Our goals

The Observatory for Mathematical Education has an ambitious longitudinal programme of research, innovation and collaboration.

Our aspiration is to stimulate and support improvements in mathematics education that will, in turn, have benefits for individuals, for the economy, and for society.

The Observatory was announced at the end of 2023. It builds on an internationally respected history of research and development at the University of Nottingham which began in 1967 with the establishment of the Shell Centre for Mathematics Education, and continued in the Centre for Research in Mathematics Education.

The Observatory’s large-scale and systemic analysis of mathematics education will resonate with all those striving to improve mathematical education.  It includes learners from the early years to postgraduate study and is concerned for mathematics-for-all and mathematical excellence.

Observatory activity