Student stories
Francesca Stranders: a life-changing experience
Francesca lined up a graduate role as a result of her industry experience and strongly encourages others to consider the benefits of completing a placement year.
Sally Cockayne: opening doors with a mathematics degree
Sally thoroughly enjoyed her university experience in the Department, completing an enriching placement year at GlaxoSmithKline.
Alice Winduss: developing professional skills
Alice Winduss attained a role in the 17³Ô¹Ï's Planning & Strategy Office after completing her BSc Mathematics degree.
Connor Vidal-Cocker: achieving academic excellence
In the final year of his BSc Mathematics degree, Connor already had a job lined up for after graduation.
Gwen Perry: placement with Thames Water
Gwen felt well supported throughout her placement year as a data analyst at Thames Water.
Marcus Denton: applying through Clearing
Marcus came to the 17³Ô¹Ï through Clearing to study BSc Mathematics with a Placement Year.
Sam Middlicott: building a career path
Sam found the opportunities that accompany studying BSc Mathematics at 17³Ô¹Ï to be far more wide-ranging that he had ever imagined.
Sangham Thapa: from Hong Kong to the UK government, via the 17³Ô¹Ï
Sangham Thapa discusses his placement as an analyst within the UK government.
Anca Curelea: getting career ready with placement
Anca spent a summer on placement with Amazon, an experience she found to be extremely beneficial.
Staff stories
Paul Glaister
In 2023, Paul Glaister, our Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education, received several prestigious national appointments to add to his existing portfolio.
Sue Todd: cost-effective clinical trials
Professor Sue Todd’s research combines methodological work on novel statistical design and analysis approaches with practical research to facilitate implementation of statistical methods in the healthcare sector.
Abhishek Pal Majumder: predicting the unpredictable
Dr Abhishek Pal Majumder specialises in applied statistics and probability, with research topics including stochastic processes, time series models and econometric models.
Sugata Mondal: mathematical clarity
Dr Sugata Mondal's research focuses on small eigenvalues of surfaces and the hot spots problem for Euclidean domains, which has had a significant impact for academics within the mathematical community.
Zuowei Wang: smart sustainable technologies
Dr Zuowei Wang focuses on how the raw polymer materials behave under various processing conditions and uses his findings to improve existing, or design new plastic manufacturing techniques.