A collection of free online resources taking an exciting new approach to the probability strand of the KS3 and 4 Mathematics curriculum has just been published on our NRICH website.
Probability is the mathematical study of events which are subject to chance variation. It is an area which...
Staff from NRICH worked with the Cambridge Admissions Office, Mathematics Faculty and Cambridge colleges to run the 2013 Cambridge STEP Easter School in April.
STEP (Sixth Term Examination paper) is an additional examination which normally forms part...
Come to Cambridge on Saturday 23rd March 2013 to join in the biennial Cambridge Science Festival Maths Open Day!
Cambridge mathematicians and theoretical physicists work on everything from the Big Bang to number theory, from modelling the shrinking of Arctic sea ice to geometry, quantum...
As part of the 2013 Cambridge Science Festival, we are screening the award-winning cult indie thriller Travelling Salesman at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences on Thursday 14 March. (Buy tickets online...
Are there parallel universes? The idea that there might be many worlds and parallel universes - universes in which, rather than reading this, you are still asleep; in which you are happier, unhappier, richer, poorer, or perhaps even dead - is one which has crossed over from academic physics...
A new section of Early Years resources, supporting children's mathematical development, has been added to our NRICH website. The free resources are designed to support adults in developing the initial building blocks for mathematical thinking,...
In preparation for the festive holiday season we've created three online Advent calendars each hiding a marvellous array of mathematical goodies behind their doors!
The Plus Advent calendar presents an assortment...
The Millennium Mathematics Project is delighted to be hosting the UK premiere of acclaimed indie film Travelling Salesman, an intellectual thriller imagining the consequences of solving the P vs NP problem.
Travelling...
Our hugely popular NRICH website has a new look.
NRICH publishes rich mathematical activities designed for all ages from Early Years (age 5 and below) right through to the transition to university. NRICH resources encourage creative and confident...
The STIMULUS programme, which places hundreds of Cambridge students as volunteer helpers in local schools, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
STIMULUS is a community service programme which creates placements for Cambridge University student volunteers in local primary and...
To celebrate London 2012, over the past 18 months we've been running our Maths and Sport: Countdown to the Games project, creating free online resources exploring maths through the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The resources include mathematical...
At 08:12 on 27th July 2012, thousands of people across the UK will be joining together to ring in the first day of the London 2012 Olympic Games with 'All the Bells'. Everyone across the country is invited to take part. You can find out more, and discover 'All the Bells' events near you, at...
We are celebrating London 2012 with our 'Maths and Sport: Countdown to the Games' project, developing free online resources exploring maths through the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
'Maths and Sport: Countdown to the Games' has...
We have launched a brand new careers section on Plus, our free online mathematics magazine, bringing you all you need to know about the wide range of careers that use mathematics - from avalanche research and...
Staff from NRICH are working with the Cambridge Admissions Office, Mathematics Faculty and Cambridge colleges to run the 2012 Cambridge STEP Easter School this week (2 - 6 April).
STEP (Sixth Term Examination paper) is an additional examination which...
The Cambridge Science Festival runs from 12th - 25th March 2012 and features more than 180 events organised by departments within the University of Cambridge.
This year the Festival has a special focus on celebrating the 2012 Olympic and...
2012 is the centenary of Alan Turing's birth, and as part of our celebrations our NRICH project has a special focus this month on codes and ciphers, with engaging mathematical activities for Key Stages 1 right through to 5 (ages 5 to 18).
Turing's...
2012 is Turing year, celebrating 100 years since the great mathematician and code breaker's birth. Learn more about Turing's work with these articles from the Plus archive.
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Our NRICH website has just published a new collection of online resources exploring the theme of population dynamics. Aimed at advanced students, the resource package explores the fascinating maths involved in creating mathematical models to describe the changes in populations of living...
To help you celebrate the countdown to Christmas, we've created three online Advent calendars each hiding a marvellous array of mathematical goodies behind their doors!
The Plus Advent calendar presents an assortment of...
What did children learn in maths lessons 4,000 years ago? How does a maths archaeologist work? Can you become a Babylonian mathematician?
4,000 years ago, children in school were learning maths just as they do now. But what maths did they learn and how did they learn it? A free online...
Do bacon sandwiches increase your chance of getting cancer?
Why are some medical treatments not available on the NHS?
How do epidemics spread and can we stop them?
The MMP has produced a series of five free online multi-media resource packs for Key Stages 3 and 4...
What do Gollum, the new London 2012 Olympic stadium and the quest for sustainable energy have in common? They all involve the work of engineers. Engineering provides some of the most exciting applications of maths, which impact on all our lives every day.
To highlight the importance...
A group of Year 12 students will spend five days in Cambridge this week (8th - 12th August) for the first Sutton Trust Summer School in Mathematics to be held at the University. The academic programme for the summer school has been devised by Dr Steve Hewson, Post-16 Co-ordinator for our...
Forty Year 10 students from disadvantaged areas of London have arrived in Cambridge for the third and final residential study school in the 2010/11 Fast Forward programme, run by our NRICH project team in collaboration with the Cambridge Admissions Office....
The London Mathematical Society and Institute of Mathematics and its Applications have announced that Professor John D Barrow, Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project, will receive the Christopher Zeeman Medal. The Christopher Zeeman Medal is a triennial award of the IMA and LMS to...
stemNRICH - Core is a new section on our NRICH website providing stimulating and relevant resources to explore the ways in which mathematics, science and technology are linked, aimed at 11-16 year olds and their...
Do bacon sandwiches increase your chance of getting cancer? Why are some drug treatments not available on the NHS? Does the maths you learn in the classroom REALLY have any practical use?
To answer these questions and more, we are producing a series of...
Dr James Grime's day job is taking a WW2 Enigma machine into schools to run cross-curricular presentations and hands-on workshops on codes and codebreaking for the MMP's Enigma Project. In Tuesday's...
Our NRICH project has published a set of trial mathematics activities designed for use in Early Years Foundation Stage settings.
The 7 activities have been developed with the current Early Years...
How many medals might the UK win in the 2012 Olympics, and does the country hosting the Games have an advantage? What are the mechanics involved in the pole vault? Could the altitude of the Olympic venue affect performance in the long jump? What kind of science goes into designing tennis rackets...
Between 2007-9, the Millennium Mathematics Project's Motivate programme collaborated with the Disease Dynamics group at the University...
Should international travel be banned in the face of swine flu? Should life-saving drugs be withheld because they're too expensive? Should the government ban alcohol? And do bacon sandwiches cause cancer?
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STIMULUS is a community service programme which gives Cambridge University students the opportunity to work with pupils in local schools, helping with Maths, Science, ICT or Technology lessons. STIMULUS students work as volunteer Teaching Assistants in the classroom, alongside the class teacher...
GCSE students from deprived areas in inner-city and Greater London are beginning an innovative and intensive course in mathematics at Cambridge University.
The $1.2m Fast Forward Maths programme, funded by the Goldman Sachs Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the US’ largest investment...
Issue 47, just published, is the biggest ever issue of Plus. We proudly present the winners of the Plus new writers award who explore, amongst other things, the mysteries of infinity, flight, love and Google. We also investigate the maths...
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