Mathematics continues to be the top A-level subject in spite of a decrease in the number of A-level Mathematics entries across the UK. While the number of students sitting the exam is down by 0.6% on last year to 92,163, the percentage of the total A-level cohort represented by mathematics has risen slightly from 10.9% to 11%.

Figures released today by the Joint Council for Qualifications also show that A-level Further Mathematics has continued to rise in popularity, with entries increasing by 1.8% (to 15,257).

London Mathematical Society (LMS) Honorary Member, Ingrid Daubechies, professor of mathematics and electrical and computer engineering at Duke University, US, has received a $1.5 million grant from the Simons Foundation 

The London Mathematical Society (LMS) congratulates Professor Sir Timothy Gowers FRS on his award of the the Royal Society Sylvester Medal. The medal is awarded 'for the encouragement of mathematical research'.

The London Mathematical Society (LMS) extends its congratulations to the winners of this year's European Mathematical Society (EMS) Prizes, which have been announced at 7ECM in Berlin. The Society would particularly like to congratulate the winners from the UK, Dr James Maynard (University of Oxford), Dr Peter Varjú (University of Cambridge) and the Otto Neugebauer Prize winner, Professor Jeremy Gray (Open University). More information is available here

The 2016 LMS Prize winners were announced at the Society Meeting on Friday 8 July 2016. The LMS extends its congratulations to this year’s prize winners and for their continued contributions to mathematics .  

A DE MORGAN MEDAL is awarded to PROFESSOR SIR TIMOTHY GOWERS FRS of the UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE for his seminal contributions to functional analysis, additive number theory and combinatorics, as well as for his numerous activities on the national and international mathematical stages.

Following the results of the UK Referendum on membership of the EU, the Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) takes the following view:

·         The focus will remain on collaboration in the mathematical sciences as currently exists.

The London Mathematical Society is pleased to announce Caroline Series FRS, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick, as President-Designate. Professor Series will take over from the current President, Professor Simon Tavaré, FRS, FMedSci, in November 2017. Professor Series is known for her leading contributions to hyperbolic geometry and dynamical systems, and for her many contributions to the mathematical community.

Representatives from the Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) joined colleagues from the STEM community at Parliamentary Links Day on Tuesday 29 June.

Gresham College has announced the appointment of Chris Budd OBE, Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Bath, to the oldest mathematical chair in Britain, the Professorship of Geometry and Other Mathematical Sciences at Gresham College. In his role as Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, Chris Budd will continue the 419-year-old tradition of delivering free public lectures within the City of London and beyond. 

Professor Alice Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, King's College, London, has received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to Mathematics Education and Higher Education.