IMA Annual Report
The IMA enjoyed another good year in 2019. We ran the Department for Education Mathematics Initial Teacher Training Scholarships scheme for a seventh successful year recommending 208 outstanding applicants for scholarship funds.
Our eStudent offer continues to be highly popular, and following a refresh of our eStudent population, we had 7,000 eStudents at the end of 2019.
A third forum event for IMA Academic Representatives was held on 18 January 2019 in Birmingham. 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, in several locations including Newcastle (Northumbria University) and Swansea.
We played the leading role with the CMS in the inclusion of mathematics within STEM for Britain at Parliament, and the final of the 2019 competition took place in Parliament on 13 March.
The IMA once again ran the maths stand at three outreach events: the Big Bang Fair alone welcomed 80,000 people, including more than 62,000 young people in 2019!
The IMA MathsCareers website attracted over 530,000 visits during the year and increased its followers on Twitter to 6,992. 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 and a Marketing Officer worked steadily in 2019 to advance this topic. Achievements included the launch of a new eBulletin for IMA members.
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 2019 (pdf).
Notice of the Fifty-sixth IMA Annual General Meeting: 1 July 2020
Following the escalation of COVID-19 in the UK, the IMA is following government advice. To keep our members and staff safe, and to avoid non-essential travel, we have made arrangements to hold the Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually this year. This will also enable us to submit the required annual documents to the Charity Commission on time, fulfilling good governance of the Charity.
Therefore, the 56th IMA AGM will take place virtually on Wednesday 1 July via GoToMeeting videoconferencing software, starting at 17:15. Places at the AGM are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. IMA members who wish to register for attendance at the virtual AGM should contact Alison Penry (Alison.penry@ima.org.uk) who will provide the required details, subject to availability of places. All registrations for attendance should be made by 16:00 on 30 June.
Further details are available in the AGM Notice 2020 (pdf) which has also been distributed with the June issue of Mathematics Today.
Voting Papers
The Special Motion on Subscriptions Proxy Voting Form 2020 (pdf) has also been distributed with the June issue of Mathematics Today. We are requesting that all those who plan to vote, on IMA subscriptions for 2021, return their completed voting papers by email (by the deadline of 23 June). Details on how to submit voting papers are included on the form.
Election of Council Members
The number of nominations in 2020 for the election of Council Members did not exceed the number of vacancies. Therefore, there will be no ballot this year. Details of newly-elected Councillors will be announced at the AGM.
