Admissions and Outreach Coordinator for Maths at Oxford University. Also does maths comm outside of work. Opinions his own.
Website: https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/munro
Maths Club: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/r/club
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jamesmunro
James Munro
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🎙️ Could #maths help you win that life-changing jackpot? We chat to @jamesmunromaths.bsky.social about probability, chaos theory & our chances of winning the #lottery...
🎧 https://www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/can-you-predict-the-lottery/
@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Oxford Sparks
Teachers with girls in Y13 or equiv. who love maths or CS or both: here's a free summer program where they can learn about applications of maths at Jane Street. The timeline is not great considering exams, but do pass it on if you know someone who might like this! www.janestreet.com/join-jane-st...
I'm in the semiprime of my life!
(I've realised that my age is the middle of three consecutive semiprimes (each is the product of two primes). Fun fact; you never get four semiprimes in a row. Can you see why?)
In #MathsToday Oxford Mathematics have opened school applications for the pilot of our new free GCSE Maths mentoring scheme aimed at getting pupils from grade 7 up to grade 8 or 9 (or equiv.), with Oxford students as mentors. Now we just need schools to sign up! www.maths.ox.ac.uk/outreach/oxf...
Oxford is switching from MAT to TMUA for Maths, Computer Science, and joint honours, as part of a wider move to UAT-UK tests. See www.maths.ox.ac.uk/r/tmua for info and resources. As you can imagine, our website says MAT in lots of places, please bear with us as we change them all to TMUA! ^James
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In #MathsToday I'm getting ready for Oxford Online Maths Club tomorrow, where DPhil student Alice will introduce General Relativity to an audience of mostly #ALevelMaths students. You / your students could join in too; it's free (no sign-up!) with over 100 other episodes at www.maths.ox.ac.uk/r/club
