Maths Advice
Our team offers help with mathematics to both undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate taught (PGT) students from across the university. We work with staff to provide specially designed sessions within courses, but we also offer a wide range of services directly to students such as:
- Confidential one-to-one appointments with one of our advisers. These are available to all undergraduate and PGT students, but please note that Honours and PGT Mathematics students should instead seek help directly from their School.
- A variety of online resources on our Maths and Stats Moodle, both general and subject specific – just have a browse!
- A Graduate Numeracy Moodle where you can find practice questions, lessons and videos to help with employers’ numeracy tests.
- General drop-ins, courses and workshops which are open to all students.
For help with statistics, please see the Statistics Advice webpage instead. If you still can't find what you're looking for, or for any other enquiries, please email our Maths Adviser at jenny.august@glasgow.ac.uk
Dr Jenny August
Maths Adviser
Exam-time maths drop-ins
Drop-ins are open to any student with any maths question (except Honours level Maths students), and they run frequently between now and the exams (see the timetable below).
There's no need to book, which means you won't need to wait for a free appointment slot.
An adviser will always be in the room, so just turn up with the problem you're working on!
Semester 1 Maths & Stats Drop-in and Class Timetables
Maths Drop-Ins (for any UofG student) - new exam-time drop-ins added!
> Moodle page for Maths & Stats advice - https://moodle.gla.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=140
Drop-ins are held weekly during semester, but the following is the updated timetable with additional drop-ins to help students in the run up to the exams.
| Date | Time | Venue | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 25th Nov | 14:00-16:00 | McMillan Round Reading Room 305 |
Open to any student with any maths question (other than Honours level mathematics courses). No booking required - just turn up with the problem you’re working on and your relevant course notes. |
| Mon 2nd Dec | 13:00-15:00 | St Andrews Building 202 | |
| Wed 4th Dec | 13:00-15:00 | Wolfson Medical Building 257 | |
| Thu 5th Dec | 13:00-15:00 | ||
| Fri 6th Dec | 13:00-15:00 | ||
| Mon 9th Dec | 13:00-15:00 | ||
| Tue 10th Dec | 13:00-15:00 | ||
| Wed 11th Dec | 13:00-15:00 | ||
| Thu 12th Dec | 13:00-15:00 | ||
| Fri 13th Dec | 13:00-15:00 | ||
| Mon 16th Dec | 14:00-15:00 | ||
| Wed 18th Dec | 14:00-15:00 |
Maths Essentials (for any UofG student)
Aimed at Nat 5/GSCE level, this series will cover the essential maths skills needed for students who are required to do basic calculations in their studies or future work. This particular course will be led by the Maths Adviser.
> Moodle page for this series (includes slides and practice questions) - https://moodle.gla.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=46640
| Date & Time | Title | Description | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 30th Sep 10:00-11:00 |
Fractions, decimals and percentages |
This session covers fractions, percentages and decimals. |
Gilbert Scott 250 |
| Thu 3rd Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Mon 7th Oct 10:00-11:00 |
Rearranging Equations | This session covers basic algebraic manipulation of equations. | Gilbert Scott 250 |
|
Thu 10th Oct |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Mon 14th Oct 10:00-11:00 |
Unit Conversions and Scientific Notation | This session covers unit conversions and scientific notation. | Gilbert Scott 250 |
| Thu 17th Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Mon 21st Oct 10:00-11:00 |
Linear relationships | This session covers straight lines. | Gilbert Scott 250 |
| Thu 24th Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Mon 28th Oct 10:00-11:00 |
Functions | This session covers what a function is and how to evaluate them. | Gilbert Scott 250 |
| Thu 31st Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Mon 4th Nov 10:00-11:00 |
Powers and Logarithms | This session covers powers and logarithms. | Gilbert Scott 250 |
| Thu 7th Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorials | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Mon 11th Nov 10:00-11:00 |
Basic Probability | This session covers basic probability. | Gilbert Scott 250 |
| Thu 14th Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Mon 18th Nov 10:00-11:00 |
Trigonometry | This session covers Pythagoras and SOHCAHTOA. | Gilbert Scott 250 |
| Thu 21st Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Mon 25th Nov 10:00-11:00 |
Quadratics | This session covers parabolas. | Gilbert Scott 250 |
| Thu 28th Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
Higher / A Level Maths Refreshers (for any UofG student)
This series will cover the maths skills needed for any student who has Higher (or A Level) Maths as a prerequisite for their course. This particular course will be led by the Maths Adviser.
