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Is it September already?!
Looking forward to you joining us at our maths & stats welcome events🤗
Taking a Maths & Stats module in October? Mark your calendar for our Welcome Events! 🎉
See what’s on in September, connect with your community, and watch past event recordings to help plan your next steps.
Info: bit.ly/MandSEvents
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Design shapes how we live, work and interact, from the objects we use to the systems we rely on. Turn creativity into a career with an OU degree.
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Find a course to suit you: ow.ly/8xau50ZzNiG
Register now to start studying maths and stats in October! 🥳🥳👏
M140 Introducing statistics
MU123 Discovering mathematics
MST124 Essential mathematics 1
MST125 Essential mathematics 2
👉open.ac.uk/courses/results/?… … to find out more, start your journey...
🌟Congratulations to all students receiving GCSE results today 🎉
🤔Wondering what to do about study in the future?
Check out our courses 👉 open.ac.uk/courses/maths
#GCSEResults #OpenUni #Maths
📢Calling all parents, home tutors, teaching assistants, future maths teachers🔢This course is for you🫵 ME620 will help you develop your knowledge and understanding of teaching school mathematics and broadens your ideas about how people learn mathematics🤔open.ac.uk/courses/modules/m…
🚨Less than 4 weeks left to register for October start modules!🚨Secured a spot yet? For more information and inspiration, see 👉 learn1.open.ac.uk/course/vie…
Already registered...get an early start⏰️using materials supplied on the maths & stats study site: 👉learn2.open.ac.uk/course/vie…
📢Calling all parents, home tutors, teaching assistants, future maths teachers 🔢 This course is for you🫵ME620 will help you develop your knowledge and understanding of teaching school maths and broadens your ideas about how people learn mathematics🤔open.ac.uk/courses/modules/m…
❓Why do I need maths?!
🧑🏫Read about our maths & stats in careers outreach event for schools here: open.ac.uk/blogs/MathEd/
#WhyStudyMaths #MathsEducation
@OU_MathsEd @OpenUniCareers @OU_STEM
🤔Just got your A' Level results?
🎓Interested in studying maths at uni but want to stay at home or work whilst studying? 🙋
The OU's got you covered!
Not studied A' Level maths? There's a route for you🫵 Check out our courses 👉 open.ac.uk/courses/maths #AlevelResults #OpenUni
Great selection of events happening in September - including 'how to survive...and thrive!...in your studies' and a puzzles session 🧩
Maths & Stats students - we look forward to seeing you there😀
Taking a Maths & Stats module in October? Mark your calendar for our Welcome Events! 🎉
See what’s on in September, connect with your community, and watch past event recordings to help plan your next steps.
Info: bit.ly/MandSEvents
📢 Less than a month to go - Final registration date for October start modules: 10th September 2026
open.ac.uk/courses/maths/deg…
Read Fallon's story about achieving her BSc (Honours) Mathematics and Statistics 🎓: open.ac.uk/blogs/news/scienc…
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🔍 Can you solve this week’s #GCHQPuzzle?
No calculators, no searching — just logic and a little creativity. Think you’ve got it?
Comment your answer below and challenge a friend to try too ⬇️
ALT A purple puzzle card with the heading "ENIGMA RATING 1." It lists three questions: a) about plating replacing nickel electroplating in car manufacturing, b) identifying the lead guitarist of U2, and c) a Swahili word for 'journey' now meaning a wildlife‑viewing trip. The card includes the hashtag #GCHQPuzzle and GCHQ branding.
The next MathsWorld Lates event!
📆Wednesday 12th August
A fantastic talk by June Barrow-Green about the historical representation of women in mathematics. Doors open at 18:15 to explore the ground floor of MathsWorld, with the talk starting at 19:00. mathsworld.com/events
Birthday wishes to the person who gave his name to the Penrose tiling in which a set of shapes can be used to cover a plane without using a repeating pattern.
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On Alexander #Fleming’s birthday, we’re exploring one of the most important medical discoveries in history - #penicillin
But the story doesn’t end there... 👀
🔗 Want to learn more about antibiotic resistance? Explore the free OpenLearn course 👇
open.edu/openlearn/science-m…
Don't miss this course choice event tonight...only an hour or so to go until it starts!
Curious about Physics or Astronomy at the OU? 🌟 Join our live event on 6 Aug, 18:00–19:30! Get the inside scoop on M06, R51 & Q64 modules, plus tips for success. Bring your questions for our Q&A—no registration needed! 👉 bit.ly/SPSModules
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Diolch i’n panelwyr a’n cadeirydd am drafodaeth arbennig ar y maes neithiwr.
Soniodd y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Addysg a’r Gymraeg am ei bwriad i ddarganfod safbwyntiau gwahanol ar addysgu, wrth ochr cynllunio gweithlu ar gyfer y dyfodol, a hynny’n seiliedig ar barchu statws proffesiynol y maes.
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ALT Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Addysg a’r Gymraeg yn annerch y gynulleidfa
What links: How a guitar string works🎸, how animal populations grow and shrink🐇, electricity and magnetism🧲, water circling round a plughole🌀, and quantum mechanics🌌!
They all depend on differential equations!
open.ac.uk/courses/modules/m…
Did you know there are more than a dozen Stage 3 maths & stats modules?
♾️Pure maths (MST368, M337, M303)
💻Applied maths (MST374, MS327, MST326)
📊Statistics (M343, M347, M348)
🚸Maths education (ME620, ME321, ME322)
⚛️Physics (SM380, SM381)
👀look now: learn1.open.ac.uk/course/vie…