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Huw Kyffin – Trustee
After teaching mathematics in FE in London and the USA, and becoming an Advisor for Mathematics in FE across Inner London, Huw was an inspector for continuing education in Kent and was the founding Chair of NANAMIC – the National Association for Numeracy and Mathematics in Colleges, from 1992 to 1999.
He is a Chartered Mathematician and a Member of the IMA. He was a member of the steering committee of the Nuffield project, chaired by Hugh Neill, to develop a new Mathematics A level in the late 80s and was a member of the steering group of the project on Mathematical Skills in the Workplace for the Science, Technology and Mathematics Council in ...
Dr Jack Abramsky – Trustee
Jack has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge, a postgraduate diploma from Imperial College and a doctorate in Theoretical Physics from the University of Southampton.
His whole working life has been devoted to mathematics, at first teaching mathematics to both undergraduates and postgraduates at several universities. From 1981 to 1996 he headed the very large and successful mathematics team at Kingston College, before moving to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority as a member of their mathematics team, with a time as acting leader of the team. He worked very closely with Professor Sir Adrian Smith on his seminal report for the ...
Professor Margaret Brown, OBE – Trustee
Chair of the Trustees
Margaret is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Education at King’s College London, and is a previous Head of the School of Education and member of the Senior Management Committee at King’s. She has served as President of the British Educational Research Association and of the Mathematical Association, and acted as chair of the Joint Mathematical Council of the UK. She has taught in primary and secondary schools, trained teachers and directed many research projects . She has also acted as an advisor and/or committee member on several mathematics education government policy groups, and is an advisor to the Science Museum.
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Geoffrey Wain – Honorary President
As one of the founders of MathsWorldUK and as the previous long standing chair, Geoff was made Honorary President of the charity.
Biography - After a short period as a naval officer, Geoff spent 40 years in education, as a teacher and then a teacher trainer. For 24 years he was at the University of Leeds in the Centre for Studies in Science and Mathematics Education, as director of teacher training for 6 years and 2 years as Dean of the Faculty of Education. After retirement from Leeds he spent 2 years as a professor at the new University of Malaysia, Sarawak.
Between 1989 and 1992 he was co-director of the PopMaths Roadshow with ...