Publications

  1. Brereton, N. and Grove, M. (2026) 'Challenges faced by specialist mathematics students at the transition to university: insights from across the UK', Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/hrag016

  2. Laugwitz, R., Brereton, N., and Cheng, M. (2025) 'Undergraduate students’ perception of mathematical proof', Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/hraf017

Research Talks

Below is a list of talks I have given:

  1. "Engagement Across the Years: Student Insights into the Teaching and Learning Experience of Mathematics at University"
    British Early Career Mathematicians' Colloquium 2026, University of Birmingham, June 2026.

  2. "Engagement Across the Years: Student Insights into the Teaching and Learning Experience of Mathematics at University"
    DELTA Conference 2025, University of Queensland, November 2025.

  3. "Engagement Across the Years: Student Insights into the Teaching and Learning Experience of Mathematics at University"
    CETL-MSOR Conference, University of Liverpool, September 2025.

  4. "Challenges Faced by Specialist Mathematics Students at the Transition to University: Insights from across the UK."
    British Early Career Mathematicians' Colloquium 2025, University of Birmingham, July 2025.

  5. "Staff Perspectives on the First-Year Mathematics Transition and Lessons from Mathematics Support to Enhance Mainstream Teaching"
    FYiMaths Workshop 2025, Swinburne University of Technology (Online), July 2025.

  6. "Challenges Faced by Specialist Mathematics Students at the Transition to University: Insights from across the UK."
    Invited speaker, Mathematics Education and Pedagogy Seminar, Durham University, May 2025.

  7. "Challenges Faced by Specialist Mathematics Students at the Transition to University: Insights from across the UK."
    Invited speaker, Mathematics Education Seminar, The University of Manchester, November 2024.

  8. "Challenges Faced by Specialist Mathematics Students at the Transition to University: Insights from across the UK."
    CETL-MSOR Conference, University of Limerick, August 2024.

  9. "Transitioning to the Teaching and Learning of University Mathematics: Staff Perspectives."
    Lunchtime Applied Mathematics PhD Seminar, University of Birmingham, February 2024.

  10. "Optional Learning Opportunities: The Reasons for Mathematics Students' (non-)engagement."
    CETL-MSOR Conference, Cardiff University, September 2023.

  11. "Lessons we can learn and apply from the provision of Mathematics Support to Enhance the Learning Experience for Mathematics Undergraduates."
    Lunchtime Applied Mathematics PhD Seminar, University of Birmingham, March 2023.