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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 1h

Didn’t you post this yesterday?

The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 1h

The question is wrong. Let me check my database. Can you confirm page and exercise?

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Harry @cipher-challenge.bsky.social · 5h

Over 5000 already registered at www.cipherchallenge.org ready for the practice challenges to start tomorrow at 3pm. If you are aged 11-18 and want to learn codebreaking and show the world what you can do then head over and sign up!

National Cipher Challenge

An annual codebreaking competition for UK schools and homeschooled students run by the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton

www.cipherchallenge.org

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 5h

Oh and they're going to abolish stamp duty and business rates for high streets and triple stop and search....

I reckon we're well over £20 billion of committments here.

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MEI @meimaths.bsky.social · 8h

Ritangle 2025 is here!

Answer question 1 (please DO NOT give away the answer below!) then head over to buff.ly/lchWXbU to register your team.

A level maths teachers, don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity for your students!

#ALevelMaths #Ritangle2025

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 8h

Resolution Foundation laughably complains that a person with median income can't be in the highest decile.

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 8h

"Alternatively Microsoft is offering a one-year extension to Windows 10 to give users time to assess alternatives."

Well, they are offering to SELL a year of security updates for ... ZERO pounds. Goody. Since the UK is in the European Economic Area (EEA), no reward points or backups required.

The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, us Gen Xers are the WORST

"More than a third of those who are not planning to take action and therefore risk becoming vulnerable are people aged over 55."

hang on, so 2/3 of these terrible people are under 55? Like, exactly the same proportion as the general population?

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 9h

NOT ANY MORE
The DfE has shuttered the Maths Scholarships scheme putting an end to the £31k scholarships that had previously been available.
This is a scandal, as it integrated ITT with support from the IMA, LMS, RSS, MEI, MA and STEM.

HotMinute @hotminuteuk.bsky.social · 1d

People with the potential to become teachers are being offered bursaries and scholarships worth up to £31,000 to train to teach in subjects including chemistry, maths, physics, and computing.

UK to offer £31,000 tax-free to get more teachers into classrooms

People with the potential to become teachers are being offered bursaries and scholarships worth up to £31,000 to train to teach in subjects including chemistry, maths, physics, and computing.

hotminute.co.uk

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Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 9h

Owing to a continuity/QA failure, Pearson didn’t realise Papers 1 and 2 for 2025 had been closely modelled on the 2022 papers until Paper 1 was sat. They then withdrew Paper 2 and replaced it (though not the modified versions) with, probably, the Paper 2 intended for 2026, so not a perfect fit

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 9h

Well, for a start, Economics is just silly. It's just some Maths that seems to have lost its way. And I know whereof I speak, I tutored a PPE student last year and the derivatives she was asked to do were nonsense.

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 10h

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 20h

“He’s 28 until he’s 29. That’s a fact.”

This never gets old.

martwah.bsky.social @martwah.bsky.social · 20h

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 10h

Hopefully a later episode will feature a youth service with Graham Kendrick songs

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

www.thetimes.com

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 11h

I spoke to one HOD yesterday who was thinking of switching away because of it

The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 22h

I would expect them to be expected to know what a rhombus is, I wouldn't expect them to actually know though

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 22h

I thought you'd go for the NeuWankStain castle

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 23h

My favourite is Chendler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2YsC7bGkSA

Learn Italian With 'The Friends' - S01E01 - 'That One With The Other Friend (female)'

YouTube video by [untitled normal entertainment vehicle]

www.youtube.com

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 1d

We still don’t know, but they don’t have to tell us just because we asked. The measures they put in place were properly handled and so there is no scandal.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

And of course, your reminder that the Conservatives in government enthusiastically approved every single one of the Sentencing Guidelines that they now claim are evidence of the far-right “two tier justice” myth.

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, in his speech today, he says he’s going to sack judges whose judgements he disagrees with. And get rid of the independent sentencing council. Because heaven knows you want the government to control both the judiciary and sentencing rules.

The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, my mistake. It was reported in the Guardian yesterday, but both of these outrageous comments are from earlier in the year, the Birmingham one from March.

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 1d

At least he's consistent

Robert Jenrick complained yesterday of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith”.

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 1d

That @alevelscandal.bsky.social fizzled out quickly, didn't it?

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