The UK cannot afford to cut the M from STEM

If the balance of the £300 million promised by the UK government is not delivered, a broad swathe of research will suffer, says Ulrike Tillmann

30 June

New subject guidance mandates ‘narrowly skewed perspective on the history of mathematics’, leading academics claim

7 November

Ditching high-profile pledge to spend £300 million more on maths research over next five years will harm under-pressure discipline, experts warn

26 June

Mathematicians have no excuse. We, of all disciplines, have the expertise to gather and analyse the data, say the heads of four mathematics societies

8 March

Rishi Sunak's plan for mathematics to age 18 would come too late to save many university departments, says Ulrike Tillmann