The popularity of Mathematics at A-level continues with another increase in the number of Mathematics entries across the UK. The number of students sitting the exam is up 2.5% on last year to 97,627. This continues to be a welcome trend for Mathematics and shows that students value the skills a Mathematics qualification gives them to help fulfil their career aspirations and is excellent currency in the job market. However, the figures for AS show a significant decrease.

We are delighted to announce that the Councils of the IMA and LMS have awarded the Christopher Zeeman Medal in 2018 to Dr Hannah Fry of University College London, for her contributions to the public understanding of the mathematical sciences.

The London Mathematical Society is pleased to include News and Articles from Plus Magazine who are covering the ICM 2018 in Brazil.

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The London Mathematical Society (LMS) would like to congratulate this year’s Fields Medalists, in particular UK based mathematician Professor Caucher Birkar (University of Cambridge) who has received his award for his ‘proof of the boundedness of Fano varieties and for contributions to the minimal model program’, and Professor Peter Scholze (University of Bonn) ‘for transforming arithmetic algebraic geometry over p-adic fields through his introduction of perfectoid spaces, with application to galois representations and for the development of new cohomology t

The LMS would like to warmly congratulate Professor Alice Rogers OBE on receiving the Royal Society’s Kavli Education Medal 2018, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to mathematics education.

The medal will be formally awarded at the Kavli Education Lecture 2018 and is awarded biennially to honour impact in the fields of science, mathematics or computing education. More information about the Kavli Education Medal is available here.

The 2018 Louis Bachelier Prize is awarded to Pauline Barrieu (London School of Economics and Political Science). Pauline Barrieu's scientific contributions cover a wide range of topics spanning pricing, risk management and insurance. Her insightful papers are motivated by the needs of the practical world while being skillfully crafted with elegant analysis that illuminates the underlying structure of the problem in question.

A full citation for Pauline can be found here.

The 2018 LMS Prize winners were announced at the Society Meeting on Friday 29 June 2018. The LMS extends its congratulations to this year’s prize winners and for their continued contributions to mathematics.

PROFESSOR KAREN VOGTMANN of Warwick University is awarded the POLYA PRIZE for her profound and pioneering work in Geometric Group Theory, particularly the study of automorphism groups of free groups.

The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is pleased to announce Jonathan Keating FRS, as President-Designate. Professor Keating has been the Henry Overton Wills Professor of Mathematics at the University of Bristol since 2012 and Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research since 2015. Professor Keating will take over from the current President, Professor Caroline Series FRS, in November 2019. Professor Keating is known for his contributions to random matrix theory and quantum chaos, and their connections with number theory.

The London Mathematical Society (LMS) congratulates Professor Peter Giblin on receiving an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Peter became an LMS member over 50 years ago in 1965 when he was a PhD student at King’s College London. He was a member of LMS Nominating Committee from 2006-9, the last two years as Chair, a Holgate Session Leader 2015-18 and gave an LMS Popular Lecture in 1989.

The Bond Review on Knowledge Exchange was launched on 26th April. It contains major recommendations including the establishment of an Academy for the Mathematical Sciences and suggests various mechanisms for the development of suitably skilled mathematicians and for strengthening the national infrastructure for engagement between mathematicians and potential users.