Our NRICH mathematics education project is celebrating 25 years of support for schools, teachers, students and parents.
A collaboration between the Mathematics and Education Faculties, NRICH focuses on developing problem-solving, supporting every stage of school education with free online...
For the past 18 months Plus has been working with the Stephen Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology on a major new Discovery Channel short documentary series.
The Universe Unravelled series premiered on Discovery+ in November 2020, coinciding with the UK launch of this new...
When the COVID-19 pandemic closed UK schools in March 2020, our NRICH programme reacted swiftly to lend vital support to schoolchildren, their parents and teachers. It continues to provide essential help, both in classrooms and with homeschooling.
The NRICH project provides thousands of...
We are deeply saddened by the death on 26 September 2020 of Professor John Barrow, MMP Director since 1999.
John was a renowned cosmologist and mathematical physicist, and Professor of...
Sadly, due to COVID-19 the Cambridge Science Festival has been cancelled and our Hands-On Maths Fair scheduled for Saturday 21 March will not take place. However, you can still explore many of our family maths activities and games at home...
For the 4th year running, NRICH is working in collaboration with the Tower Hamlets Education Partnership to support schools, teachers and pupils in the borough. Over the course of the 2019/20 academic year, NRICH staff are leading a series of linked face-to-...
NRICH will be at the world-renowned Hay Festival again this year to run family workshops giving parents and children the opportunity to work together on engaging, creative and thought-provoking mathematical problem-solving activities.
Being resilient, curious, resourceful and...
Every UK state school student holding a conditional offer to study Mathematics at the University of Cambridge was invited to join us in March 2019 for an intensive full-day event to help prepare for the STEP exam.
STEP is an additional mathematics examination which forms part of...
Our annual NRICH and Plus mathematical Advent calendars are back for 2018!
NRICH has published two free online Advent calendars, one for primary students (ages 5 to 11) and one for...
We have launched a new set of free online mathematics education resources introducing key concepts in statistics for GCSE and A-level, published on our NRICH website.
Statistics content in the mathematics curriculum has increased at both GCSE and A-level, and statistics is now both a...
NRICH has published a new module of free online resources, designed to encourage GCSE students to consider taking Further Mathematics at A-level by giving a taste of one of the mathematical topics they will explore. The resources introduce students to complex numbers, and were produced in...
Our NRICH project's collaboration with BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme's popular Puzzle for Today' is continuing to engage and intrigue listeners.
NRICH's rich, engaging resources are designed to develop mathematical thinking and...
Over 500 enthusiastic visitors joined us for our Cambridge Science Festival Hands-On Maths Fair on Saturday 24 March 2018. Aimed at a family audience, the Hands-On Maths Fair featured activities for all ages from 5 upwards.
The activities at the Hands-On Maths Fair are designed to...
Share in the festive spirit with our annual NRICH and Plus mathematical Advent calendars!
NRICH has published two online Advent calendars, one for primary students (ages 5 to 11) and one for...
Ems Lord, NRICH Director, has been elected President of the Mathematical Association for 2019/2020. The Mathematical Association is the oldest established teachers' subject association in the UK.
Ems Lord joined the MMP as NRICH...
A groundbreaking collaboration between research mathematicians and the BBC invites everyone in the UK to contribute to research to combat future pandemics. A team of mathematical researchers (and frequent MMP collaborators!) are working with the BBC on an innovative project, BBC Pandemic,...
Keen-eared listeners to BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme will have spotted that the new 'Puzzle for Today' slot features a collaboration with our NRICH project.
NRICH's rich, engaging resources are designed to develop mathematical...
188 state school students holding conditional offers to study Mathematics at Cambridge joined us in March 2017 for an intensive day of STEP preparation support.
STEP is an additional mathematics examination which forms part of conditional offers to applicants for mathematics, and some...
Hundreds of visitors of all ages joined volunteer staff and students from the Faculty of Mathematics at the Cambridge Science Festival Maths Public Open Day on Saturday 25 March 2017.
Over 70 staff and student volunteers shared the excitement of maths through hands-on activities, games...
