The School’s Knowledge Exchange and Industry Seminars are a new initiative to explore the intersection between mathematics and its uses within industry in greater depth.  Our latest seminar took place in May, bringing together academics, students and experts from Police Scotland to exchange ideas and explore potential avenues for collaboration.  Police Scotland presented several case […]

The annual University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference brings together staff and students to celebrate and share good practice and innovation in learning and teaching. The theme for the 2023 Conference was Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, with sub-themes such as research-informed teaching, innovation and creativity in teaching, and partnerships. The School of Mathematics […]

Established in 2021, the School of Mathematics runs an annual Operational Research (OR) Challenge open to undergraduates across the UK. The purpose of the challenge is to introduce students to the field of OR, as it is not often included in undergraduate curriculum, and showcase the broad range of practical problems that can be solved […]

Earlier this month, we ran a successful workshop with National Grid ESO, hosted at the Bayes Centre. The workshop was delivered through the EPSRC IAA Partnership Development scheme as part of establishing connections with National Grid ESO’s new AI Centre of Excellence. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss a range of data and decision-making […]