Funded PhD studentships available

The Mathematics Education Centre is advertising two PhD studentships for an October 2019 start

The Mathematics Education Centre is advertising two PhD studentships for an October 2019 start. Both are collaborative studentships funded by the ESRC Midlands Graduate School and include funding for a research-methods masters for those who have not already studied such a course.

Details and applications forms are available on this website.

The MEC is a great place to study. Details on our existing students and research environment more generally can be found in the Research section of the website. 

PROJECT 1 in collaboration with Times Tables Rock Stars

  • Optimising learning of multiplication and division facts in schoolchildren
  • Supervisors: Camilla Gilmore and Lucy Cragg (Nottingham)
  • Deadline: 28 February 2019

PROJECT 2 in collaboration with Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI)

  • Reasoning skills in post-16 mathematics students
  • Supervisors: Lara Alcock and Nina Attridge
  • Deadline: 29 March 2019