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Current mathematics and statistics students contact

Email mathstats-support@open.ac.uk

Campus location

Follow the Directions to Walton Hall.

School of Mathematics and Statistics address

School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
United Kingdom

Women in mathematics

The Athena Swan Charter is a scheme that recognises and celebrates the advancement of gender equality. The OU was awarded an institutional Athena Swan Bronze award in April 2013, which was re-conferred in 2016 and again in 2021. The School was awarded a departmental Athena Swan Silver Award in 2022. You can read the School’s Athena Swan Silver Award submission.

Follow @womeninmaths to receive updates on events and news on gender equalities in STEM from X.

London Mathematical Society Good Practice Guidelines

The School supports the London Mathematical Society Good Practice Scheme and is committed to the five principles of the scheme:

a robust organisational framework to deliver equality of opportunity and reward;
appointment, promotion and selection processes and procedures that encourage men and women to apply for academic posts at all levels;
structures and systems that enable men and women to progress and continue in their careers;
organisation, structure, management arrangements and culture that are open, inclusive and transparent and encourage the participation of all staff;
flexible approaches and provisions that encompass the working day, the working year and a working life and enable individuals at all career and life stages to maximise their contribution to mathematics, their department and institution.