… and will require universities to provide additional maths enabling courses and to improve co-operation between education and maths faculties in future.
The Review, chaired by former University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gavin Brown, was commissioned by the Go8 Vice-Chancellors in 2009 because of serious concerns about the number and quality of students entering university courses requiring strong quantitative skills.
The full report can be downloaded as a PDF document.
- Response from the President, Nalini Joshi, in an ‘Opinion and Analysis’ article: The numbers don't add up in maths class;
The Australian, 24 March 2010.
- Response from the Chair of the National Committee for the Mathematical Sciences, Hyam Rubinstein, in a letter:
Few catch up. The Australian, 24 March 2010.
Links
- Announcement at Go8 website
- full report
- CSIRO media release
- Education Research Group of Adelaide
- Numbers game we can win.
The Australian, 17 March 2010 - Equation for maths warns of disaster.
The Australian, 10 March 2010 - Go figure: maths no longer in its prime.
Sydney Morning Herald, 10 March 2010 - Mathematics students in serious decline.
The Australian, 10 March 2010 - Interview of Nalini Joshi, by Alan Jones of Radio 2GB
Earlier news articles
- Sunday Telegraph, 1 March 2010
- Sunday Telegraph, 28 February 2009
- opinion article in Higher Education Supplement
The Australian, 18 February 2009 - letter to the editor
Australian Financial Review, 2 February 2009
