Professor Cheryl Praeger (University of Western Australia) has been awarded the 2019 Prime Minister's Prize for Science. Professor Praeger received the Prize for contributions to group theory, permutation groups, combinatorics and the mathematics of symmetry. She received the Prize at a ceremony on October 16 at Parliament House in Canberra. 

The London Mathematical Society (LMS) would like to extend its congratulations to Professor Praeger who became an Honorary Member of the Society in 2014. 

Fiona Nixon, the LMS Executive Secretary, has decided to take early retirement and will be leaving the Society on April 11th next year. Fiona has been with the Society for almost 10 years and has played a major role in enabling the Society to carry out its aims. This includes overseeing the activities at De Morgan House and making sure that everything runs smoothly behind the scenes.

It is with great sadness that the London Mathematical Society (LMS) has learned of the death of Professor Elmer Rees. Professor Rees was elected to LMS membership on 18 April 1974. Over the years he served the Society in several capacities notably as Vice President (1994-1996) and as a member of LMS Council. Professor Rees was also the LMS-NZMS Forder Lecturer in 1995.

After much work and effort on the part of the organisers, especially Christiane Rousseau, Chair of the IDM Governing Board, a vote is to be taken at the  40th General Conference of UNESCO (November 12-27 2019)   to proclaim the International Day of Mathematics on March 14th (pi day) every year.

Please do visit the website here. A media page will very soon be online with logos in different languages and material for announcing IDM. You are encouraged to you to use this material to spread the news in your community. 

A call for scholarship applications to participate at the 8th European Congress of Mathematics, Portorož, Slovenia, 5-11 July 2020 is now open. The 8ECM Scholarship covers a Congress fee waiver and two-star accomodation close to the conference venue. All interested students, postdoctoral researchers and senior researchers should apply via the online registration form.

The slates for the 2019 LMS elections to Council and Nominating Committee are now available. More information, including the candidates' biographies, details of the Members' forum to discuss the elections and a timetable for the Society's elections in 2019 is available here.

The introduction of new GCSE and A-level Mathematics qualifications has not been easy. Students receiving their A-level results today have been the test subjects for both. The LMS warmly congratulates students and their teachers for their achievements in these difficult circumstances. 

It is fantastic that Mathematics is still the most popular A-level and that the number of students taking Further Mathematics has grown enormously in the past decade. These successes have been achieved through the hard work of teachers and numerous organisations. 

Following the consultation with the membership, further discussion by Council, and legal advice, the latest version of the revised Standing Orders received preliminary approval from the Privy Council. The document, which can be found here, was presented at the General Meeting on June 28th and prepared for a final vote at the AGM on November 29th. (Note the later date than usual.)

We are delighted to announce that Ken Brown, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow, has been awarded the 2019 David Crighton medal by the Councils of the LMS and the IMA for his seminal contributions to noncommutative algebra and for his remarkable record of service and dedication to the UK mathematics community.