Maths

Dr Rybdylova

Brighton researcher awarded prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship

University of Brighton mathematician Dr Oyuna Rybdylova has received a ‘life-changing’ UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) one point one million pound grant to further her work by being awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship. Dr Rybdylova, is one of 101 recipients to benefit from UKRI’s flagship scheme, which has invested a total of £109m in the fellows…

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Doing the maths. Photo by Antoine Dautry on Unsplash

Doing the maths

Global experts are coming to Brighton to discuss how maths can better assist science and engineering research. The 15th International Conference on Integral Methods in Science and Engineering (IMSE) is being held on the Moulsecoomb campus of the University of Brighton in July. IMSE 2018 will provide opportunities for scientists and engineers to exchange information…

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Professor Alison Bruce

Building science bridges

University of Brighton nuclear scientists are building bridges with colleagues in Africa. Professor Alison Bruce, Head of the nuclear physics research group at the University, led a workshop in Cape Town with scientists from South Africa, Botswana, Cameroon, Tanzania and Nigeria.

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2018

To mark International Women’s Day in 2018 we are celebrating the achievements of just some of the academics working here at Brighton. Our Women of Impact web feature demonstrates how our academic staff are achieving great things, working on the complex challenges facing society, educating and inspiring the next generation and making an impact in…

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Picturing problems

From assembling Ikea furniture to complex computing, using intuitive shapes and diagrams can open up new opportunities for communicating and solving problems. If you enjoy puzzles come and find out how diagrammatic reasoning can improve your problem solving and see if you can crack some fiendish challenges at the Gardner Tower, Attenborough Centre, University of…

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Soapbox Science’s first visit to Brighton

Head down to the seafront between 1-4pm on Saturday 29 July and celebrate women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) with Soapbox Science. Soapbox Science hosts events across the UK and the world raising the profile of women in science – breaking down barriers and challenging stereotypes about who a researcher is. And…

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Soapbox science

A scientist from our school left her lab to stand on a soapbox to explain nuclear physics to members of the public and to help eliminate gender inequality in science. Chantal Nobs, a PhD student at the University of Brighton, was one of 12 women selected to participate in the Soapbox Science London event on London’s Southbank….

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Can maths help treat spinal deformities?

The University of Brighton researchers hope to help doctors better understand deformities in the human spinal cord by using mathematical modelling. Dr Paul Harris and research student Jenny Venton, from the university’s College of Life, Health and Physical Sciences, will explain their work at the London Mathematical Society’s 150th anniversary Mathematics Festival at the Science…

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