We have launched a new online STEP Support programme to help potential university applicants develop their advanced problem-solving skills and prepare for sitting STEP Mathematics examinations. The programme includes online modules for individual additional...
MMP staff and volunteer Cambridge University maths students were joined by hundreds of visitors on Saturday 22 March 2016 for our Hands-On Maths Fair event, part of the 22nd Cambridge Science Festival.
The annual Cambridge Science Festival...
When you think of scientific researchers actively investigating how diseases may spread, you probably wouldn't imagine they could still be in the classroom. But we're delighted to have been part of a project giving Year 9 maths students the opportunity to conduct real scientific research in...
We have launched a new collection of free online resources, Wild Maths, aimed at 7 to 16 year olds exploring maths beyond the classroom.
Mathematics is a creative subject. It involves spotting patterns, making connections, finding new ways of looking...
Even if you missed our Year 12 Mathematics Enrichment Day in June 2015, you can now watch the two plenary talks online.
132 Year 12 students (aged 16-17) from 17 different schools took part in the full-day event on 19 June 2015, which had a special focus on encouraging the...
Come to Cambridge on Saturday 21st March 2015 to join in the huge range of free family activities at the Cambridge Science Festival Maths Public Open Day!
From Isaac Newton onwards, Cambridge has been associated with some of the most famous mathematicians in history. Modern mathematicians...
The annual University of Cambridge Science Festival takes place from 9-22 March 2015, packed with hundreds of free events for all ages. You can browse the full programme on the Cambridge Science Festival web pages, but we've also picked out...
The STIMULUS programme has created 362 placements for Cambridge student volunteers in local schools this year - a new annual record!
STIMULUS is a community service programme which gives Cambridge University students the opportunity to work with pupils in local primary and secondary...
The University of Cambridge's Mathematics Faculty has launched a new, pilot project providing free online support and preparation resources for students now in Year 12 who may want to take STEP (or the Oxford MAT) in Year 13.
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Thank you to all the school students, Cambridge students and staff and members of the public who helped to build part of the world's largest ever distributed model fractal out of business cards!
The model represents a Menger sponge: a (nearly) three-dimensional fractal cube, which has so...
Join us at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences on Saturday 25 October for a day packed with hands-on mathematical activities, including the chance to take part in the global MegaMenger event - an attempt to build the world's largest ever...
You can now watch videos of the two plenary talks from our Year 12 Mathematics Enrichment Day online.
120 Year 12 students (aged 16-17) from 13 different schools took part in the full-day event on 27 June 2014, which had a special focus on encouraging the development of mathematical...
Conducting scientific research is an experience that is rarely accessible outside universities. During a new project in the 2014/15 school year, however, a group of researchers from the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases aims to...
Staff from NRICH and the Cambridge Mathematics Education Project are working with the Faculty of Mathematics, Cambridge Admissions Office and Cambridge colleges to run the Cambridge STEP Easter School in April 2014....
Around 1,200 children and members of the public participated in the maths events we organised as part of the Cambridge Science Festival in March 2014.
The annual Cambridge Science Festival takes place over two weeks in March each year,...
Don't miss our free events for the Cambridge Science Festival on Saturday 22 March 2014!
Join MMP staff and volunteer Cambridge student helpers at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences for a Hands-On Maths Fair between ...
The 20th annual University of Cambridge Science Festival takes place from 10-21 March 2014, with more than 250 events for all ages. You can browse the full programme on the Cambridge Science Festival web pages, but we've also picked out...
The next Cambridge Maths Circle event takes place on Saturday 15 February 2014, 10am - 12.30, at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, CB3 0WA.
The Cambridge Maths Circle runs free events providing enjoyable and stimulating hands-on mathematical activities for children...
206 University of Cambridge students have volunteered for the STIMULUS programme this term - a new termly record!
STIMULUS is a community service programme which gives Cambridge University students the opportunity to work with pupils in local primary and secondary schools and sixth form...
Applications are now open for the University of Cambridge's 2014 Maths STEP Prep Summer School.
The Maths STEP Prep Summer School is a new initiative to help Year 12 (or equivalent) students from non-selective UK state-maintained schools and colleges who intend to apply to the University...