> Moodle page for this series (includes slides and any practice question) - https://moodle.gla.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=46897
| Date & Time | Title | Description | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1st Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Graphs |
This series will cover the maths skills needed for any student who has Higher (or A Level) Maths as a prerequisite for their course. This session covers how to relate graphs to real world processes. |
Adam Smith Building 582 |
| Thu 3rd Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Tue 8th Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Algebra | This session covers algebraic manipulation, inequalities and simultaneous equations. | Adam Smith Building 582 |
|
Thu 10th Oct |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Tue 15th Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Powers and Logarithms | This session covers powers and logarithms. | Adam Smith Building 582 |
| Thu 17th Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Tue 22nd Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Straight Lines and Quadratics | This session covers straight line and quadratic equations. | Adam Smith Building 582 |
| Thu 24th Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Tue 29th Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Functions | This session covers functions including composition and inverses. | Adam Smith Building 582 |
| Thu 31st Oct 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Tue 5th Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Differentiation | This session covers differentiation, including optimisation. | Adam Smith Building 582 |
| Thu 7th Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorials | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Tue 12th Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Integration | This session covers the basics of integration. | Adam Smith Building 582 |
| Thu 14th Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Tue 19th Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Trigonometry | This session covers trig graphs, identities and how to solve trig equations. | Adam Smith Building 582 |
| Thu 21st Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
| Tue 26th Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Vectors | This session covers the basics of vectors including addition, scalar multiplication and the dot product. | Adam Smith Building 582 |
| Thu 28th Nov 15:00-16:00 |
Tutorial | Come along to this session to try out the skills you learned during this week's lecture, with help on hand if you have any questions. | Gilbert Scott 253 |
Graduate Numeracy (for any UofG student)
This particular course will be led by the Maths Adviser.
> Moodle page for this series (includes slides and any recordings) - https://moodle.gla.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=140
| Date & Time | Title | Description | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28th Oct 13:00 - 14:00 |
Workshop 1 - Percentages |
Are you applying for jobs? Graduate Numeracy tests (which are also called numerical reasoning tests) are used by many employers as part of the recruitment process for jobs and internships. The lectures are targeted at students who have done little or no maths in their degree, to give them the skills and the confidence needed to tackle the types of questions that arise. The workshops will be a chance to practice the skills demonstrated in the Graduate Numeracy session or to bring along any questions you have about the content. You should bring your own laptop or device with you. |
St Andrews Building 432 |
| Fri 1st Nov 11:00 - 12:00 |
Tutorial 1 - Percentages | Adam Smith Building 381 | |
| Mon 4th Nov 13:00 - 14:00 |
Workshop 2 - Ratios and Interpreting Graphs | St Andrews Building 432 | |
| Fri 8th Nov 11:00 - 12:00 |
Tutorial 2 - Ratios and Interpreting Graphs | Adam Smith Building 381 | |
| Mon 11th Nov 13:00 - 14:00 |
Workshop 3 - Tips for Speed | St Andrews Building 432 | |
| Fri 15th Nov 11:00 - 12:00 |
Tutorial 3 - Tips for Speed | Adam Smith Building 381 |
Introduction to Statistics (for any UofG Student)
This particular course will be led by the Statistics Adviser.
