The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) has collected data on participation in mathematics subjects in Year 12 for many years. Collecting enrolment data in individual maths subjects [...]

“The final years of school can be confusing and stressful at the best of times.  We do young people no favours when we contribute to the confusion by failing to send clear signals about the [...]

Chief Scientist / AMSI report and student reaction in ‘The Australian’

Digest of the Chief Scientist / AMSI paper on Prerequisites in Campus Morning Mail

Release today of the ‘Mapping University Prerequisites in Australia’ paper by the Office of the Chief Scientist and the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) shows few [...]

MELBOURNE, FRIDAY 14 AUGUST 2015: The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute publishes a guide — Maths Ad(d)s — to help career advisors, teachers, students and their parents understand [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Piece by Glen Bartholomew, on ABC News Radio Director of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute explains the challenges of making maths compulsory for Years 11-12 Federal Education [...]

Article by Tim Dodd, Australian Financial Review Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has failed in his bid to make a maths or science subject compulsory in year 12 after Labor states [...]