Author Archives: Charlotte Lighter

This blog post was written by our summer research student Xiang Fu, who was supervised by Andrew Potter and June Barrow-Green. This blog post focuses on the status of women in mathematics in Victorian times, and today. Xiang Fu completed her … Continue reading →

(Blog Updated with additional acknowledgements 28 November 2025).  This blog post was written by Roshani Senior, an OU mathematics graduate who undertook a 3 month virtual internship with the school of mathematics and statistics. Roshani’s placement was focused on developing … Continue reading →

This blog post was written by Staff Tutor and Senior mathematics lecturer Katie Chicot.  MathsCity marks a first, major step towards creating a first National Mathematics Discovery Centre for the UK. MathsCity opened to the public on 4th October. For … Continue reading →

Last September I came back from maternity leave, mid pandemic, to reclaim my role as external engagement lead for the school of mathematics and statistics. I had particularly missed this aspect of my job: organising events with our academics, hosting … Continue reading →

This blog post was written by OU student Jim Darby. We have republished this (with permission) from Jim’s personal blog. Jim has encapsulated the learning outcomes of reflecting on his own thinking and appreciating the range of learners thinking. Jim … Continue reading →

This post was written by Nazanin Nikanjam, a mathematics education student who received the 2019 Open University Stanley Collings prize for her writing. I have been teaching Mathematics and English as an Additional Language for the past 26 years, with … Continue reading →

Written by Gerry Golding Hello, I’m Gerry Golding, deputy chair of Developing Statistical Thinking (ME626). In this blog I would like to tell you about a new and exciting scholarship project that Andrew Potter and I are about to undertake. … Continue reading →

Written by Brigitte Stenhouse, PhD student in History of Mathematics at the Open University. The reactions I get when I tell people that my PhD is in History of Maths invariably involve some surprise: history and maths aren’t an obvious … Continue reading →

Written by Hilary Holmes, Open University Staff Tutor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics. One of the great things about working for the OU is that occasionally we are able to share lots of wonderful mathematical ideas with hundreds … Continue reading →

This blog post was written by Ann Jehan, an ME627 student who received the 2018 Open University Stanley Collings prize. The Stanley Collings prize is awarded annually by the School of Mathematics and Statistics. The prize is awarded to the … Continue reading →