> Moodle page for this series (includes slides and any recordings) - https://moodle.gla.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=140
| Date & Time | Title | Description | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 2nd Oct 13:00 - 14:00 | Introduction to R - Part 1 | This series is for any student who will be working with data as part of their assignments, project, or dissertation. It will cover some fundamental concepts in statistics as well as how to use R Studio, a widely used statistical environment, to perform and present analyses. This first session introduces some of the basic functionality of R Studio. Bring your laptop with you to follow along! | James McCune Smith Learning Hub 507 |
| Wed 9th Oct 13:00 - 14:00 | Introduction to R - Part 2 | In the second session of this series, we will become more comfortable with R Studio and use it to create impactful graphs and predictive models. | James McCune Smith Learning Hub 507 |
| Wed 16th Oct 13:00 - 14:00 | Descriptive Statistics | The third session in this series looks at what information we can draw immediately from our data, while still painting a more complete picture than a simple average. We will cover measures of central tendencies, dispersion, and position. | James McCune Smith Learning Hub 507 |
| Wed 23rd Oct 13:00 - 14:00 | Probability | To certainly give students a better chance of answering the question "how likely was that?", our fourth session covers the basic rules of probability, as well as both discrete and continuous probability distributions. | James McCune Smith Learning Hub 507 |
| Wed 30th Oct 13:00 - 14:00 | Hypothesis Testing | This fifth session will cover hypothesis testing, which is used to draw conclusions about a whole population from a sample of data, e.g. how can news outlets call an election with only a fraction of the votes tallied? We will discuss how to choose the null and alternative hypothesis, and which distributions to use. | James McCune Smith Learning Hub 507 |
| Wed 6th Nov 13:00 - 14:00 | Simple and Multiple Linear Regression | This sixth session will discuss the relationship, or more precisely the correlation, between variables, and how to describe these relationships using simple and multiple linear regression. We will use R to generate a best fit line to pairwise ordered data, and then also generate a more complex linear model. | James McCune Smith Learning Hub 507 |
| Wed 13th Nov 13:00 - 14:00 | Logistic and Multinomial Regression | Does the amount of time a student spends studying increase the probability of passing their course, and if so, what’s my probability of passing if I spend x hours studying? This session will show how this can be answered using logistic regression, and how this can be implemented in R. | James McCune Smith Learning Hub 507 |
| Wed 20th Nov 13:00 - 14:00 | Flexible Regression | Sometimes a linear model won’t be appropriate to model the data we have and we have to instead use a flexible yet smooth curve. The last of our sessions will show how to create a flexible regression model using the R package “mgcv”. | James McCune Smith Learning Hub 507 |
Stats Drop-Ins (for any UofG student)
> Moodle page for Maths & Stats advice - https://moodle.gla.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=140
| Date | Time | Venue | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 25th Oct | 10:00-11:00 | All in St Andrews Building 202 |
Open to students with any statistics question (other than Honours level statistics courses). Come in for help with theory or issues with statistical software. No booking required. |
| Fri 15th Nov | 10:00-11:00 | ||
| Fri 29th Nov | 10:00-11:00 |
30-minute appointments
With your GUID, you can book a 30-minute maths appointment with one of our advisers using the links below. These are suitable if you only have a few specific questions or if you would just like to chat about maths study skills.
60-minute appointments
With your GUID, you can book a 60-minute maths appointment with one of our advisers using the links below. These are suitable if there is a whole topic you are struggling with, or if you would like to come as a small group.
Other SLD Advisers
Dr Jenny August
Jenny is the Maths Adviser working within Student Learning and Development. She has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh, and has worked as a postdoctoral researcher in both Germany and Denmark, focussing on abstract algebra and geometry. Throughout this time, she ran mathematics drop-in sessions and tutorials for students from a wide range of subjects.
Teaching Requests
Jenny can provide mathematics support to undergraduate and postgraduate taught degrees across all colleges. To find out what teaching she can offer your course, please get in touch by email.
For individual students looking for help, please feel free to come to a drop in or book a one-to-one appointment.
Room 315
McMillan Reading Room
University Avenue
University of Glasgow
G12 8QQ