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Further Mathematics Support Programme
Further Mathematics Support Programme
www.furthermaths.org.uk
Maths is Your Future
Let Maths take you Further…
Quite soon it will be up to you to
choose what you study…
….but are you making an informed choice?
What do you want out of your future
career?
I want the opportunity to travel and meet
interesting people
I want to do something worthwhile
I want to enjoy my work
I want to earn LOADS OF MONEY!
Average Hourly Pay
No qualification
Other qualifications
GCSE grades A*-C
A Levels
Higher education
Degree
£6.93
£8.07
£8.68
£10.00
£12.60
£16.10
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the median hourly earnings by qualification level in 2010
Why Maths?
Studying maths helps develop
other skills
• Logical Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Problem Solving
• Resilience
• As well as Numeracy
Versatile Qualification for
your Career Prospects
Finance
-
Actuarial Work, Accountancy, Banking
Financial Modelling
Business
-
Logistics, Traffic Planning, Project Management,
Business Consultancy
Statistics
-
Medical Statistics, Market Research,
Government Statistics
Teaching/Lecturing
STEM - New technologies
Government forecasts huge shortages
of people with STEM skills needed to
enter the workforce
Computing -
© Ironclad Games Corporation Vancouver, BC.
Games Design, Internet Security,
Programming, Telecommunications
You would use:
• 3D shapes
• transformations
• vectors
• matrices
STEM - New technologies
Engineering -
Aircraft Modelling, Fluid Flows, Acoustic
Engineering, Quantity Surveyor,
Planner, Electronics, Civil Engineering
Science -
Modelling Populations and Diseases
Quantum Physics,
Astronomy,
Forensics,
DNA sequencing
STEM - New technologies
Security and Encryption
GCHQ
What are your options
for mathematics post-16?
GCSE Mathematics – keep going to get a good grade
Science, Technology, Engineering courses –
developing and improving your mathematics skills
AS level in Mathematics or Use of Maths –
1- year courses to extend what you have done at GCSE
A level Mathematics – 2 year course
AS/A level Further Mathematics – extends and
broadens the range of mathematical skills and applications
It’s hard but you can do well
Many people do succeed at A level Maths
Subject
A*/A
B
C
D
E
U
English
21.2
26.9
29.9
17.2
4.2
0.6
Law
17.9
24.3
25.8
18.9
9.6
3.5
Mathematics
43.9
22.0
15.7
10.5
5.6
2.3
Media Studies
11.0
30.3
36.9
17.5
3.6
0.7
Psychology
17.5
26.1
26.8
18.3
8.6
2.7
Further Maths
57.4
21.0
11.0
6.1
2.8
1.7
All Subjects
26.6
26.0
24.0
14.9
6.5
2.0
Data JCQ from 2012 A Level Results
Maths has Broad and Varied Options
Need more advice
www.mathscareers.org.uk
www.futuremorph.org
www.plus.maths.org
www.furthermaths.org.uk