Students participate in a programme of seminars attracting a wide audience from within and beyond London. The group has developed a national and international reputation as a centre for research, publications, seminars and workshops. Collectively, the group produces high quality research and provides research supervision and teaching with a focus on mathematics education and educational statistics, international assessment and multilevel modelling of statistical data. The mathematics education team, led by Professors Celia Hoyles and Richard Noss , is engaged in an active programme of research. Major concerns include information technologies for learning mathematics from primary to tertiary levels, mathematics used in the workplace and students' understanding of proof.
Research methodologies range from large scale survey to case study.
The team has collaborative links with countries throughout the world and is regularly visited by leading academics in the field. Professor Alison Wolf directs the teaching and research programme of the International Centre for Research on Assessment. She is also actively involved in research and curriculum development on mathematics for adults and non-specialists, especially in Further Education. The Multilevel Models Project, directed by Professor Harvey Goldstein , is a world leader in the theory and application of multilevel models in the social sciences. The group has attracted a large number of research students studying for MPhil or PhD degrees, both part and full time.