Motivating the unmotivated: what we can learn from students disaffected with school mathematics

The Centre for Research in Mathematics Education present a lecture looking at the evidence of the incidence of disaffection, and the importance of affect in learning or not learning mathematics.

Tags: Centre for Research in Mathematics Education, Gareth Lewis, mathematics, School of Education, teaching, University of Leicester

Cracking the Norse code

Years of study have revealed that the Vikings left a lasting genetic footprint on the North West of England.

Appears in Issue 46

Tags: DNA, Dr Turi King, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Professor Mark Jobling, Professor Steve Harding, University of Leicester, Viking DNA: The Wirral and West Lancashire Project