This month, it’s Random Acts of Kindness day (RAK) ❤️ Help spread joy among family, friends, teachers and colleagues. Here’s an easy idea to start. Tell a maths joke 😜 Q: What’s a statistician’s favourite cereal? A: Honey-nut clusters 🍯 Have a maths joke of your own? Share it below😊#RAK

🎉 Welcome to our new PhD students! 🎉 We’re excited to welcome two new part-time students starting this month: 📊 Jemimah O’Regan, working on AI and Machine Learning in Human Genetics. 🌊 Suresh Nalluri, working on Applications of fluid–structure interactions.

Don’t miss out!🚨Registration deadline for Feb start is tomorrow📅 📚Discovering Maths MU123 📊Introducing Stats MU140 🔢Essential Maths 1 MST124 ➗Essential Maths 2 MST125 Hurry!🏎️💨 www.open.ac.uk/courses/results/?study_level=Undergraduate&keyword=mathematics&course_type=Modules&start_date=January+2026

📊Interested in statistics? 💻Want to learn more about the basic tools used in business and industry? 📋Come and study with the OU🎓M140 Introducing statistics is a great place start📈 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...

Confident with maths but eager to explore further? 🚀 Join MST124! Learn about calculus, algebra and even...imaginary numbers 🌈 😱! The perfect intro to university mathematics. Check it out: www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu... #Maths #OU #Calculus #Algebra

📢Student reminder! The Christmas break is fast approaching and many tutors will be unavailable during this time❌We encourage you to take a well-deserved break but, if you have any questions that can’t wait until the new year, be sure to ask now📅Enjoy your holiday & recharge!🔋

MU123 is a gentle-yet-exciting whirlwind🌀introduction to maths🔢Starting from scratch 🔰, MU123 gives the you skills in maths needed for a wide range of qualifications across the university 🎓and beyond. MU123 makes dreams come true for so many students🧚www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/mu123

Day 12 - Countdown to the Christmas Holidays with us, with our daily number doodles! From the beginning of December until the end of term. And check out our other Christmas resources at mathsweek.scot/news/pick-mi... #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #ChristmasCountdown #ChristmasIsComing #AdventCalendar

📊Interested in statistics? 💻Want to learn more about the basic tools used in business and industry? 📋Come and study with the OU🎓M140 Introducing statistics is a great place start📈 www.open.ac.uk/courses/results/?study_level=Undergraduate&keyword=statistics&course_type=Modules&start_date=January+2026

Register now to start studying maths and stats in February! 🥳🥳👏M140 Introducing statistics MU123 Discovering mathematics MST124 Essential mathematics 1 MST125 Essential mathematics 2👉Go to www.open.ac.uk/courses/resu... to find out more, start your journey...

So there it was...Mathŵyl Cymru 2025🎩 We enjoyed doing some 'mathsmagic' with Primary pupils on Thursday🪄 Thanks to all involved, diolch💫 Here's to Mathŵyl Cymru 2026! sites.google.com/view/mathwyl #Mathŵyl #MathsWeekWales

What do broccoli 🥦 & the coastline of Britain🌍have in common? 🤔We found out in a fabulous sixth form Christmas lecture given this week by our very own Dr Vasso Evdoridou, Lecturer in Pure Maths. Stunning snowflakes❄️, marvellous Mandelbrot & fantastic fractals-the stars of the show🤩 #fabfractals

Day 2 - Countdown to the Christmas Holidays with us, with our daily number doodles! From the beginning of December until the end of term. #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #ChristmasCountdown #ChristmasIsComing #AdventCalendar

Great to have so many Primary pupils involved in our session this morning. Diolch. Looking forward to the next one on Thursday as part of Mathŵyl Cymru sites.google.com/view/mathwyl #Mathŵyl #MathsWeekWales

Are you a Primary maths teacher? Still time to sign up...

Spaceflight Imager Test Engineer - one of the many places the OU can take you...3 days to apply! jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Spacefli...

