Annual Report to Members 2015

Glossary ACME — Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education SET — Science, Engineering and Technology ALMAB — A level Mathematics Advisory Board S&FE — Schools and Further Education AoC — Association of Colleges SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics BAMC — British Applied Mathematics Colloquium SIAM UKIE — UK and Republic of Ireland Section of BMC — British Mathematical Colloquium SIAM BIS — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and CMath — Mathematics CMS — Council for the Mathematical Sciences THE — Times Higher Education DfE — Department for Education TSST — Teacher Subject Specialism Training ECM — Early Career Mathematicians UCL — University College EdMS — Edinburgh Mathematical Society UKIPG — UK Inter-Professional Group EPSRC — Engineering and Physical Sciences Research ULO — University Liaison Officer Council EuMS — European Mathematical Society EUROMECH — European Mechanics Society FE — Further Education FRS — Fellow of the Royal Society FTE — Full Time Equivalent GCE — General Certificate of Education GCSE — General Certificate of Secondary Education HE — Higher Education HEA — Higher Education Academy HEdSA — Higher Education Services Area HEFCE — Higher Education Funding Council for England HEI — Higher Education Institutions HoDoMS — Heads of Departments of Mathematical Sciences ICT — Information, Communications, Technology IT — Information Technology IMA — Institute of Mathematics and its Applications LMS — London Mathematical Society LSE — London School of Economics MA — The MEI — Mathematics in Education and Industry MP — Member of Parliament MSOR — Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research NANAMIC — National Association of Numeracy and Mathematics in Colleges NCETM — National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics NCTL — National College for Teaching and Leadership Ofqual — Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator ORS — Operational Research Society OUP — Oxford University Press PgLO — Postgraduate Liaison Officer PSRB — Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies QAA — Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education QTS — Qualified Teacher Status RCUK — Research Councils UK RSS — Royal Statistical Society

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INTRODUCTION IMA AND GOVERNMENT 2015 was another good year for the IMA. Both in its own right and as a member of CMS the IMA has been involved with a wide range of We ran the Department for Education Mathematics engagement activities in Parliament this year. Initial Teacher Scholarships scheme for a third successful year recommending 76 outstanding We were awarded a fourth DfE / NCTL grant to run applicants for scholarship funds, and were awarded a the Mathematics Teacher Training Scholarships grant to repeat the process for a fourth year. scheme.

Our e-Student undergraduate programme continues IMA Council members are in regular contact with to mature. We now have more e-Students than we DfE, BIS, HEFCE, and EPSRC. have traditional members. At December 2015 there were 5,930 e-Students. On 9 March John McWhirter chaired the panel of CMS judges who selected the ‘SET for Britain’ We continue to engage with social media and now mathematics awards (which is now run by the have over 9,370 members of our LinkedIn Group; Parliamentary and Scientific Committee). We were and our ‘Company’ LinkedIn Group has over 13,820 very thankful for the generous sponsorship of these followers. This represents a major national and prizes by the Clay Mathematics Institute and the international following! Bank of England. This is the largest science event held in the Houses of Parliament annually, with the Our conference team ran 12 events welcoming 661 aim of strengthening dialogue with Parliamentarians. delegates. The Voice of the Future event took place on 4 Our fourth Employers’ Forum was hosted by Rolls- March 2015 at Portcullis House. The event, Royce, with a bonus visit to their wonderful Rolls- organised as part of National Science and Royce Heritage Trust! Engineering Week, was an opportunity for scientists aged 16-35 to put questions to a panel of MPs. We continued to develop our Mathematics Matters case studies that have been so successful. The Parliamentary Links Day took place on 23 June at the Houses of Parliament. The theme of the 2015 We played a leading role with the CMS in the event was the ‘Science and the New Parliament’. inclusion of mathematics within SET for Britain at Parliament. Our researchers and posters were so Our Executive Director, David Youdan, has strong that we have been invited back for 2016. continued to serve as an Advisor to the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. The IMA ran the biggest maths stand in the biggest Big Bang ever. 65,000+ students and parents in four SERVICES TO MATHEMATICS days!

The IMA MathsCareers website attracted almost Big Bang 250,000 visits over the year and it has over 3,980 In 2015, the Big Bang Science and Engineering Fair followers on Twitter. We also issued three more returned to the Birmingham NEC. The survey of the editions of our e-16+ newsletter. 2014 event suggested that visitors lacked awareness of careers in mathematics following their attendance. And on top of this we ran our regular activities Consequently, in the 2015, mathematics activities covering branches, education, grants, journals, were distributed through the show to improve mathematics consultations, and Mathematics Today. interaction.

