Professor Lianghuo Fan, Head/MaSE, just published his latest book addressing a major issue about teacher learning and professional development. Entitled “Investigating the Pedagogy of Mathematics: How Do Teachers Develop Their Knowledge?”, this book presents two research studies that he conducted in the US and Singapore, respectively, to investigate how different sources contribute to the development […]

The inaugural meeting of the SPIN (Southampton Primary Inquiry Network) met yesterday for a twilight at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, nr Romsey.  The group has evolved from our successful Primary Science Teaching Trust project, Developing Inquiry Skills across the Curriculum: a project with the Mary Rose Trust. We met for a twilight session exploring […]

Recently forty students, in Years 8-10, from across the South of England, attended the LifeLab Summer School for ‎prospective Medics.‎ The programmes included a range of exciting, informative and hands-on workshops delivered by Medical Students, ‎Intensive Care Consultants, Emergency Department Nurses and other Healthcare Professionals.‎ The young people were able to try suturing and basic […]

Dr Bokhove has been awarded a c. 30k grant for an international collaboration with Japan and Hong Kong. “In international comparisons for mathematics like PISA and TIMSS, Asia outperforms England considerably. For geometry this difference is even greater. With a new maths curriculum coming into play in England in 2014, this project aims to compare […]

The LifeLab team welcomed HRH The Countess of Wessex on Friday 27 June to officially open the LifeLab facility that aims to empower school students to take more control over their health. During her visit The Countess of Wessex saw the custom designed laboratory and classrooms in which students, from schools that have already experienced LifeLab, […]

MaSE made a major contribution to the Southampton Bioblitz Day on 14 June. It was really successful event with over 200 people attending and searching the University campus for as many species of plants and animals as possible. Highlights included a Lime Hawk Moth and the unusual Weasel’s-snout snapdragon. 227 species were counted on the […]

Able year 9 pupils from 4 local schools visited the university for a mathematics day run by the PGCE mathematics trainees. Pupils enjoyed a session on practical geometry finding the largest cylinder that can be made from a sheet of A4 paper, a pirate-themed mathematical treasure hunt and some outdoor mathematics activities, which included a […]