Share in the festive spirit with our annual NRICH and Plus mathematical Advent calendars!
NRICH has published two online Advent calendars, one for primary students (ages 5 to 11) and one for secondary. This year the activities featured in the NRICH...
As intelligent life forms in many universes join together to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr Who, we thought we'd add our own little anniversary acknowledgement by revisiting the Plus posters'...
The next Cambridge Maths Circle event takes place on Saturday 16 November, 10am - 12.30, at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, CB3 0WA.
The Cambridge Maths Circle runs free events providing enjoyable and stimulating hands-on mathematical activities for children and...
More than 80 Cambridge students are volunteering as classroom assistants in 26 local schools this term through the long-running STIMULUS programme.
STIMULUS is a community service programme which gives Cambridge University students the opportunity to work with pupils in local primary and...
Our NRICH website has just launched a new collection of free online resources to help potential university applicants prepare for sitting STEP Mathematics examinations.
STEP Mathematics is an additional examination, taken at the end of Y13, which forms part of conditional offers to...
A collection of free online resources taking an exciting new approach to the probability strand of the KS3 and 4 Mathematics curriculum has just been published on our NRICH website.
Probability is the mathematical study of events which are subject to chance variation. It is an area which...
Staff from NRICH worked with the Cambridge Admissions Office, Mathematics Faculty and Cambridge colleges to run the 2013 Cambridge STEP Easter School in April.
STEP (Sixth Term Examination paper) is an additional examination which normally forms part...
Come to Cambridge on Saturday 23rd March 2013 to join in the biennial Cambridge Science Festival Maths Open Day!
Cambridge mathematicians and theoretical physicists work on everything from the Big Bang to number theory, from modelling the shrinking of Arctic sea ice to geometry, quantum...
As part of the 2013 Cambridge Science Festival, we are screening the award-winning cult indie thriller Travelling Salesman at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences on Thursday 14 March. (Buy tickets online...
Are there parallel universes? The idea that there might be many worlds and parallel universes - universes in which, rather than reading this, you are still asleep; in which you are happier, unhappier, richer, poorer, or perhaps even dead - is one which has crossed over from academic physics...
A new section of Early Years resources, supporting children's mathematical development, has been added to our NRICH website. The free resources are designed to support adults in developing the initial building blocks for mathematical thinking,...
The Millennium Mathematics Project is delighted to be hosting the UK premiere of acclaimed indie film Travelling Salesman, an intellectual thriller imagining the consequences of solving the P vs NP problem.
Travelling...
Our hugely popular NRICH website has a new look.
NRICH publishes rich mathematical activities designed for all ages from Early Years (age 5 and below) right through to the transition to university. NRICH resources encourage creative and confident...
The STIMULUS programme, which places hundreds of Cambridge students as volunteer helpers in local schools, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
STIMULUS is a community service programme which creates placements for Cambridge University student volunteers in local primary and...
To celebrate London 2012, over the past 18 months we've been running our Maths and Sport: Countdown to the Games project, creating free online resources exploring maths through the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The resources include mathematical...
At 08:12 on 27th July 2012, thousands of people across the UK will be joining together to ring in the first day of the London 2012 Olympic Games with 'All the Bells'. Everyone across the country is invited to take part. You can find out more, and discover 'All the Bells' events near you, at...
We are celebrating London 2012 with our 'Maths and Sport: Countdown to the Games' project, developing free online resources exploring maths through the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
'Maths and Sport: Countdown to the Games' has...
We have launched a brand new careers section on Plus, our free online mathematics magazine, bringing you all you need to know about the wide range of careers that use mathematics - from avalanche research and...
Staff from NRICH are working with the Cambridge Admissions Office, Mathematics Faculty and Cambridge colleges to run the 2012 Cambridge STEP Easter School this week (2 - 6 April).
STEP (Sixth Term Examination paper) is an additional examination which...
The Cambridge Science Festival runs from 12th - 25th March 2012 and features more than 180 events organised by departments within the University of Cambridge.