We hope that you enjoy reading the comprehensive The IMA was allocated 45 m2 in which it details in the rest of this report. demonstrated both Outreach Kits, the Space Shuttle

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simulator and the Foam Cube Challenge. All the invited collaboration from other members of the items proved very successful with visitors. The IMA committee to feed into the response. was fortunate in being supported by enthusiastic students from local universities and also Bath. Professor Elizabeth Mansfield was an invited speaker at the “Successfully Integrating Women In To Overall there were fewer maths exhibits although STEM” meeting in September 2015 which was Steve Joiner from Coventry, the team from GCHQ organised by Inside Government. Diversity in the and the University of Essex all made welcome Mathematical Sciences community continues to be returns. an important topic for the Committee.

Visitors to the NEC were at roughly the same level as in 2014 and despite concerns about the new layout, Journals the stand was as busy as ever as 65,000 visitors The Institute owns seven academic journals, which engaged enthusiastically with maths activities. are published in print and online by Oxford University Press (OUP). The journals are: Research Committee • IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics Professor Elizabeth Mansfield, Vice President Learned Society, chaired the Research Committee in Editors: Alan R. Champneys, University of 2015. Professors Darren Crowdy, James Davenport, Bristol; Yibin B. Fu, University of Keele and Rod Halburd, Rebecca Hoyle, Ian Roulstone and Demetrios T. Papageorgiou, Imperial College Ahmer Wadee joined the Committee during 2015. London. The full membership of the Committee can be • IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis viewed via the Quick Link ‘Research’ on the IMA Editors: Arieh Iserles, University of Cambridge website homepage. and Endre Süli, . • Mathematical Medicine and Biology: A Journal These researchers contribute to our discussions with of the IMA the research funding councils and policy makers, and Editors: Oliver E. Jensen, University of work to promote the benefits of fundamental and Manchester; John R. King, University of applied mathematical research to the economy and to Nottingham and James P. Keener, University of society. The Research Committee also assess Utah. applications for Small Grants. • Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA In 2015 the Research Committee contributed its Editors: Robert Calderbank, Duke University; views towards a CMS response to the “Nurse Review David Donoho, Stanford University; John of UK Research Councils”. Research Committee Shawe-Taylor, University College London and nominated young researchers, via CMS, to be Jared Tanner, University of Oxford. considered for participation in the “Voice of the • IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Future 2015” event, which provided a unique Information opportunity for young scientists and engineers to Editors: Nicos Karcanias, City University and enjoy a ‘Science Question Time’ with members of Sarah Spurgeon, University of Kent. the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology. • IMA Journal of Management Mathematics Editors: Philip Scarf, University of Salford; Aris The Research Committee submitted a response to the Syntetos, University of Cardiff and Rogemar BIS consultation on Support for Postgraduate Study. Mamon, University of Western Ontario. An interview of Research Committee member, Dr • Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: an Helen Wilson, which described the challenges faced International Journal of the IMA by mathematicians today and introduced the Editors: Duncan Lawson, Newman University; Institute’s Mathematics Matters case studies was Christopher Sangwin, Loughborough University published in International Innovation; Dr Wilson and Anne Watson, University of Oxford.

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Five journals currently have impact factors. The IMA • 15th IMA International Conference on Journal of Numerical Analysis, The IMA Journal of Cryptography and Coding, St Catherine’s Mathematical Medicine and Biology, and The IMA College, Oxford, 15 – 17 December 2015 Journal of Management Mathematics all increased their impact factor during the most recent assessment This programme of conferences and meetings was period. typical of the busy and varied series that IMA delivers for the community. The majority of All IMA journals are fully compliant with the RCUK feedback was positive. Members from industry and Open Access Policy. academics experienced in attending a range of conferences outside mathematics were very pleased with conference prices. Some academic members Conferences were not content with our prices. All prices were set The conference programme for 2015 is summarised following the guidance of Council. below: According to audited accounts, conferences were • IMA 2015 Conference on Research in subsidised in 2015 by the IMA by £64,935. Mathematics and its Applications (Eight Great However, excluding overheads, the subsidy was Technologies) University of Bath, 9 January £46,971 against a budgeted ceiling set by Finance 2015 Committee of £42,000. Nevertheless, members are • Early Career Mathematicians’ Spring urged to explain to critics in some university Conference 2015, University of Sheffield, 7 departments that prices are based on costs. When we March 2015 are charged commercial rates by universities we have • IMA Mathematics 2015, Mary Ward House, 19 to pass these on. March 2015 • 3rd IMA International Conference on Flood IMA Lectures Risk, Swansea University, 30 – 31 March 2015 The 2015 IMA Lighthill Lecture at BAMC BMC • 8th IMA Conference on Mathematical Education 2015 in Cambridge was presented by Jacques of Engineers, Loughborough University, 20 Dumais. The title of his talk was “Some Intriguing April 2015 Dynamical Systems Inspired by Plants”. • IMA International Conference on Barriers and

