When we talk about the number of adults who struggle with maths, many people who have good maths, ask ‘why’. They can’t understand ‘how it was allowed to happen’ and they automatically assume they must have gone to a ‘bad’ school with ‘poor’ teachers. If only it was that simple. I have heard so many [...]
This latest guest blog in a series from Maths4us partners is written by Beth Kelly – the Chief Executive Officer for Learning Unlimited, a mathematics specialist in Education with over 25 years of experience teaching adults. Things are starting to heat up here at Learning Unlimited as we make progress on our role in the [...]
At work people use maths all the time and sometimes don’t even realise it. Making sure you get to work on time, planning your journey and working out your payslip and e-banking requires maths. But for some it is not always easy and poor maths skills can become a real barrier to employees’ performance and [...]
The fact that so many different organisations have signed up under the Maths4us banner and are promising a range of activities is great news. The timing is good. After many decades of often one step forwards and two steps back, it does feel as if the time might now be really ripe to ‘do something’ [...]
