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Welcome to the School of Mathematics and Statistics! We carry out world-renowned distance-learning education in mathematical sciences and support a thriving research community. As Head of School, I am proud of our wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research and scholarship themes, which you can learn about here.

Colette Christiansen
Head of School of Mathematics and Statistics
Colette

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Patterns and Tilings: Beyond Aesthetics

Patterns and Tilings: Beyond Aesthetics

19 Sep 2025

Dr Iestyn Jowers (E&I) will be giving a short talk at the opening event of the City of Codes and Light festival on 01 October 2025. Organised by Milton Keynes Islamic Arts and Culture (MKIAC), the event takes place at Bletchley Park. Talk synopsis as follows: ‘Patterns and tilings: beyond aesthetics’  Islamic geometric patterns are […]

STEM Freshers: Chatting with the STEM Directors of Teaching

STEM Freshers: Chatting with the STEM Directors of Teaching

11 Sep 2023

STEM Freshers: Chatting with the STEM Directors of Teaching Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:30 – 20:30 BST Join us for…

SPS academics give OpenTalks STEM lectures

SPS academics give OpenTalks STEM lectures

30 May 2019

Professors Andrew Norton and Simon Green welcomed the public to the University in April to speak about their research with Prof Norton speaking on:…

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Dr Marc Pradas

Dr Marc Pradas

Director Of Research

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Prof Ian Short

Prof Ian Short

Professor Of Geometry

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Dr Dan Rust

Dr Dan Rust

Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics

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Latest School of Mathematics and Statistics publications

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  • Kimber, E. and Smith, C., 2027, ‘Affordances for Graphical Shape Thinking through Vivid Informal Classroom Talk’, The Mathematics Enthusiast, 24(1), pp. 69–90., https://oro.open.ac.uk/106462/.
  • Daddi-Moussa-Ider, A., 2026, ‘Phoretic interactions in two-medium wedge geometries’, The European Physical Journal Plus, 141, https://oro.open.ac.uk/112773/.
  • Derry, C., McPherson, E. and Potter, A., 2026, ‘Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students in distance education’, in Morgan, Julia; Marsh, Hazel and Clark, Colin eds. Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers in Higher Education. London: Routledge, pp. 203–217., https://oro.open.ac.uk/112449/.
  • Sudakow, I., Myers, C., Spiridonov, A., Stankevič, R., Feulner, G. and Livina, V., 2026, ‘Transitions between persistent climate–carbon regimes coincide with elevated Phanerozoic biosphere vulnerability’, Nature Communications, 17(1), https://oro.open.ac.uk/111554/.
  • Unnipillai, N. and Elfadaly, F. G., 2026, ‘Eliciting univariate priors for binomial sampling models: beyond the beta distribution’, Computational Statistics, 41, https://oro.open.ac.uk/111536/.
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