No calculus knowledge a crazy state of affairs
Article by Tim Dodd, Australian Financial Review, 10 August 2015 Bruce Henry, the head of UNSW Australia’s School of Mathematics and Statistics laments that 70 per cent of students now [...]
University deans defend enrolling students with scant maths
Article by Tim Dodd, Australian Financial Review, 9 August 2015. Top educators have defended Australian universities’ move away from requiring maths as a prerequisite for science, [...]
Students shun maths as universities drop prerequisite
Article by Tim Dodd, Australian Financial Review, 7 August, 2015 The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute has called on universities to reverse an historic low in the number of institutions [...]
Not a beautiful set of numbers
Article by Stephen Matchett, Campus Morning Mail, 6 August, 2015 The excellent Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute has run the numbers on the state of maths education and found the state [...]
Vision for a maths nation – building policy on evidence
MELBOURNE, THURSDAY 6 AUGUST 2015: Australia’s future as a high technology, research-driven economy will depend on reversing 20-year trends in the mathematical sciences, according to a new report [...]
Massive rise in internships to boost university-business links
Article by Tim Dodd, Australian Financial Review, 2 August 2015 A move to deepen links between business and universities is set to boost 10-fold the number of PhD students placed with employers [...]
Maths, science push for girls sees tech stars lead the way
Article by Natasha Bita, The Australia, 1 August 2015 When Ashley Holloway walked into her first computer programming course at university, the lecturer asked if she was lost. “There were guys [...]
Professor Chubb speaks with 1233 ABC NEWCASTLE
Professor Chubb spoke with ABC Newcastle’s Paul Turton about his visit to the Hunter region, the importance of science education and ways to improve teaching of science, technology, engineering [...]