Media releases

A new three-year campaign launched this week by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) and the BHP Billiton Foundation as part of their national Choose Maths project, is putting [...]

Curtin University student, Hannah Mast, has been named recipient of the 2017 Penrhos College Maths Mentor Scholarship. Announced today by Penrhos College and the Australian Mathematical Sciences [...]

Science, in particular biology teachers, should be offered career incentives to take additional mathematics training to reduce out-of-field teaching. The Australian Mathematical Sciences [...]

The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) says it is time to move beyond funding debates and take action on mathematics education with Australia’s international relative positioning [...]

Australia’s deepening mathematics deficit threatens to derail innovation and future prosperity, as the discipline feels the effects of gender inequity and an ageing workforce. The Australian [...]

As many question the value of university degrees, the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute’s (AMSI) new careers website, Maths Adds, shows demand for mathematical and statistical skills is [...]

Launched today, the annual Choose Maths Awards will honour outstanding teachers of mathematics and students across Australia. A total of $69,500 will be awarded nationally to teachers, students [...]

MELBOURNE, THURSDAY 6 AUGUST 2015: Australia’s future as a high technology, research-driven economy will depend on reversing 20-year trends in the mathematical sciences, according to a new report [...]

MELBOURNE, MONDAY 3 AUGUST, 2015: Eight universities in Victoria and NSW have entered into a partnership with AMSI Intern to boost industry-academic collaborations and improve the work-readiness [...]

BRISBANE, FRIDAY 26 JUNE, 2015: When someone says they are a mathematician or describes their research, it is natural to wonder why it is useful. Why do we need it? How will it affect me? What [...]