As year-end exams come to a close, the pressure mounts for high school pupils and their families to decide whether to continue with Pure Mathematics or switch to Maths Literacy. This choice signifies ...

A branch of maths is being threatened by the focus of other subjects, a campaign has warned. 'Pure maths' is the popular subject in its most basic form. Demonstrated by the genius Alan Turing when he ...

As hard-pressed universities axe abstract study, the codebreaker’s great niece and top mathematicians are fighting back Almost exactly 80 years ago, British codebreakers made a crucial breakthrough.

University of Ibadan provides support as an endorsing partner of The Conversation AFRICA. It’s a problem because mathematics is the bedrock for the development of scientific reasoning. It’s taught at ...