The Maths Learning Development Team offers the following activities to Lancaster University students:
- Embedded maths workshops – these weekly workshops cover the material introduced in the mainstream maths lectures.
These workshops are offered for first year students in Engineering, Maths & Stats and Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC). - Co-teaching – running mainstream workshops in collaboration with academic staff (LEC).
- A series of ‘Maths Skills’ workshops targeting students without A Level Maths (now available to all LU students).
- A series of maths and stats workshops targeting particular topics and correlated with the mainstream maths modules (LUMS).
- Generic maths / stats workshops – offered termly.
- Maths & Stats Help (MASH) Centre (LUMS) – offers 45 min bookable sessions with a maths tutor (for ug LUMS students); MASH is open for 6 hours per week.
- Maths /Stats Drop-ins in the Learning Zone – offered weekly, provide short consultations.
- Maths Boot Camps – run once per term on a Saturday.
Maths Boot Camp offers a series of parallel extended workshops covering Algebra, Calculus (basic & advanced levels) and Statistics. - One-to-one / small group tutorials
- Diagnostic tests
New initiatives
Academic Mentoring Scheme – supporting SpLD students – (a pilot run in Physics and LEC).
Academic Excellence Maths workshops – weekly workshops designed to challenge students and supplement the mainstream maths course (a pilot run in Physics).
Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) Scheme – the first PASS scheme introduced at Lancaster University (a pilot run in the School of Computing and Communication).
“Overcoming your fear of maths” – in the workshop students learn about maths anxiety and how it can affect their performance; students get some advice on how to overcome their fear of maths.
“Pre-University Maths Skills This Summer” – a brochure with maths problems – sent to engineering students in the summer for self-study.