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The sigma CETL is a joint project between Coventry and Loughborough Universities, led by Duncan Lawson at CU and Tony Croft at LU with £4.85m funding over 5 years (2005 - 2010). CETL for maths and stats support. Three main threads:
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The sigma CETL is • a joint project between Coventry and Loughborough Universities, led by • Duncan Lawson at CU and Tony Croft at LU • with £4.85m funding over 5 years (2005 - 2010) CETL for maths and stats support
Three main threads: • Enhancement of maths support facilities at Coventry and Loughborough • Outreach – new centres and hubs in UK HEIs and abroad, secondments, mini project funding • Research into pedagogy and technology for maths support
Aim: to build a community of practice in mathematics and statistics support through • Funded Centres Initiative • Hubs Scheme • Mini-Project Funding • sigma Secondments • Annual National Conferences (CETL-MSOR) • The mathcentre website (mathcentre.ac.uk) • Pilot statstutor online resources
Achievements in Outreach and Dissemination: • Start-up funding for centres at Bath, Leeds, Sheffield • Pilot regional hubs in South-West and Scotland • 21 mini-projects and secondments • Four CETL-MSOR conferences (plus funding for next three years) • Close association with maths support in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland • sigma prizes for achievement in maths support
The future: inpartnership with the HE-STEM programme (a £21m HEFCE initiative) till 2012 • A current funding call to establish 4 new mathematics support centres • £15k each over two years • Requires institutional commitment to sustain the provision • Four new regional hubs to cover England and Wales, supplementing existing hubs in • South-West (coordinated by Jane White in Bath) and • North-East (coordinated by Liz Meenan in Leeds)
For more information about sigma, visit the website: http://www.sigma-cetl.ac.uk • Follow the link to Funding Opportunities on the right-hand side of this page for details of the sigma/HE STEM call for new centres. • Anyone interested in joining a hub should contact moira@sigma-cetl.ac.uk