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Maths Careers provides a range of resources, information and signposting to help those working in mathematics.

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Posters, booklets, and leaflets to download

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Download or order a wide range of maths related career resources and posters.

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Maths in a Box

In the UK, every school student has to study maths up to the age of 16. And every maths teacher in the UK at some point will have been asked by their students 'But what is the point of maths?' and 'Why should I carry on studying it?'

Now teachers can get some fresh ideas on how to tackle these questions with Maths in a Box, a collection of resources, including posters, and booklets containing careers profiles and even a book of magic tricks.

The box contains resources which aim to encourage the uptake and further study of maths and are suitable from key stage 3 right up to key stage 5. These materials have been tried and tested in schools around England and Wales as part of the government-funded More Maths Grads project.

Each secondary school in England received a copy of Maths in a Box during the first few months of 2010. A similar box was also distributed to secondary schools in Wales with the same resources in Welsh.

More Maths Grads in a Box HE Edition

This was designed to help universities who want to work with schools to promote interest in mathematics. It contains resources that tackle questions school students ask such as "What is the point of maths?" or "Why should I carry on studying it?"

Together, they show that maths is used in a whole number of ways that school students may never have even thought of - from exploring how quadratic equations and probability are linked to football to understanding why logarithms are so useful in our analysis of earthquakes.

Selected contents from both of these projects are available to download below.

Additional downloads can be found on our Posters, Booklets and Leaflets page.

What's the Point ... index posters

Posters describing the maths inside different photographs

What's the Point ...

20 x A2 posters from that What's the Point booklet

A3 posters 'When will I ever need Maths?'

Posters describing the use of maths in different school subjects

Origami A3 posters

Posters describing the use of maths in different real world areas such as nature or architecture

Cut Through the Numbers A3 poster:

Shows different kinds of careers where doing A-Level Maths would be helpful

Question Mark A3 poster.

Shows the different kinds of careers where doing A-Level Maths would be helpful

FMSP Posters by undergraduates

Detailed posters produced by undergraduates on an interesting mathematical topic. These posters are at quite a high level, but could be used to inspire students.

Age is just a Number posters

Booklets and Activities

From the 'What's the point' DVD

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Posters and Resources from Maths in a Box

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Career opportunities after a maths degree

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Mathematics offers a huge variety of career opportunities. It is important to plan ahead and know about your options. Mathematics offers a huge variety of career opportunities. It is important to plan ahead and know about your options.

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Real-life career videos, advice and information to inspire your career

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Maths, like its good friend English, is a core subject at school, which we must all study at least up to GCSE level.
Most universities and employers will want you to have a grade C+ / 4+ in English and maths at GCSE, so, in 2013, the government announced that all students in England must now achieve this (or level 2 functional skills) and keep on studying the subjects until they do.

Read more: Our Maths Subject Guide links what you learn in class to your career

But maths is so much more than just a compulsory subject - the career possibilities can be endless.

Why study maths further?

It all comes down to what maths is.

Just as languages provide the building blocks and rules we need to communicate, maths uses its own language, made up of numbers, symbols and formulas, to explore the rules we need to measure or identify essential problems like distance, speed, time, space, change, force and quantities.

Studying maths helps us find patterns and structure in our lives. Practically, maths helps us put a price on things, create graphics , build websites, build skyscrapers and generally understand how things work or predict how they might change over time and under different conditions.

Maths lets us predict the future

For example, if I want to throw a custard pie so it lands on top of your head on a very windy day, studying the maths can help me work out the speed, force and angle I need to throw it to hit just the right spot. Or, more helpfully, maths helps me work out how long it will take me to get somewhere if I know the distance I have to travel and the speed I'm going.

In this sense, studying maths helps predict the future...

Maths is changing all the time - what will you contribute?

But it doesn't stop there. As a subject, maths is also continually growing and changing, as mathematicians and scientists expand on what they already know to discover new theories and inventions.

Now mathematicians and philosophers have debated for centuries the exact definition of maths so we can't claim to have nailed it ourselves. But we just wanted you to get the sense that there's more to it than long division...

What skills will I get if I study maths?

Maths is one of the best subjects to develop your analytical, research and problem-solving skills. Not only will studying maths help give you the knowledge to tackle scientific, mechanical, coding and abstract problems, it will also help you develop logic to tackle everyday issues like planning projects, managing budgets and even debating effectively.

What careers is maths good for?

Maths degrees

People with maths degrees and other qualifications can go into: accounting, medicine, engineering, forensic pathology, finance, business, consultancy, teaching, IT, games development, scientific research, programming, the civil service, design, construction and astrophysics to name a few. Specific job roles include actuary, business analyst, software engineer, technology analyst, information engineer, speech technology researcher, and maths teacher.