🤔What have all these people got to do with maths & stats? 🔎Find out here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MathEd/ @OU_MathsEd @NASA @IMAmaths @bhmuk #BHM

✖️Want to develop your understanding of multiplicative relationships? 🎇Need ideas for using resources to inspire Primary learners? 🚸 🆓Free online session in conjunction with Mathŵyl Cymru sites.google.com/view/mathwyl 📋Register here: forms.office.com/e/nCpaEbDwu9 #mathwyl @OU_MathsEd #teachmaths

Exciting announcement📣: @mathsworlduk now open! 🫧Step inside a giant soap bubble or explore a kaleidoscope. 🌈 💥Laser-cut different shapes and crack secret codes. 🕵️‍♂️ 🤚Experience hands-on exhibits 💡spark curiosity 🔥ignite imagination🙃 fun, colourful, mind-blowing! 🤯 Book now at mathsworld.com

🌟 Constellations of Stars: Echoes Across the Sky 🌌 TODAY!!! The OU's very own Vinay Kathotia is presenting a fun talk for the public in the Middleton Hall Centre:MK (shopping centre) 11.30am - 12.15pm 💫 Go along!! #LandofLights #MiltonKeynes @DestinationMK landoflights.co.uk

The Living Planet Index is the biodiversity metric that always claims the headlines. Unfortunately, many of these headlines are wrong. The index is very easy to misinterpret. The Living Planet Index reports an average decline of 73% across tens of thousands of wildlife populations since 1970.

Our call for nominations for the Hardy Lectureship 2025 is open! Nominate a distinguished mathematician based outside of the UK to give a series of lectures within the UK. Previous Hardy Lecturers incl. Emily Riehl, Eva Miranda, Nalini Joshi. ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lectu...

Love lego 💕What fun!😄

And we’re off! Happy #MathsWeekScot everyone! Teachers, here’s the links again with everything you need to know for the week. Daily Events Overview bit.ly/MWSSchoolsEv... Schools Hub with all relevant competitions, learning resources, videos & more mathsweek.scot/schools #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

Students may be turning to Generative AI... but do they know the risks? 🤖🤔 Our 'Exploring Generative AI: critical skills and ethical use' session helps them think critically and use AI responsibly. Our latest YouTube Short provides a quick overview 👇 youtube.com/shorts/rt7WI... #OUstudents

📢Calling all parents, home tutors, teaching assistants, future maths teachers🔢 This course is for you 🫵 ME620 will help you develop your knowledge and understanding of teaching school mathematics and broadens your ideas about how people learn mathematics🤔https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/me620/

🚨 Only two weeks to go to the October start registration deadline...make this the year that you finally sign up 📝 for that course you've always wanted to do! www.open.ac.uk

🤷Still deciding? 🤳Get in touch for help choosing your first OU maths module www.open.ac.uk/contact/#cou...

🧮Making the leap from number to algebra🪂Learn how to communicate and interpret relationships in words, diagrams and graphs 🗣 Studying ME322 will help you develop your own and others' algebraic reasoning and understanding💡 Find out more👉https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/me322

🧩Problem solving skills need work? 🤔Expanding your geometric thinking can help develop the way you think in many areas! 📐ME321 will help you develop your own mathematical understanding and teach you how to support others in developing theirs🚸 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu... #OU_MathsEd #TeachMaths

Check out our courses 👉 www.open.ac.uk/courses/maths #GCSEResults #OpenUni

🤷Studying mathematics and mathematics education modules from the OU degree🎓 Mathematics and its Learning (Q46) gives you the knowledge to answer learners’ tricky questions. What would you say to the questions asked below? 🍎 www.open.ac.uk/courses/math... #OUMathsEd #TeachMaths

🚨 Less than 4 weeks left to register for Oct! 🚨 Secured a spot? For more information & inspiration👉 learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view.... Already registered...get an early start⏰️using materials supplied on the maths & stats study site: 👉https://learn2.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=206217&cmid=1173067

🤔Just got your A' Level results?🎓Interested in studying maths at university but want to stay at home or work whilst studying? 🙋The OU's got you covered!🫵Not studied A' Level maths? There's a route for you. Check out our courses 👉 www.open.ac.uk/courses/maths #AlevelResults #OpenUni #studymaths

📢 One month to go - Final registration day for October start modules: 11th September 2025 www.open.ac.uk/courses/math... Read Fallon's story about achieving her BSc (Honours) Mathematics and Statistics 🎓: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/s...