Enablers to Learning Maths: Enhancing Additionally, the BAMC BMC also featured a public Learning and Teaching for All Learners, lecture by Stephen Hawking and Michael Green on University of Glasgow, 10 – 12 June 2015 Quantum Black Holes and the Pointless Universe. • 2nd IMA Conference on Mathematics in This talk was sponsored by the IMA in celebration of Finance, , 18 – 19 June the fiftieth anniversary of the IMA Journal of 2015 Numerical Analysis. • IMA Conference on Numerical Methods for Simulation (Formerly the ICFD Conference on Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics) Small Grants Mathematical Institute, Oxford, 1 – 4 September The IMA’s Small Grants Scheme is designed to be 2015 flexible so that it can be used to facilitate any • IMA Conference on Mathematics of Robotics, St research activity within the scope of mathematics and Anne’s College, University of Oxford, 9-11 its applications. Grants are available up to a value of September 2015 £600 for individuals and up to £1,200 when enabling • Early Career Mathematicians’ Autumn an event to take place. Conference 2015, University of Bath, Saturday 14 November 2015 The budget for 2015 was £12,000, although a one-off • 4th IMA Conference on Mathematics in extra £3,000 of funding was allocated to the scheme Defence, Satellite Applications Catapult, during September making a total of £15,000. Harwell Oxford, 26 November 2015

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During 2015 the Scheme received 49 applications, between Professor Chris Linton (President and the total sum requested was £33,490. Of these Designate) and the Rt Hon Nicky Morgan (Secretary requests, 18 have been paid in full, 13 have received of State for Education). partial funding and 18 have been declined. The total amount awarded during 2015 was £16,660. £1,744 Various members from the two Education was received from adjustments and refunds. The final Committees, the Institute’s Honorary Secretary with amount awarded was £14,915. responsibility for Education, Deputy Honorary Secretary Education and Education Manager represented the Institute through the following Education activities: 2015 was an extremely active year for mathematics • Attended the launch of the first draft of the education. Our contribution was led by Professor Cambridge Mathematics Framework. David Arrowsmith (Honorary Secretary with • Attended HEFCE’s PSRB Roundtable Event responsibility for Education), supported by Professor and Plenary Sessions for their Quality Nigel Steele (Deputy Honorary Secretary Education), Assessment Review as well as the Quality Professor Peter Giblin (Chair, HEdSA), Mr Chris Assessment Review Plenary Session. Belsom (Chair, S&FE), Mr Christopher Chipperton • Attended the QAA and UKIPG PSRB Forum (Chair, S&FE) and Vanessa Thorogood (Education Reducing Regulation and the Future of Quality Manager) together with all our education committee Assessment. members. • Attended the HEA stakeholder forum on the

Review of External Examining Arrangements. The Education Service Area actively promotes the engagement of the Institute's members in education • Represented the IMA on the Wakeham Review with its work through communications by email, on of STEM Degree Provision and Graduate Employability Advisory Group. the website, and in Mathematics Today. For instance: • notification of the publication of key reports; • Met with the AoC to discuss ideas for attracting people to teach mathematics in FE. • invitations to participate in events and / or contribute to external initiatives; • Attended ACME’s Teacher Education Round Table, the 2015 ACME Conference • opportunity to provide feedback on specific Mathematically Thinking, the launch of the issues; Initial Teacher Education Report and ACME's • invitations to contribute to Institute responses to round table discussion to discuss Ofqual’s consultations; consultation on conditions and guidance for AS • publication of the Institute's submissions to and A level Mathematics and Further consultation exercises. Mathematics.

• Attended the Science Council discussion Selected highlights from another busy year are shown meeting to discuss the College of Teaching. below: • Attended the Westminster Education Forum The Institute continues to be strongly supportive of Keynote Seminar The future of Initial Teacher the work of ACME and the NCETM. Training provision in England: new pathways, course content and quality. The IMA also jointly hosted an event with the NCTL • Gave their endorsement to ALMAB. which examined and discussed models for delivering • Met with FutureLearn. undergraduate maths degrees that included • Attended the University of Birmingham’s staff components of teacher education, to a level sufficient development event in relation to their book to be recommended for QTS. Transitions in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. The Teaching Schools and School Improvement • Attended the launch of ACME’s and the RSS’s Division of the NCTL also asked the IMA to promote report on Embedding Statistics and Quantitative their TSST scheme as they have been advised that the Skills. IMA is supportive of teaching; a result of a meeting • Responded to the Parliamentary Education

