One of the quieter aspects of the More Maths Grads project (http://www.moremathsgrads.org.uk/home.cfm) to date is the so-called HE Curriculum theme. Actually this is a slight misnomer. The theme is only partly concerned with curriculum content per se although some issues are arising in that respect. It is as much about understanding and improving the kind of experience we provide for our students of Mathematics how we teach them engage them and support them how they feel about that experience and what the implications are of all that.
The rationale is this: the project workers are working hard both with potential students and with employers to generate more interest in and enthusiasm for Mathematics and therefore more applicants perhaps from a wider base and thus more graduates. It therefore behoves us to understand and share what is good about the courses into which the beneficiaries of this push for more maths grads will be walking.
