IMA Annual Report
2018 was another good year for the IMA.
We ran the Department for Education Mathematics Initial Teacher Training Scholarships scheme for a sixth successful year recommending 235 outstanding applicants for scholarship funds and were awarded a contract to repeat the process to run the Mathematics Teacher Training Scholarships for the next three years.
Our eStudent offer continues to be highly popular, and following a refresh of our eStudent population, we had 6,823 eStudents at the end of 2018.
A second forum event for IMA Academic Representatives was held on 24 January 2018. The Academic Representatives continue to work to strengthen links between their colleagues and students and the IMA, enhancing the promotion and support of mathematics within that sector of the community.
Our conference team ran 10 events, including the first IMA Conference on Knowledge Exchange, welcoming 597 delegates.
The fifth phase of Mathematics Matters Case Studies on the theme of the ‘ubiquity of maths’ was completed. These Case Studies showcase applications of mathematics across a wide range of the economy including: weather forecasting, environment, music, health, psychology and social networks, art restoration, space, retail, architecture, and the movies; covering a wide selection of topics across the whole remit of UKRI.
We played the leading role with the CMS in the inclusion of mathematics within STEM for Britain at Parliament.
The IMA once again ran the maths stand at the biggest Big Bang ever; 80,000 students and parents in four days!
In 2018 we held the third annual 16plus lecture which was hosted at University College London on 28 June. This was a day of interesting talks with interactive elements, which was well-attended by 16-18year old students and their teachers.
The IMA MathsCareers website attracted over 613,800 visits during the year (another huge increase) and increased its followers on Twitter to 6,573. We also issued six more editions of our e16plus newsletter.
Council continued to work on its strategy development, in particular via the Membership Development Scheme (Communications and Marketing) Task Group which is shaping plans initially informed by the 2017 membership survey and Council Strategy Weekend. In 2018 a Communications and Marketing plan was produced, and a Marketing Officer will begin to advance the plan in January 2019.
And on top of this we ran our regular activities covering branches, education, grants, journals, mathematics consultations and Mathematics Today.
We hope that you enjoy reading the comprehensive details in the rest of this Annual Report to Members 2018 (pdf).
Fifty-fifth Annual General Meeting
The fifty-fifth Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications will be held on Wednesday 26 June 2019 at 4.45 p.m. at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG. Further details are available in the AGM Notice 2019 (pdf) which has been distributed with the June issue of Mathematics Today.
Voting Papers 2019
If any corporate member requires a further printed copy of the Special Motion on Subscriptions Proxy Voting Form 2019 (pdf) which has been distributed with the June issue of Mathematics Today, please contact Alison Penry (telephone: 01702 356107).
The number of nominations in 2019 for the election of Council Members matched the number of vacancies. Therefore, there will be no ballot this year. Details of newly-elected Councillors will be announced at the AGM.
