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In the latest episode of Tes’ Mathematips podcast, Lucy Rycroft-Smith talks variation theory with Anne Watson

In the first episode of Tes’ Mathematips podcast, Lucy Rycroft-Smith asks Margaret Brown about multiplicative reasoning

England fans have shown ‘pride’ at its ugliest – schools should never condone such aggression, says Lucy Rycroft-Smith

We try to make maths something it isn’t just to make it more popular, says teacher Lucy Rycroft-Smith. The only way to increase take-up of the subject, she argues, is to show pupils the myriad real-world applications of maths so they see how it affects their everyday lives – and we also need more diverse role models in the maths community

Exploding the educational hamburger with complexity

Schools’ attempts to outlaw make-up are not only pointless, they can also have a damaging impact on students, writes Lucy Rycroft-Smith