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Select Committee inquiry The Work of Ofqual. • Two universities, who already had degree • Attended MEI’s parliamentary reception at the programmes accredited, requested that further House of Lords. degree programmes are considered for • Attended the Royal Society’s PolicyLab meeting accreditation. on Teaching Excellence: Can one size fit all? • Nine universities have applied for accreditation, one of which is a university requesting a new degree programme is considered for Higher Education accreditation. HEdSA’s activities during 2015: • Two universities were undergoing accreditation • Wrote to CMS, highlighting their concerns at the year end. about Core Maths. • Produced a position statement on the A list of accredited degree programmes can be found Employability Skills of Maths Undergraduates. on the Programme Accreditation webpage of the • Responded to HEFCE’s discussion document on Institute’s website. The Future of Quality Assessment in Higher Education, and Stakeholder Survey 2015. Schools and Further Education • Responded to the HEA’s Annual Stakeholder The S&FE committee has welcomed two new Survey. members to the committee; Sandra Wharton and • Responded to the QAA’s consultation on the Mark Hobson. Chris Belsom stood down as Chair of revised MSOR benchmark statement. the Committee after serving two consecutive terms as • Took part in the HEA’s national funded research Chair and also retired from the Committee. He was Teaching and Learning Issues in the Disciplines. replaced by Christopher Chipperton. • Wrote to the HEA to highlight their concerns over the lack of appropriate subject specific The S&FE Committee’s activities during 2015: training for new lecturers in the mathematical • Produced the IMA Briefing Paper on 14-19 sciences. Representatives from the HEA, IMA Mathematics Education in England for the and HoDoMS meet to discuss this issue, which political parties in the 2015 General Election has led to a two-day workshop being planned for highlighting the IMA’s concerns about GCSE, September 2016. The HEA will be working in GCE Mathematics and Core Maths. partnership with the IMA and HoDoMS. • Produced the IMA Position Statement on • Responded to HEFCE's Quality Assessment Subject Specialism Teaching in Mathematics. Review: Consultation on the Future approaches • Responded to a consultation seeking views on to quality assessment in England, Wales and improving the quality of teachers’ professional Northern Ireland and attended a consultation development and proposals for an independent event on these proposals. professional body to represent and champion • Responded to the Wakeham Review’s invitation high standards in the teaching profession. to contribute evidence. • Responded to the ACME Discussion Paper - Initial teacher education of teachers of Programme Accreditation mathematics at primary and secondary: have your say. The Institute’s Programme Accreditation scheme accredits university degree programmes from which all its graduates will meet the educational Education Grants requirements for the CMath designation. Individuals in schools, FE and HEIs in the UK can apply for a grant, normally up to a maximum of During 2015: £600, to help with the costs of running or attending • Ten universities had their existing accreditation an educational activity relating to mathematics. The renewed. Education Grants Judging Panel, consisting of the • Three universities underwent the Programme Institute’s Honorary Secretary with Responsibility Accreditation for the first time since 2003. for Education and the chairs of the education

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committees, decides on each application. MathsCareers. It is expected that this transition will take place during 2016. In 2015, the Education Grants scheme received 12 applications, of which six were awarded grants for the full amount requested, four were awarded a Mathematics Teacher Training reduced grant and two were declined. The Education Scholarships Grants awarded a total of £6,046. The IMA, working with the LMS, MA, MEI, National STEM Centre and RSS, delivered the Applications approved for 2015 are shown from the Mathematics Teacher Training Scholarships on Quick Link ‘Support and Grants’ on the Institute’s behalf of the National College of Teaching and website homepage. Leadership. The overall aim of the Scholarships scheme is to improve the quality, and widen the pool, School Speaker of applicants for secondary teacher training by attracting highly qualified graduates and career- In 2015 requests for School Speakers were handled changers who might not normally consider teaching regionally, where appropriate, by IMA Branches. as a career.

Polymaths The 2014/2015 scheme was announced, and opened Polymaths is a part-time open access course validated for applications, in October 2014, with a target of by the Institute. Two universities, the University of awarding 250 Scholarships to those who commence Bolton and Liverpool John Moores University, secondary mathematics teacher training in the continue to offer the Polymaths course. A total of 26 2015/16 academic year. From the 388 applications people were awarded the Polymaths certificate in 2015. that were received, 76 Scholarships were awarded.

