21 Oct 2025
Girls in single-sex schools face major STEM access gaps - survey

More than half of girls in single-sex schools see limited subject choice as a barrier to pursuing careers in #science, #technology, #engineering and #maths (STEM), according to a new survey.

The annual Survey of Female Students' Attitudes to STEM was conducted by I Wish, a national non-profit organisation that empowers girls to see the potential of STEM.

The research shows that among the 2,335 Transition Year female students surveyed in single-sex schools, just 5% reported access to construction studies and 6% to engineering, compared with 84% and 74% respectively in mixed schools.

According to the study, 55% of girls in single-sex schools cite limited subject choice as a barrier to STEM, versus 37% in mixed schools.

The report calls for urgent action to ensure equal access to #STEM education for every girl in #Ireland.

#education
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1021/1539642-stem-girls/

21 Oct 2025
Girls in single-sex schools face major STEM access gaps - survey

More than half of girls in single-sex schools see limited subject choice as a barrier to pursuing careers in #science, #technology, #engineering and #maths (STEM), according to a new survey.

The annual Survey of Female Students' Attitudes to STEM was conducted by I Wish, a national non-profit organisation that empowers girls to see the potential of STEM.

The research shows that among the 2,335 Transition Year female students surveyed in single-sex schools, just 5% reported access to construction studies and 6% to engineering, compared with 84% and 74% respectively in mixed schools.

According to the study, 55% of girls in single-sex schools cite limited subject choice as a barrier to STEM, versus 37% in mixed schools.

The report calls for urgent action to ensure equal access to #STEM education for every girl in #Ireland.

#education
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1021/1539642-stem-girls/

Mathstodon.xyz is a Mastodon server for people who love mathematics. We have LaTeX rendering in the web interface!

This server has a post size of up to 1729 characters, and has been online since 2017.

https://mathstodon.xyz

You can find out more at https://mathstodon.xyz/about or contact the admin @christianp

#FeaturedServer #Mathematics #Maths #Math #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Mathstodon.xyz is a Mastodon server for people who love mathematics. We have LaTeX rendering in the web interface!

This server has a post size of up to 1729 characters, and has been online since 2017.

https://mathstodon.xyz

You can find out more at https://mathstodon.xyz/about or contact the admin @christianp

#FeaturedServer #Mathematics #Maths #Math #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

#Mathober #Mathober2025

The prompt for day 3 was 'Polyhedron'. In mathematics a 'convex polyhedron' is any subset of ℝ³ which can be obtained as the convex hull of finitely many noncoplanar points. However, when convexity is not required the definition of 'polyhedron' is in some dispute.

Certainly every convex polyhedron is a polyhedron, however there are multip-

On second thoughts, this post would be better expressed as an alignment chart meme.

#Math #Maths #Mathematics #Geometry #Polyhedra

#Mathober #Mathober2025

The prompt for day 3 was 'Polyhedron'. In mathematics a 'convex polyhedron' is any subset of ℝ³ which can be obtained as the convex hull of finitely many noncoplanar points. However, when convexity is not required the definition of 'polyhedron' is in some dispute.

Certainly every convex polyhedron is a polyhedron, however there are multip-

On second thoughts, this post would be better expressed as an alignment chart meme.

#Math #Maths #Mathematics #Geometry #Polyhedra

Counting integers up from zero, the character "m" doesn't appear in a number spelled out in English until "one million".

"zero"
"one"
"two"
"three"
...
"nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-seven"
"nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-eight"
"nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine"
"one million"

#math #maths

Counting integers up from zero, the character "m" doesn't appear in a number spelled out in English until "one million".

"zero"
"one"
"two"
"three"
...
"nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-seven"
"nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-eight"
"nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine"
"one million"

#math #maths

M(77232917) is officially the 50th Mersenne Prime.

M(77232917) was discovered seven and half years ago. Now, thanks to the diligent efforts of many GIMPS volunteers, every smaller Mersenne number has been successfully double-checked. Thus, M(77232917) officially becomes the 50th Mersenne prime.

This is a significant milestone for the GIMPS project. The next Mersenne milestone is not far away, please consider joining this important double-checking effort.

https://www.mersenne.org/report_exponent/?exp_lo=77232917&full=1

#math #maths

M(77232917) is officially the 50th Mersenne Prime.

M(77232917) was discovered seven and half years ago. Now, thanks to the diligent efforts of many GIMPS volunteers, every smaller Mersenne number has been successfully double-checked. Thus, M(77232917) officially becomes the 50th Mersenne prime.

This is a significant milestone for the GIMPS project. The next Mersenne milestone is not far away, please consider joining this important double-checking effort.

https://www.mersenne.org/report_exponent/?exp_lo=77232917&full=1

#math #maths

A new video from Matt Parker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6S5gHjuN48

And I'm in it !!

Don't let that put you off ... the rest of it is pretty good.

What hashtags should I use?

#Maths #mathstodon#Mathematics#MathChat#MathCommunity

First time I've seen it in the wild! The Mathematicians' Library on sale at a stand run by Kenilworth Books at #TMiP25

I was so surprised I accidentally signed them all!

#MathsToday #bookstodon #maths#History#HistoryOfMaths

First time I've seen it in the wild! The Mathematicians' Library on sale at a stand run by Kenilworth Books at #TMiP25

I was so surprised I accidentally signed them all!

#MathsToday #bookstodon #maths#History#HistoryOfMaths

Hilbert curve snake

#Math#Maths#Mathematics#MathArt

When designing games, the basic maths of probability systems can be useful, but also lead to a bit of head-scratching, especially for those of us for whom high school maths lessons have receded somewhat into the fog of ages past. Our archive article for this week, Axes and Arithmetic part one, gives some basic things you might need to know:

https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5593.msg119417#msg119417

#Maths#GameDev#Probability

When designing games, the basic maths of probability systems can be useful, but also lead to a bit of head-scratching, especially for those of us for whom high school maths lessons have receded somewhat into the fog of ages past. Our archive article for this week, Axes and Arithmetic part one, gives some basic things you might need to know:

https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5593.msg119417#msg119417

#Maths#GameDev#Probability

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_operators_and_symbols_in_Unicode#Mathematical_Alphanumeric_Symbols_block

Ok. Kevin had me at Chaos Theory.
https://www.securityweek.com/order-out-of-chaos-using-chaos-theory-encryption-to-protect-ot-and-iot/

#maths #encryption

We are hiring a postdoc in geometric analysis at Macquarie (Sydney, Australia). Under the direction of Paul Bryan @pabryan working on Harnack estimates, parabolic/elliptic regularity. Closes 10th August.
https://mq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CareersatMQ/job/Wallumattagal-Campus-North-Ryde/Research-Associate_R000020111

#maths

We are hiring a postdoc in geometric analysis at Macquarie (Sydney, Australia). Under the direction of Paul Bryan @pabryan working on Harnack estimates, parabolic/elliptic regularity. Closes 10th August.
https://mq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CareersatMQ/job/Wallumattagal-Campus-North-Ryde/Research-Associate_R000020111

#maths