Peter Cooper (Executive Secretary, London Mathematical Society) - +44 (0)20 7291 9970 or +44 (0)7792 165529
Jennifer Pollard (Mathematics Promotion & Policy Assistant) - +44 (0)20 7927 0803 or [log in to unmask]
Jennifer Pollard
1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message:
set psci-com nomail
2. To resume email from the list, send the following message:
set psci-com mail
3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message:
leave psci-com
4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html
5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk **********************************************************************