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View allThe Envision project brings together thought leaders to discuss what the UK education system should look like in order to prepare students to flourish in the 21st century.
The Royal Society promotes excellence in the teaching of the sciences, mathematics and computing and supports teachers to be part of the scientific community. Find resources and opportunities to support your teaching practice.
Providing independent and authoritative evidence and insights to decision-makers. Find out about the Royal Society’s research and policy projects, governed by the Education Committee and the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education.
The Google and Microsoft funded Royal Society Computing Education Project aims to support schools teaching the new computing curriculum.
Find out moreFunding for schools of up to £3,000 to run an investigative STEM project in their classrooms in partnership with a STEM professional.
Find out moreThis programme, developed in partnership with the British Academy, seeks to grow and harness the transformative power of educational research.
Find out moreThis project seeks to achieve long term reform of post-16 education, moving towards a broader and more coherent curriculum.
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Sign up nowThe Royal Society’s Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) advises the Society on mathematics education policy.
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The Royal Society hosts and supports the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME), which is the leading advisory body on 5-19 mathematics education in England.
Professor Ulrike Tillmann FRS
Elected 2008
Professor Ulrike Tillmann FRS
Professor Ulrike Tillmann is a mathematician who is known for her work in topology, especially for her discoveries relating to the moduli space of Riemann surfaces. She serves on the scientific boards of several international institutions and is an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society as well as a Member for the Leopoldina, the German National Academy. Currently, Professor Tillmann is a member of the Council of the Royal Society and chairs the Royal Society’s Education Committee.
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