It's not only maths students who need a solid grasp of statistics

Research has been recently completed by Cambridge Assessment on this topic through surveying thousands of current undergraduates of STEMM and Social Science subjects, and interviewing lecturers. The results will be published over the coming months. More here: http://www.sigma-network.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sigmanewsletter9_Dec15.html#MathsHE

This highlights the need for L3 Core Maths qualifications to be offered much more widely in sixth forms and FE colleges. A2 maths is not appropriate for some students - the practical, applied approach of Core Maths should give greater accessibility to L3 maths for students not pursuing the A'level pathway post-16.

Finally we have a post 16 qualification that spans the gap between having to redo your GCSE and A level maths. Core maths is key to enabling all students to have the opportunity to extend their mathematical development up to the age of 18. More over it is designed to really enable the students to reason and problem solve as well as supporting the understanding of key mathematical knowledge in other subject areas. I teach the qualification and it is one of the most significant developments that I have come across in the last 30 years. I have students now who had just scrapped a grade C in foundation level maths who are now confident in handling information (data) in a variety of contexts. This has had a direct benefit to their other studies and more importantly their self confidence. For students not studying A level maths the key question is not why you would take the qualification but why wouldn't you! Colin Prestwich Yorkshire Ridings Maths Hub Lead and Exec. Head of Maths