This year the Festival has a special focus on celebrating the 2012 Olympic and...
2012 is the centenary of Alan Turing's birth, and as part of our celebrations our NRICH project has a special focus this month on codes and ciphers, with engaging mathematical activities for Key Stages 1 right through to 5 (ages 5 to 18).
Turing's...
2012 is Turing year, celebrating 100 years since the great mathematician and code breaker's birth. Learn more about Turing's work with these articles from the Plus archive.
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Our NRICH website has just published a new collection of online resources exploring the theme of population dynamics. Aimed at advanced students, the resource package explores the fascinating maths involved in creating mathematical models to describe the changes in populations of living...
To help you celebrate the countdown to Christmas, we've created three online Advent calendars each hiding a marvellous array of mathematical goodies behind their doors!
The Plus Advent calendar presents an assortment of...
What did children learn in maths lessons 4,000 years ago? How does a maths archaeologist work? Can you become a Babylonian mathematician?
4,000 years ago, children in school were learning maths just as they do now. But what maths did they learn and how did they learn it? A free online...
Do bacon sandwiches increase your chance of getting cancer?
Why are some medical treatments not available on the NHS?
How do epidemics spread and can we stop them?
The MMP has produced a series of five free online multi-media resource packs for Key Stages 3 and 4...
What do Gollum, the new London 2012 Olympic stadium and the quest for sustainable energy have in common? They all involve the work of engineers. Engineering provides some of the most exciting applications of maths, which impact on all our lives every day.
To highlight the importance...
A group of Year 12 students will spend five days in Cambridge this week (8th - 12th August) for the first Sutton Trust Summer School in Mathematics to be held at the University. The academic programme for the summer school has been devised by Dr Steve Hewson, Post-16 Co-ordinator for our...
Forty Year 10 students from disadvantaged areas of London have arrived in Cambridge for the third and final residential study school in the 2010/11 Fast Forward programme, run by our NRICH project team in collaboration with the Cambridge Admissions Office....
The London Mathematical Society and Institute of Mathematics and its Applications have announced that Professor John D Barrow, Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project, will receive the Christopher Zeeman Medal. The Christopher Zeeman Medal is a triennial award of the IMA and LMS to...
stemNRICH - Core is a new section on our NRICH website providing stimulating and relevant resources to explore the ways in which mathematics, science and technology are linked, aimed at 11-16 year olds and their...
Do bacon sandwiches increase your chance of getting cancer? Why are some drug treatments not available on the NHS? Does the maths you learn in the classroom REALLY have any practical use?
To answer these questions and more, we are producing a series of...
Dr James Grime's day job is taking a WW2 Enigma machine into schools to run cross-curricular presentations and hands-on workshops on codes and codebreaking for the MMP's Enigma Project. In Tuesday's...
Our NRICH project has published a set of trial mathematics activities designed for use in Early Years Foundation Stage settings.
The 7 activities have been developed with the current Early Years...
How many medals might the UK win in the 2012 Olympics, and does the country hosting the Games have an advantage? What are the mechanics involved in the pole vault? Could the altitude of the Olympic venue affect performance in the long jump? What kind of science goes into designing tennis rackets...
Between 2007-9, the Millennium Mathematics Project's Motivate programme collaborated with the Disease Dynamics group at the University...
Should international travel be banned in the face of swine flu? Should life-saving drugs be withheld because they're too expensive? Should the government ban alcohol? And do bacon sandwiches cause cancer?
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STIMULUS is a community service programme which gives Cambridge University students the opportunity to work with pupils in local schools, helping with Maths, Science, ICT or Technology lessons. STIMULUS students work as volunteer Teaching Assistants in the classroom, alongside the class teacher...
GCSE students from deprived areas in inner-city and Greater London are beginning an innovative and intensive course in mathematics at Cambridge University.
The $1.2m Fast Forward Maths programme, funded by the Goldman Sachs Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the US’ largest investment...
Issue 47, just published, is the biggest ever issue of Plus. We proudly present the winners of the Plus new writers award who explore, amongst other things, the mysteries of infinity, flight, love and Google. We also investigate the maths...
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