The fourth year (2015/2016) of the Mathematics IMA MathsCareers Teacher Training Scholarships was launched on 26 The IMA MathsCareers website achieved record October 2015. The Scholarships are still worth numbers of visitors during September – November £25,000 and 170 are available for Mathematics. 2015. The site is one of the top websites of its kind within the STEM community and visitor numbers are consistently high. During 2015 the site received Undergraduate and Postgraduate 244,746 visits. Liaison The Postgraduate and Undergraduate Liaison Social Media is still being used to raise the profile of Operation aims to increase membership and raise MathsCareers, and it now has 3,989 followers on awareness of the IMA and its work amongst students, Twitter including a number of ‘verified’ followers. recent graduates and the university community. The profile of the site, as well as mathematics Engagement of early career mathematicians is crucial generally, is raised via the distribution of classroom to the future of the Institute. materials such as posters and cards. During 2016 the materials distributed will be reprinted, with a Undergraduate activity comprises grants to stronger degree of IMA and MathsCareers branding. mathematical societies, careers talks for mathematics undergraduates and supporting careers fairs and The MathsCareers sponsorship drive is now employability events. In 2015 £7,200 was paid in underway and letters have been sent to a number of grants to the Mathematical societies of the government and financial institutions. This process Universities of Aston, Aberystwyth, Birmingham, will continue throughout 2016. Cardiff, Glasgow, Greenwich, King’s, LSE, Newcastle, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, Sheffield, Discussions are being held with the National STEM Stirling, Surrey and Trinity College Dublin. This centre regarding the move of MathsCareers teaching total includes £400 paid to UCL to support its resources to the new National Stem Centre elibrary. Chalkdust newsletter and £400 for prizes for the Visitors to the elibrary would be signposted to Oxford Industrially Focused Mathematical Modelling

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(InFoMM) Camp. Additionally, £1,000 was paid to mathematicians and those who have started work. support the Tomorrow’s Mathematicians Today 2015 These conferences were organised with assistance conference, £1,000 to support the Young Researchers from the Secretariat. in Mathematics conference, £500 for the Young Statisticians’ Meeting and £400 for prizes for the The ECM Group works closely with the University InFoMM Camp. Society activities supported Liaison project to recruit younger members and is included networking events, careers and also highly active on a range of social networking mathematical talks, quizzes and participation in IMA sites. conferences. The University Liaison Officer (ULO) delivered 30 talks, 3 workshops, supported 10 undergraduate careers fairs, 1 undergraduate Professional Affairs conference, 1 postgraduate conference, the UK Professional Affairs initiatives are progressing well. graduate modelling camp, 2 sixth form events, and The Value Proposition for Corporate Affiliation will the MEI teachers’ conference. Maths Careers be used to recruit more organisations. It is now Ambassadors delivered 6 talks. 42 universities were supported by a formal application process and a visited. The strong link with the Early Career series of criteria designed to confirm the standing of Mathematicians’ group continued with the ULO applicant organisations. We are also receiving presenting to the ECM conferences at Sheffield and enquiries from a number of organisations seeking Bath. closer ties with the IMA.

The year has seen continued growth in the e-Student The Employers’ Forum scheme has followed number to 5,930. The community raises the profile of successes at EDF Energy, AWE and GCHQ with a the IMA among students and encourages fourth event at Rolls-Royce. The topic, Mathematics participation in the wider IMA. There has been in the Industrial Workplace, attracted around sixty strong student attendance at the ECM conferences delegates from industry, commerce, and academia. and the undergraduate Tomorrow’s Mathematicians Presentations were made by a number of Today conference at York was a great success. The representatives of Rolls-Royce and Dstl in addition to six 2015 newsletters had careers themes of Cyber those from the IMA. Delegates were also treated to a Security; Journalism; Modelling and Simulation; tour of the fascinating Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. Research; Data Science; and Teaching. Some content was shared in the Mathematics Today university In 2015, the IMA was approached by MBDA, a liaison articles. multinational aerospace company based in Stevenage, with a view to the IMA’s accrediting their The virtual Postgraduate activity was grown through Professional Development Scheme. Members of the support of the Young Researchers in Mathematics Professional Affairs Committee visited MBDA in conference to 137 users from 51 Institutions. The October and were pleased to accredit the impressive Postgraduate Liaison Officer (PgLO) delivered 2 scheme. talks and supported 3 conferences. We are grateful to Sam Kamperis, our previous PgLO, who left to join At present, our Corporate Affiliates include Oxford University Press. He has now been succeeded representatives from: by Daniel Cheng from York. • EDF Energy Early Career Mathematicians’ Group • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory • Government Communication Headquarters The Early Career Mathematicians’ (ECM) Group • QinetiQ aims to allow those starting out in the profession the opportunity to develop their skills and network with • MEI their peers. Two conferences are held over the • Rolls-Royce course of a year – this year, the spring conference • Smith Institute was in Sheffield and the autumn conference in Bath. • Tesco Both conferences were well-attended by both student • The Met Office

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• Tessella Branches • Thales Research and Technology (UK) Ltd Branches continue to be an important feature of the • Vodafone IMA, providing regional networking opportunities. They are run by committees of local members, with We are very grateful for the involvement of these administrative support provided by the Secretariat. organisations with mathematics and with the Institute. The six active branches have all held varied programmes of events for their members during In addition, we have over 125 organisations listed on 2015. Plans for 2016 are already underway in all the IMA website as Friends of Mathematics across a areas. Members are encouraged to check the website range of sectors: aeronautics, consulting, defence, for the latest branch activities in their region. The energy, engineering, finance, ICT, manufacturing, Presidential Tour of Branches, which began in late pharmaceuticals, research, science, services, and 2014, concluded in September with a well-attended transport. visit to the West Midlands branch.