Jobs in the mathematical sciences - that is, careers that studying maths at university prepares you for directly - tend to be very well paid. The combination of a skills shortage and a growing need for maths skills means more and more employers are on the look out for maths graduates.

About a quarter tend to go on to further study, while well over half end up in full-time or part-time work, or do a mixture of work and study. Only 7 in 100 maths graduates are unemployed 6 months after graduating.

Maths A-level

It's not surprising that maths was the most popular A-level choice of 2013!* And on average, those with a maths A-level earn 11% more over their lifetime than those without.

A spokesperson for the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications says: "A-level maths is tremendously important. It provides a firm foundation for all scientific, technical, engineering and mathematical careers and a flying start for many other types of career, such as those in finance, medicine, agriculture ... etc. The list is endless!"

*Including further maths

What subjects does maths go with?

Maths belongs to a little band of subjects which also
includes the three sciences

According to the Russell Group informed choices guide, Maths is a "facilitating" subject, which means that it will help you to study lots of other subjects and pursue lots of different careers.

Maths helps supports the study of subjects like physics, chemistry, engineering, IT, economics, business and biology which can also help with your maths revision.

But studying maths alongside an essay-based subjects like English or history can help keep your options open for more jobs and uni courses.

If you study further maths too at A-level, this can boost your marks in Maths and help prepare you to study a maths course at university. (FYI, you must study maths in order to take further maths).

What degrees and other qualifications do I need to study maths for?

Maths A-level is a must have for degrees in: physics, engineering, actuarial science, economics and, of course, maths, although you may need to study a further maths course as well to do this.

Maths is recommended or sometimes required for: computer science, accounting, chemistry, biology and life sciences, medicine/nursing, dentistry, business studies, management studies, finance, architecture, geology, psychology, surveying and even philosophy.

Some subjects, like medicine, require two out of this common gang of four subjects: maths, physics, chemistry and biology. So although you might not need to study a maths degree to progress, you must take at least two of the other subjects instead.

Maths is also crucial for studying advanced apprenticeships in accountancy and technology and engineering subjects.

Where can I find out more?

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Maths, like its good friend English, is a core subject at school, which we must all study at least up to GCSE level. Most universities and employers will want you to have a grade C+ / 4+ in English and maths at GCSE, so, in 2013, the government announced that all students in England must now achieve this (or level 2 functional skills) and keep on studying the subjects until they do.

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Maths, Why Bother? - Positive and Negative Numbers

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Maths, Why Bother? - Simultaneous Equations

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Maths, Why Bother? - Quadratic Equations

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Increasing participation in Core Maths, AS/A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics

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Purpose of Resources: To engage and support students in learning by placing teaching points in the context of the world of work

Who has created the resources: These resources have been created by Maths curriculum subject experts from Academies Enterprise Trust through collaboration with Pinewood Studios

What is included: Fully resourced lesson plans for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 with comprehensive teacher notes, student facing slides and guidance on extension and differentiation

How to use these resources: Share the links with teachers from your Maths department as fully resourced national curriculum lesson plans with supporting materials ready to be delivered within schemes of work.

National Curriculum Maths Resources for KS3 and KS4 addressing key topics of: interpreting statistics, proportional reasoning, percentages and plans & elevations.

"These resources are a clever blend of context and authentic mathematical content. They are engaging and real but the workplace context doesn't dilute any of the Maths elements. Instead, the tasks offer a brilliant alternative to traditional delivery approaches for maths topics found in every curriculum. The resources bring mathematics alive in the real world, rooting classroom maths in the glorious and challenging reality of real data and problems faced in the workplace. Deborah McCarthy - Mathematics & Curriculum Expert, Academies Enterprise Trust*

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AET and Pinewood: Careers in Maths resource

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Purpose of Resources: To engage and support students in learning by placing teaching points in the context of the world of work Who has created the resources: These resources have been created by Maths curriculum subject experts from Academies Enterprise Trust through collaboration with Pinewood Studios What is included: Fully

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Where Maths meets the world of work | CEC Resource Directory

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ResourceThe video and accompanying activities have been designed so that they can be completed in one hour but there are plenty of opportunities to extend them further or use as part of home learning.Each video is around 5 minutes long and has a few questions asked throughout, which make perfect places to pause and think about maths and careers with your class.

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The resource contains lesson plans, PowerPoints, worksheets, links for employer engagement and links to the KS3 maths specification. Teachers have used with KS4. Differentiation included.

All lessons have:

These resources could be used in other subjects such as PSHE, Food Technology.

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ResourceThe resource contains lesson plans, PowerPoints, worksheets, links for employer engagement and links to the KS3 maths specification. Teachers have used with KS4. Differentiation included.All lessons have:

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Maths Subject-Led Resources - Amazing Apprenticeships

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We have created a suite of resources for teachers and careers advisers to use with their students, which includes: Teacher Guide, Student Activity, Lesson Slides, Subject Poster.