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Aperiodic order

Aperiodic order

Uwe Grimm's research into the mathematics behind quasicrystals.

Pharmacoepidemiology

Pharmacoepidemiology

Heather Whitaker's work on the groundbreaking self-controlled case series (SCCS) method developed at the OU, which provided the first substantive evidence to discredit the link between MMR and autism.

Spintronics

Spintronics

Andrey Umerski's predictions on quantum tunneling changed hard disks forever.

Some of our featured students and graduates

Student stories

Read about some of our students and graduates who are using their OU studies to do great things.

Infinite spider's web

Complex dynamics

Spider's webs: the beautiful new fractal structure discovered by Phil Rippon and Gwyneth Stallard while studying systems of complex numbers that evolve over time.

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Advancing women's careers

The School provides a friendly and flexible working environment and is proud to support the Good Practice Scheme - Advancing women's careers in university mathematical sciences departments.

Athena Swan - Bronze Award

Good Practice Scheme - Advancing women's careers in university mathematical sciences departments.

News

Wednesday, Aug 2nd 2017

June Barrow-Green elected Chair of ICHM
Prof June Barrow-Green will be the next Chair of the International Commission on the History of...
Tuesday, May 9th 2017

School renews its Athena SWAN Bronze award
The School of Mathematics and Statistics has recently been successful in renewing its Bronze...

Seminars and Events

Tuesday, Sep 5th 2017, Alan Turing Room 306

Neil Manibo (University of Bielefeld)

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