Mathematics Today There remain some areas of the UK which are not represented by branches. Members are encouraged In June 2015 we remembered David Broomhead’s to consider establishing new branches in these areas, decade-long contribution to Mathematics Today with for which Secretariat assistance will continue to be a a superb Memorial Issue that reflected his wide high priority. Irish members are working to re- research interests and showcased the best of Dave’s activate their branch. It is hoped that the first event inspired editorials. We celebrated A Century of for some years will be held in 2016. General Relativity and the President (2014–2015) Professor Dame Celia Hoyles, and Professor Richard Noss guest edited an informative Special Issue – Diversity Windows on Advanced Mathematics: An Education Special Issue. In 2012 Council empowered the IMA Research Committee to lead on the IMA policy on Women in The Editorial Board continues to ensure a range of Mathematics which is included on the IMA website. articles suitable for all readers. Members are Further work has been achieved during the last year requested to continue submitting quality feature in the support of a wider diversity agenda as follows: articles. This year the Early Career Mathematicians the IMA has signed up to the Science Council Catherine Richards Prize competition was won by Declaration on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, and Drs Andrew Irving and Ebrahim Patel for their Council has appointed champions to lead the IMA in excellent article ‘Mixing Motions’, which was this initiative both for the Science Council agenda published in the February 2016 issue. The Catherine and for promotion of diversity via its inclusion on the Richards Prize continues to select the best article agenda of all IMA committee meetings. published each year. The 2015 prize was awarded to David J.T. Sumpter for his article ‘How to Model Honeybee Colonies’. MEMBERSHIP The Membership Committee, chaired by Dr Charles Evans, is delegated, by Council, to assess all IMA e-16+ Newsletter individual corporate membership applications. The The e-16+ newsletter published three editions in Membership Committee is currently made up of 15 2015. It is designed to inspire and raise interest in Chartered Mathematicians who are Fellows of the mathematics amongst 16 to 19 year olds and has Institute. They have a background in at least one of gained over 700 subscribers. The newsletter shows the following major areas of employment for the usefulness, interest, beauty and applications of mathematicians; academic research and teaching, mathematics in many areas. It also keeps students up schools and further education, industry, commerce, to date with mathematical people and activities finance and IT. relevant to their age group.

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We have had the privilege to welcome 45 new the role of Honorary Secretary with responsibility for Fellows, 44 new Members and 47 new Chartered Education and Professor Elizabeth Mansfield became Mathematicians and/or Chartered Scientists. We have Vice President Learned Society. also had the great pleasure to welcome over 430 new Associate Members, Students and Affiliates. Council continued in 2015 to advance the strategy which was agreed following its last strategic review Membership figures as at 31 December 2015 are: which took place in 2011. Honorary Fellow 17 Fellow 1,255 All who sit on Council are the Trustees who approved this report. A full list of Council can be Member 1,270 seen at: Associate Fellow 239 http://www.ima.org.uk/about_us/governance/council. Associate Member 1,275 cfm.html Affiliate 271 Student 279 Executive Board Total 4,606 The Executive Board involves all Honorary Officers In addition to this the Institute has 5,930 e-Students of the Institute together with Dr Alan Stevens and making our total figures, as at 31 December 2015: selected staff members from the Secretariat. The TOTAL 10,536 Executive Board continues to work very well with a This represents a growth of 15% in one year. role that is clearly complementary to that of Council.

Of the above memberships, 1,912 were registered as Chartered Mathematicians and 274 as Chartered IMA Committees Scientists. Details of leading IMA Committees are shown on the Governance webpages. Chartered Mathematics Teacher

The Chartered Mathematics Teacher Registration Authority consists of representatives from the IMA, EXTERNAL RELATIONS the Association of Teachers of Mathematics, the Mathematical Association, and the National UK Mathematics Organisations Association of Numeracy and Mathematics in Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) Colleges. Dr Charles Evans, the chair of the CMS is composed of the IMA, the LMS, the RSS, Institute’s Membership Committee, also chairs the the EdMS, and the ORS. Professor Sir Adrian Smith Chartered Mathematics Teacher Registration FRS Hon. FIMA is the Chair of CMS. Many outside Authority. mathematics do not see the need for so many

mathematics organisations. Those who only wish to We now have 46 active Chartered Mathematics deal with one organisation therefore deal with CMS. Teachers.

