To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the IMA, this year we are running a national competition where we will give the opportunity for all universities across the country to put forward their top BSc student.
The top scoring BSc project student from each university is invited to take part in the competition. Any topic from Maths/Stats/OR can be entered.
In 2024, we will hold the competition on Friday 26/07/2024 from 4pm. If you enter a student, you will be expected to be on the judging panel or someone from your university to represent.
WHAT: IMA NATIONAL BEST MATHS PROJECT 2024
WHERE: ONLINE
WHEN: Friday 26th July 2024 @ 4pm – 6:30pm
WHO: Academic Reps or Uni Representatives / IMA Staff / Students
Prize
1st PRIZE: £500 for the winner
2nd PRIZE: £250
3RD PRIZE: £150
We will use the below marking scheme:
15 Minute Online Presentation (10-minute talk – 5 minutes answering questions).
Mark Scheme
| Timing: | 3 marks |
| Structure: | 3 marks |
| Novelty: | 3 marks |
| Enthusiasm: | 3 marks |
| Rigour: | 3 marks |
| Answering questions: | 5 marks |
| TOTAL: | 20 MARKS |
All academic reps and students are invited. Staff from the same university as the student cannot score.
The winner will be invited to speak in December 2024 and submit an article for Maths Today magazine.
Itinerary for 26/07/2024
| 3.30pm
|
Panel to meet and discuss scoring and the format of the afternoon. Check all tech and break out rooms etc. Panel members will not mark their own student. |
| 4.00pm | Student 1: 10 min talk + 5 min questions NAME OF STUDENT (University of XXXXXXX) Title of Maths Project |
| 4.15pm | Debrief and score Student 1 |
| 4.25pm | Student 2: 10 min talk + 5 min questions NAME OF STUDENT (University of XXXXXXX) Title of Maths Project |
| 4.40pm | Debrief and score Student 2 |
| 4.50pm | Student 3: 10 min talk + 5 min questions NAME OF STUDENT (University of XXXXXXX) Title of Maths Project |
| 5.05pm | Debrief and score Student 3 |
| 5.15pm | Student 4: 10 min talk + 5 min questions NAME OF STUDENT (University of XXXXXX) Title of Maths Project |
| 5.30pm | Debrief and score Student 4 |
| 5.40pm | Student 5: 10 min talk + 5 min questions NAME OF STUDENT (University of XXXXXX) Title of Maths Project |
| 5.55pm | Debrief and score Student 5 |
| 6.10pm | END |
If students have the same totals for the presentations, then we will use the institutional project score taking into account the institutional average for that cohort. For example, Student A scored 90% and the university cohort average was 69.8%. We will recalculate so the averages are the same.
If you require any further information or you would like to enter a project, please email jenny.roberts@ima.org.uk. We will need to know numbers by early July 2024.
We will need:
1. Name of student.
2. Name of University.
3. Personal email address.
4. Title of project and short abstract.