Ready to explore the beauty✨of complex analysis & its applications? Join M337 Complex analysis on a journey into advanced mathematical concepts combining ideas from algebra, analysis & geometry. A gateway 🕳 to further fields of study in maths, engineering & physics!⚛️ www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...

Journey through elegant problems with applications from planning engineering projects to ensuring reliable data transmission. MST368 blends theory with playful exploration, making it a perfect choice for curious minds🧠who enjoy seeing maths in action. www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...

💻Computational applied mathematics introduces powerful numerical methods⌨️used in applied maths,⚛️science & data science. As well learning how the methods work, you'll use them in Python. Don't worry if you have not programmed in Python before, you'll also learn how!🐍 learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....

🤓 Deciding what to study next...how about MS327? An accessible introduction to applied mathematics📝 at Stage 3, based around the study of deterministic, chaotic🌀 and stochastic dynamics. open.ac.uk/courses/modu... learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....

Did you know there are more than a dozen modules containing maths & stats at Stage 3? ♾️Pure maths (MST368, M337, M303) 💻Applied maths (MST374, MS327, MST326) 📊Statistics (M343, M347, M348) 🚸Maths education (ME620, ME321, ME322) ⚛️Physics (SM380, SM381) Take a look: learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....

Thank you to our four fantastic panellists: Cleo Taylor-Smith, Anushka Fitzherbert, Rebecca Gower & Olga Martini, our fabulous host OU academic Cath Brown, & a big thank you to all our students who attended and asked excellent questions. Great discussion about a variety of potential career paths.

Did you hear our exciting maths news? www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/s...

Know some basic statistics📊and keen to learn more📈? Then M249 could be for you! Come and join us for an introduction to four of the major topics in applied statistics widely used by statisticians and data scientists📲 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...

Keen to further develop your skills in using statistics and working with data🤩? M248 Analysing data explores fundamental statistical techniques and ideas💡for analysing and interpreting data📊. Stats practice and theory💭. Find out more 🔎: open.ac.uk/courses/modu...

What links: How a guitar string works🎸, how animal populations grow and shrink🐇, electricity and magnetism🧲, water circling round a plughole🌀, and quantum mechanics🌌?! They all depend on differential equations! www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...

Want to learn the maths behind how things work🌍, from what stops your wheels skidding 🛞 to baby bouncers👶to how guitar strings work? Join MST210 for a mix of key mathematical techniques & applying your knowledge. It opens the🚪 to fascinating applications at Stage 3 too www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...

What does rotating 🔄 and reflecting 🪞 a symmetrical shape have in common with adding ➕ or multiplying ✖️ numbers? Explore fascinating pure maths topics and build higher level maths skills with M208 Pure mathematics – a next step after MST125 www.open.ac.uk/courses/modu...

This week we are going to focus 🔍 on our Stage 2 modules: 🔢Pure mathematics (M208) 📈Mathematical methods, models and modelling (MST210) ➗Mathematical methods (MST224) 📊Analysing data (M248) ⌨️Practical modern statistics (M249) Click here to find out more 👉 learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view....

Father's Day - perfect time for a dad joke😜 ? Q: How do mathematicians discipline their children? A: If I've told you n times, I've told you n+1 times... 🧮 Q: Why does algebra make you a better dancer? A: Because you can use the algo-rhythm! Cue some dad dancing 🕺

So that's our Stage 1 modules...you might think where to start MU123 or MST124?🤔🔹GCSE maths or equivalent? Or been a long time🌌 since doing maths? Go for MU123 🔹AS level maths or equivalent? Try MST124 🔹Check out OpenMS featuring🆓“Are you ready for...” quizzes! learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view.... #OU