There are now growing concerns that the opportunity to study 'pure mathematics' is becoming more and more limited. The big issue at the moment is the idea of pure mathematics vs applied mathematics, with applied mathematics slowly but surely taking over. Protect Pure Maths started their campaign after the University of Leicester closed their pure maths department altogether which naturally sparked controversy. Pure maths and applied maths are intertwined and having one without the other doesn’t really make much sense. Pure mathematics answers the why.”According to the Protect Pure Maths campaign, only 35 out of the UK’s 174 universities offer pure maths degrees despite the number of students studying maths at A-level rising 10% between 2015 and 2020.

Source: Daily Mirror August 08, 2021 12:11 UTC