A number of activities that relate to education and GOVERNANCE research were advanced together with our sister Professor Dame Celia Hoyles, who became IMA societies within CMS. President on 1 January 2014, chaired Council as it considered all the issues in this report. CMS continued to promote the needs of mathematics to BIS, DfE, EPSRC, HEFCE, the House of Council was pleased to welcome the following Commons Science and Technology Committee, the elected members in 2015: Dr Nira Chamberlain, House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, Professor Alistair Fitt, Professor Paul Glendinning, and the Scottish Funding Council. Dr Zoe Kelson and Professor Nigel Steele. CMS published in October its report on The Additionally, Professor David Arrowsmith took up Mathematical Sciences People Pipeline, which was

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also featured at a Parliamentary event in January The IMA has a representative who is an invited 2016. CMS continued to promote the Deloitte report, observer to the HoDoMS meetings and activities. “Measuring the economic benefits of Mathematical The IMA always seeks to develop its higher Sciences Research in the UK”, which found that the education strategy in agreement with HoDoMS and contribution of mathematical sciences research to the the LMS. UK economy is estimated to represent approximately ten per cent of all UK jobs (2.8m) and approximately UK SET and Others sixteen per cent of total UK Gross Value Added (GVA) (£208 billion). Science Council The IMA is a member of Science Council and continues to work cooperatively with Science London Mathematical Society (LMS) Council to promote science, including mathematics, Throughout 2015 we continued to work with the to Government. LMS in many areas including research, Mathematics Initial Teacher Training Scholarships and Throughout 2015 the Chartered Scientist designation mathematics promotion. The LMS continues to has continued to be popular with members with 274 provide the Joint Promotion of Mathematics Unit that holding the designation. the IMA Council supports with an annual grant of £5,000. The unit’s work includes responding to the International media, initiation of press releases and influencing policy makers concerning the benefits of SIAM mathematics. In 2015 IMA members who live in the UK received a discounted SIAM membership fee under our Together we also award the David Crighton Medal reciprocity agreement. (A reciprocal arrangement for Services to Mathematics and the Mathematics exists for SIAM members who live in the US). We Community, and the Christopher Zeeman Medal for have joint promotional campaigns and co-operative Mathematics Promotion. activities with SIAM and SIAM UKIE. EuMS and Euromech The IMA continues to rent an office at De Morgan The IMA is a member of both of these organisations, House. This facility allows us to maintain an and IMA members can pay their subscriptions via excellent working relationship with the LMS. Catherine Richards House.

The IMA Council continues to affirm that it wishes Our website also shows a list of members who to fully embrace the concepts and principles of a represented the IMA to STEM organisations in 2015 New Unified Mathematics Society, and hopes that at: www.ima.org.uk/stemreps2015.pdf through constructive engagement the LMS and the IMA will be able to achieve this goal jointly at an agreed date in the future. SECRETARIAT The Institute staffing at the end of the year was: Executive Director – David Youdan Other UK Mathematics Organisations Assistant Director – John Meeson We continue to work closely with the Association of Administration Assistant – Lucy Dunford Teachers of Mathematics, the Mathematical Conference Officer – Lizzi Lake Association and NANAMIC in the management of Editorial Officer – Rebecca Waters the Chartered Mathematics Teacher Registration Education Manager – Vanessa Thorogood Authority. Executive Manager – Alison Penry Finance Manager – Lynda Jones We also work closely with many sister organisations, Membership Assistant – Lisa Hart ACME, NCETM, and the Joint Mathematical Membership Manager – Caroline Irwin Council to promote and support mathematics Services Assistant – Gemma Reeves whenever possible. Services Officer – Joanna Baldacci

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Services Officer – Eugene Kidwell received from members' subscriptions exceeds the University Liaison Officer (0.7 F.T.E.) – Erica Tyson value of membership services. The subscription Administration Officer (part-time) – Karen surplus is spent on meeting our charitable objectives. Hedderley Administration Assistant (part-time) – Debbie Sullivan Notes to the Financial Statements for Conference Support Officer (part-time) – Pamela the year ended 31 December 2015 Bye The accounts given in Appendix 1 represent an Membership Officer (part-time) – Natalie Stanton extract from the full formal financial statements, and Postgraduate Liaison Officer (part-time) – Vacancy should be read in conjunction with the relevant notes, which are shown on our website at: FINANCE www.ima.org.uk/accountnotes2015.pdf

The final result was a surplus of £127k, compared Our website also shows our Independent Auditor’s with a budget surplus of £2k. The difference was due Report to the Members at: to a number of reasons: www.ima.org.uk/auditorsreport2015.pdf

Income This Annual Report was approved by the Trustees at We received a surplus from 2014 journal sales of the Council meeting of March 2016. £63k from OUP, mainly due to their sale of the digital archive to French institutions. The IMA Trustees

The NCTL Scholarships project attracted fewer applications that target. The chargeable IMA staff therefore invested more staff time than was budgeted to encourage more applications. This extra work generated an increase of the net result of £25k, however, much of this increase was spent on non- chargeable staff and support costs.

