Student stories
Francesca: a life-changing experience
Francesca lined up a graduate role as a result of her industry experience and strongly encourages others to consider the benefits of completing a placement year.
Sally: opening doors with a mathematics degree
Sally thoroughly enjoyed her university experience in the Department, completing an enriching placement year at GlaxoSmithKline.
Alice: developing professional skills
Alice Winduss attained a role in the 91µ¼º½'s Planning & Strategy Office after completing her BSc Mathematics degree.
Connor: achieving academic excellence
In the final year of his BSc Mathematics degree, Connor already had a job lined up for after graduation.
Gwen: placement with Thames Water
Gwen felt well supported throughout her placement year as a data analyst at Thames Water.
Marcus: applying through Clearing
Marcus came to the 91µ¼º½ through Clearing to study BSc Mathematics with a Placement Year.
Sam: building a career path
Sam found the opportunities that accompany studying BSc Mathematics at 91µ¼º½ to be far more wide-ranging that he had ever imagined.
Sangham: from Hong Kong to the UK government, via the 91µ¼º½
Sangham discusses his placement as an analyst within the UK government.
Anca: getting career ready with placement
Anca spent a summer on placement with Amazon, an experience she found to be extremely beneficial.
Staff stories
Paul Glaister
In 2023, Paul Glaister, our Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education, received several prestigious national appointments to add to his existing portfolio.
Sue Todd: cost-effective clinical trials
Professor Sue Todd’s research combines methodological work on novel statistical design and analysis approaches with practical research to facilitate implementation of statistical methods in the healthcare sector.
Sugata Mondal: mathematical clarity
Dr Sugata Mondal's research focuses on small eigenvalues of surfaces and the hot spots problem for Euclidean domains, which has had a significant impact for academics within the mathematical community.
Zuowei Wang: smart sustainable technologies
Dr Zuowei Wang focuses on how the raw polymer materials behave under various processing conditions and uses his findings to improve existing, or design new plastic manufacturing techniques.