New Delhi: The UK government has announced £6m to set up a new national academy dedicated to mathematical sciences and is currently accepting applications from organisations interested in the venture.
A UK government press statement Tuesday said that the National Academy for Mathematical Sciences will be set up over the next three years.
The academy, which will be the fifth UK national academy, is part of the government’s ambition to ensure that all young people in the UK have access to a high standard of mathematical education.
The government said that the new academy would provide expert advice to the government, policymakers, and industry to help raise public support, engagement, and international collaborations in the mathematical sciences.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the academy “a big step in transforming our national approach to maths”. “It will lead the way in arming our society with the skills and knowledge to lead the globe in jobs of the future, like AI and compute, to discover the Alan Turing of tomorrow,” he said.
Science, Innovation, and Research Minister Andrew Griffith said: “Maths is at the root of so much in our lives, from groundbreaking discoveries that keep us healthy to the engineering we rely on to do our jobs and get us from A to B.
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