Further Mathematics Support Programme

Further Mathematics Support Programme

www.furthermaths.org.uk

Maths is Your Future

Let Maths take you Further…

Quite soon it will be up to you to choose what you study…….but are you making an informed choice?

What do you want out of your future career?

I want to enjoy my work

I want the opportunity to travel and meet interesting people

I want to earn LOADS OF MONEY!

I want to do something worthwhile

Average Hourly Pay

Degree

Higher education

A Levels

GCSE grades A*-C

Other qualifications

No qualification

£16.10

£12.60

£10.00

£8.68

£8.07

£6.93

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the median hourly earnings by qualification level in 2010

Why Maths?

Studying maths helps developother skills

• Logical Skills

• Analytical Skills

• Problem Solving

• Resilience

• As well as Numeracy

Versatile Qualification for your Career Prospects

Finance - Actuarial Work, Accountancy, BankingFinancial Modelling

Business - Logistics, Traffic Planning, Project Management, Business Consultancy

Statistics - Medical Statistics, Market Research, Government Statistics

Teaching/Lecturing

STEM - New technologiesGovernment forecasts huge shortages of people with STEM skills needed to enter the workforce

Computing - Games Design, Internet Security, Programming, Telecommunications

© Ironclad Games Corporation Vancouver, BC.

You would use:• 3D shapes• transformations • vectors• matrices

Engineering - Aircraft Modelling, Fluid Flows, Acoustic Engineering, Quantity Surveyor, Planner, Electronics, Civil Engineering

STEM - New technologies

Science - Modelling Populations and DiseasesQuantum Physics, Astronomy,Forensics, DNA sequencing

Security and Encryption

GCHQ

STEM - New technologies

What are your options for mathematics post-16?

GCSE Mathematics – keep going to get a good grade

Science, Technology, Engineering courses – developing and improving your mathematics skills

AS level in Mathematics or Use of Maths –

1- year courses to extend what you have done at GCSE

A level Mathematics – 2 year course

AS/A level Further Mathematics – extends and broadens the range of mathematical skills and applications

It’s hard but you can do well

Many people do succeed at A level Maths

Data JCQ from 2012 A Level Results

 Subject A*/A B C D E U

English 21.2 26.9 29.9 17.2 4.2 0.6

Law 17.9 24.3 25.8 18.9 9.6 3.5

Mathematics 43.9 22.0 15.7 10.5 5.6 2.3

Media Studies 11.0 30.3 36.9 17.5 3.6 0.7

Psychology 17.5 26.1 26.8 18.3 8.6 2.7

Further Maths 57.4 21.0 11.0 6.1 2.8 1.7

All Subjects 26.6 26.0 24.0 14.9 6.5 2.0

Maths has Broad and Varied Options

Need more advice

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