About Peter Rowlett
I work in maths promotion and maths education. You may be interested in my talks, publications, videos and maths podcasts. My blogs are Travels in a Mathematical World and Adventures in Technology Enhanced Learning.
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peterrowlett: RT @acmescience: Missing SCC and C&P during their summer breaks? Then you should check out Math/Maths from @Samuel_Hansen @peterrowlett ...
(29 Jul 2010 8:18am)peterrowlett: Off to Quuen Mary, London for 'Curriculum Impact: HE Mathematics links to applications in science, technology, business and industry'
(29 Jul 2010 8:15am)peterrowlett: Maths in Peter McOwan's career in physics, psychology, computers, magic, teaching & outreach; final podcast, no. 64: http://bit.ly/ahMhWB
(27 Jul 2010 11:05pm)
Recent writing
Latest Travels in a Mathematical World blog posts:
Podcast: Episode 64 - Peter McOwan, his career
(27 Jul 2010)Mathematics Today August 2010: University Liaison Officer's Report
(27 Jul 2010)New Maths Building
(26 Jul 2010)
more from Travels in a Mathematical World blog
Latest Adventures in Technology Enhanced Learning blog posts:
Video of History of maths and x
(10 Feb 2010)QMP: Problems with resuming assessments
(2 Feb 2010)QMP Problem: How many marks is it out of?
(27 Jan 2010)
more from Adventures in Technology Enhanced Learning blog
Latest report as IMA University Liaison Officer:
University Liaison Officer's Report: Podcast at sixty, Mathematics Today, 1 Apr 2010.
My report to Mathematics Today in April 2010.
Latest publications:
Popular maths latest:
Carnival of Mathematics #67, Carnival of Mathematics, 2 Jul 2010.
I hosted issue 67 of the Carnival of Mathematics, a monthly maths blog roundup.What do mathematicians do?, Off the shelves: The Careers Group Library Blog, 23 Mar 2010.
Guest blog post for the Careers Group, University of London about giving my careers talk for the IMA and what I tell students about careers options for mathematics graduates and being a professional mathematician.Shape of the cosmos, iSquared Magazine, 16 Mar 2010.
Article in iSquared Magazine accompanying the History of Maths and x topic on gravity.
Research latest:
Ask the audience (yes, all of them), MSOR Connections, 13 May 2010.
Article, based on an essay for my PGCertHE, on audience response systems/electronic voting systems and whether I would recommend their use.Visual impairment in MSOR, MSOR Connections, 30 Nov 2009 (co-authored).
Write up of talk at CETL-MSOR 2008 conference.
Recent audio
Latest episodes of Math/Maths Podcast:
more Math/Maths Podcast episodes
I was interviewed in episode 18 of Strongly Connected Components.
Latest episodes of Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast:
64 - Peter McOwan, his career
(27 Jul 2010)63 - Rhys Phillips, Electrostatic hazards in aircraft
(25 Jul 2010)62 - William Simpson, Solar physics
(22 Jul 2010)
more Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast episodes
Recent video
Shape of the cosmos, 16 Mar 2010.
Popular talk. Development of models of the cosmos. Part of History of Maths and x - where x=Gravity.
Substitution ciphers: Ancient - Renaissance, 1 Dec 2009.
Popular talk. Brief introduction to cipher cryptography. Part of History of Maths and x - where x=Cryptography.
PGCHE Portfolio, 22 Aug 2009.
Teaching and Learning Porfolio for my PGCertHE Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE).