The Joint Mathematical Council (JMC) of the

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was formed in 1963 to 'provide co-ordination between the Constituent Societies and generally to promote the advancement of mathematics and the improvement of the

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'. The JMC serves as a forum for discussion between societies and for making representations to government and other bodies and responses to their enquiries. It is concerned with all aspects of mathematics at all levels from primary to higher education.

Members

The participating bodies are * Adults Learning Mathematics * Association of Teachers of Mathematics * Association of Mathematics Education Teachers *

British Society for the History of Mathematics The British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM) was founded in 1971 to promote research into the history of mathematics at all levels and to further the use of the history of mathematics in education. The BSHM is concerned with all peri ...

* British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics * HoDoMS * Edinburgh Mathematical Society * Institute of Mathematics and its Applications *

London Mathematical Society The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the United Kingdom's learned societies for mathematics (the others being the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Edinburgh Mathematical S ...

Mathematical Association The Mathematical Association is a professional society concerned with mathematics education in the UK. History It was founded in 1871 as the Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching and renamed to the Mathematical Association in ...

Mathematics in Education and Industry MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry) is an independent educational charity and curriculum development body for mathematics education in the United Kingdom. Income generated through its work is used to support the teaching and learning of ...

* National Association for Numeracy and Mathematics in Colleges * National Association of Mathematics Advisers * National Numeracy * STEM Learning * NRICH * Operational Research Society *

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* Scottish Mathematical Council *

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The observing bodies are * Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education *

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(England) *

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National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) is an institution set up in the wake of the Smith Report to improve mathematics teaching in England. It provides strategic leadership for mathematics-specific CPD and a ...

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* The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation *

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Leadership

The Chair of the JMC i
Andy Noyes
Professor of Education at the

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and is a member of the

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Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education.

References

External links

Web site
{{Mathematics in the United Kingdom 1963 establishments in the United Kingdom Mathematics education in the United Kingdom Mathematical societies Learned societies of the United Kingdom Professional associations based in the United Kingdom Royal Statistical Society