Expenditure More electronic communication and delayed marketing promotion resulted in an underspend of £14k.

The Education activity at the Big Bang Fair and a postponed 16+ lecture produced a saving of £11k.

At the end of 2015 the total assets less current liabilities was £1,018,223. In 2014 the equivalent figure was £890,883.

Funds were used to support our charitable aims. There is a clear public benefit in our activities to support education, run educational conferences, to support mathematics to Government, and to regulate the professions of Chartered Mathematician and Chartered Mathematics Teacher.

Members receive a membership publication: Mathematics Today, six times a year. The revenue

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THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS Appendix 1

DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Funds Funds Funds Funds 2015 2015 2015 2014 Incoming resources £££ £ Entrance fees 2,777 - 2,777 2,687 Subscriptions 284,147 - 284,147 276,950 Conference and symposium fees - income 126,026 - 126,026 117,879 Publications income and Institutional subscriptions 582,503 - 582,503 509,966 Miscellaneous income 573 - 573 1,259 Appeal Fund, donations and bequests 84 - 84 2,146 Interest received 5,433 3 5,436 6,617 Careers in M & 50th Ann 5,064 - 5,064 34,445 Scholarships & HE STEM 184,380 - 184,380 267,211 Education 3,000 - 3,000 7,000 1,193,987 3 1,193,990 1,226,160 Resources expended Salaries, pensions and ni 486,869 - 486,869 485,735 Other staff expenses 17,615 - 17,615 18,639 Rates, insurance, light and heat 26,781 - 26,781 25,455 Telephones 4,420 - 4,420 4,907 General printing, postage and stationery 21,260 - 21,260 29,543 Office equipment, hire and maintenance 2,507 - 2,507 3,848 Council and committees 33,501 - 33,501 25,042 Branches and groups 1,554 - 1,554 2,309 Education 14,763 - 14,763 19,839 Publications (including Maths Today) 73,128 2,019 75,147 64,831 General expenses 4,422 - 4,422 9,575 Bank charges 2,949 - 2,949 2,943 Legal and professional 997 - 997 - Audit and accountancy 7,548 - 7,548 7,718 Depreciation & amortisation of property 6,893 - 6,893 5,858 Overseas activities 1,323 - 1,323 947 Subscriptions to other bodies 9,076 - 9,076 8,588 Repairs and renewals 989 - 989 2,142 Web-site expenses 4,258 - 4,258 4,718 Presidential address 384 - 384 3,453 Conference direct costs 98,600 - 98,600 83,133 Grants/donations 60,110 - 60,110 64,992 Strategy Review Weekend - - - - Information Technology 2,223 - 2,223 2,129 I.T. Consultancy 3,845 - 3,845 2,050 Careers in M & 50th Ann 18,837 - 18,837 46,026 Scholarships & HE STEM 129,294 - 129,294 185,603 De Morgan House rental 11,407 - 11,407 11,378 De Morgan House furnishings - - - 44 De Morgan House other 5,122 - 5,122 4,744 18 Nelson Street 8,000 - 8,000 8,000 Development - web and conferences 5,918 - 5,918 7,847 Decreased stock 38 - 38 62 1,064,631 2,019 1,066,650 1,142,098

RETAINED SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR 129,356 (2,016) 127,340 84,062

14 THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS Appendix 1 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2015 31-Dec 31-Dec 2015 2014 ££££ FIXED ASSETS Freehold Property 119,624 124,224 Fixtures and equipment 3,204 1,645 122,828 125,869

CURRENT ASSETS Stocks 1,238 420 Trade debtors 2,262 55,235 Prepayments and accrued inc. 38,888 33,133 Cash at bank and in hand 1,276,423 12,393 1,101,639 1,318,811 12,393 1,331,204 1,190,427

CREDITORS due within 1 year 428,449 7,360 435,809 425,413

NET CURRENT ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) 895,395 765,014 1,018,223 890,883

CAPITAL AND RESERVES Income and expenditure account 1,006,454 876,917 Restricted income and expenditure account 7,052 9,068 Revaluation reserve 4,717 4,898 1,018,223 890,883

NOTES Creditors due within 1 year Trade creditors 45,156 52,243 Social security and other taxes 61,011 61,268 Accruals and deferred income 329,642 311,902 Deferred Income restricted - - 435,809 425,413

Income and expenditure account Balance as at 1st January 2015 890,883 Surplus for the 12 months 127,340 Balance as at 31st Dec 2015 1,018,223

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