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15 December 2008 - PR 08/168
University and businesses show maths adds up to a great career
Highflying employees from some of the country’s leading businesses will gather at Loughborough University this week to give school students the inside track on the importance of mathematics to their careers.
Employees from AstraZeneca, Capital One, Jacobs and Rolls-Royce will address around seventy Year 11 students from five local colleges at the Maths at Work Conference, being held on 16 December. Organised by the University’s Widening Participation Office, its Maths Education Centre and the Leicestershire Further Mathematics Centre, the conference will aim to show students that continuing to study mathematics – at A/S, A and degree level – could significantly benefit their future careers.
“This is a golden opportunity for young people to learn more about the importance of mathematics within the workplace. Participants will be inspired by enthusiastic presenters regarding the value of mathematics in their future careers,” said Dr Rod Bond from the University’s Mathematics Education Centre.
The day-long conference will also include a tour of the campus, led by some of the University’s undergraduate students, which will give the school students an insight into a university environment.
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Notes for editors:
- The schools taking part
in the conference are Burleigh Community College, New College Leicester,
Beauchamp College, De Lisle Catholic Science College and Hind Leys
Community College.
- Loughborough is one of the country’s leading
universities, with an international reputation for excellence in
teaching and research, strong links with industry and unrivalled
sporting achievement.
It was awarded the coveted Sunday Times University of the Year 2008-09 title, and is consistently ranked in the top fifteen of UK universities in national newspaper league tables. In the 2008 National Student Survey, Loughborough was voted one of the top five universities in the UK, with 22 out of 30 of its subject areas being ranked in the top ten for overall satisfaction. It was named winner of the 2006 and 2007 Times Higher award for the UK’s Best Student Experience and winner of the 2007 award for Outstanding Support for Overseas Students. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, the University has been awarded six Queen's Anniversary Prizes – an achievement bettered by no other institution.
It is a member of the esteemed 1994 Group – a set of internationally recognised, research-intensive universities – and has a reputation for the relevance of its work. Its degree programmes are highly regarded by professional institutions and businesses, and its graduates are consistently targeted by the UK’s top recruiters.
Loughborough is also the UK’s premier university for sport. It has perhaps the best integrated sports development environment in the world and is home to some of the country’s leading coaches, sports scientists and support staff. It also has the country’s largest concentration of world-class training facilities across a wide range of sports.