Using electrodes to “excite” certain areas of the brain could help people who struggle with maths enjoy the subject more, a study has suggested. A team spanning the universities of Surrey and Oxford, ...

Nathan was awarded an academic scholarship to study mathematics at Cambridge University, holding the FG Woods scholarship throughout his undergraduate years. “In my finals at Cambridge, I got 100 per ...

A child prodigy who passed his maths GCSE at the age of eight has been rejected from Oxford University because an exam board 'lost' his paper. Jack Graham, 18, was handed conditional offer to study ...

More female pupils lack confidence when studying mathematics and science than their male peers, a survey has suggested. The gender confidence gap poses a “threat” to the UK’s future science, ...

At Oxford, studying string theory means diving into abstract mathematics and quantum physics to explore whether reality is built from vibrating strings in hidden dimensions.

King's Maths School is one of a number of schools transforming outcomes for young people A landmark new study shows that ...