Maths Inspiration - inspiring events for sixth formers

FEEDBACK

Here is just a small sample of comments we get in feedback at our events. Every event generates similar reactions:

"Truly inspirational - more please!"

"This is the sort of experi-ence they will remember far more than any classroom lessons. Truly inspirational"

"The large scale event made you feel you were part of something important."
"Great to see maths in other contexts."
"Showed that mathematicians can be entertaining and maths is fun."
"Really good to have a 'maths trip', taking away the stress of A-level without dumbing down."
"The speakers made it feel cool to like maths, for a change."

"This had more motivational impact on my students than anything I’ve seen in 30 years of teaching. A fantastic afternoon - thank you!"

"This was far better than I anticipated - a real treat"
"All of my pupils and I were kept interested and entertained for 2¾ hours!"
"This is the first trip I have organised. I feared the students would moan, but they were all very positive."
"The event was truly inspirational - it really fired me up."
"It was all really fantastically phenomenally interesting."

Plenty of evidence is emerging that our events are having a long term impact on schools. Here are just a few of the comments received when teachers have had a few months to reflect on Maths Inspiration events:

"A year on, the students still remember the lectures. It was very useful for those with university interviews - it really gave them something 'interesting' to talk about."
"All students enjoyed the event, and the impressive thing was the enthusiasm of students who were reluctant to come beforehand. It re-engaged them with maths and encouraged further discussion in lessons."
"Last year's event was successful. There may be a number of factors, but record numbers from our school have applied to study maths at university this year, including three Oxbridge applicants."