Atlassian co-founder says we must get real on STEM subjects
The Weekend Australian, 3-4 December 2016, Stefanie Balogh. AMSI Director, Professor Geoff Prince featured in coverage on Australian mathematics following the recent TIMSS report. In [...]
Teachers must conquer maths anxiety says crime-busting statistics professor
The Australian Financial Review, 3 December 2016, Tim Dodd. AMSI-SSA touring lecturer, Professor Jeffrey Rosenthal, has called on parents and teachers to tackle maths anxiety and negative culture [...]
Maths to Help You Win in Life
2UE, Breakfast with John and Garry, 28 November 2016. AMSI-SSA touring lecturer, Jeffrey Rosenthal, caught up with 2UE’s John and Garry ahead of his recent public lecture at University of [...]
AustMS Awards Honour Australian Mathematical Leaders
The Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) has honoured four of Australia’s leading mathematicians at a ceremony in Canberra today. Opening the AustMS 60th annual meeting, a central fixture of [...]
What Are Your Chances? Professor Rosenthal in the Drawing Room
ABC RN The Drawing Room, 1 December 2016, Patricia Karvelas. AMSI-SSA touring lecturer, Professor Jeffrey Rosenthal talked statistics and probability in the Drawing Room and promoted his [...]
Good teachers quitting over casual contracts
The Australian, 1 December 2016, Stefanie Balogh. AMSI Director, Professor Geoff Prince, has spoken to the Australian about the need for urgent action on the long-standing issue of out-of-field [...]
Primary School Maths: ‘Eight Students in every class have no idea what is going on’
Fairfax (The Age, Sydney Morning Herald), 30 November, Henrietta Cook, Timna Jacks. AMSI Schools Program Manager and Choose Maths Program Director, Janine McIntosh spoke to Fairfax ahead of the [...]
International Report Card: Australian Mathematics Crisis Looms
The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) says it is time to move beyond funding debates and take action on mathematics education with Australia’s international relative positioning [...]
MathsFest Takes Australian Mathematics Global
Leading mathematicians from over 13 countries have descended on the Australian Capital today for the launch of MathsFest 2016. Newly established by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute [...]
From Lotteries to Terrorism: Explaining the Inexplicable
Call it fate, chance or coincidence; life is littered with random seemingly inexplicable occurrences from lottery wins, to terrorist attacks and chance meetings. Struck by Lightning: Curious [...]
