In the recently released autumn budget for 2017, the government have offered schools £600 for every extra student that studies mathematics at A level. Despite being considered a subject for ‘nerds’ in school, the government are keen for young people to choose maths as a potential career path. This contrast in opinion has brought up…Continue reading “It’s never been cool to be good at maths” – Exploring stereotypes of people that study maths

The sleepy northern town of Sedgefield, County Durham, is home to an almost seventy-year-old social club. The Club, as it’s known by its members, is frequented mostly by the senior residents of the village. Three men, sixty-seven-year-old John Roper, sixty-year-old Owen Murr, and ninety-year-old George Trotter were interviewed. The men have lived in Sedgefield for a…Continue reading “I feel as if I’ve come back home”: Growing older in a rural Northern community