Inspiring Young People in Mathematics Through Collaboration

SECONDARY MATHEMATICS
INCREASING PARTICIPATION AND INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO
SEE THE VALUE IN STUDYING MATHEMATICS
Sherry Coutu CBE
@scoutu
23 Feb 2015

Promoting the opportunities available to young people with mathematic
qualifications
Ensuring young people are equipped with the maths skills needed to succeed in a
competitive global economy
Developing links and collaboration between employers, educators, professional
associations and civil society

Promoting the opportunities available to young people with mathematic qualifications
Ensuring young people are equipped with the maths skills needed to
succeed in a competitive global economy
Developing links and collaboration between employers, educators, professional
associations and civil society

Promoting the opportunities available to young people with mathematic qualifications
Ensuring young people are equipped with the maths skills needed to succeed in a
competitive global economy
Developing links and collaboration between employers, educators,
professional associations and civil society

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990,000
.
Source: Adzuna
THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF ‘OPEN POSITIONS’

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1M
Number of new science,
engineering and tech
professionals required in the UK
by 2020 (Royal Society 2014)
5.8M
Number of people forecast to
be needed in the app economy
by 2018 (OECD)
THE SKILLS GAP IS SET TO GET LARGER….

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100 %
Net New Jobs created in Europe in the past 5 years were from companies less than 5 years old….
THE PACE OF CHANGE IN OUR ECONOMIES IS HIGH AND INCREASING

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70
.
Job offers per data scientist at the moment
THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF ‘OPEN POSITIONS’

The prime barrier to increased growth is a
shortage of employees who have the skill
sets these growing businesses need.
Students are unaware of the skills that are
required for available jobs, or do not see
themselves as future job creators in the
economy.
But at the same time…

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40
.
This is also the percentage of the our GDP that is generated by companies that did not exist 30 years ago…
THE PACE OF CHANGE IN OUR ECONOMIES IS HIGH AND INCREASING

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6%
54 %
JOB CREATION IS LINKED TO COMPANIES THAT ARE HIGH GROWTH (2009)
#scaleup

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1%
36 %
JOB CREATION IS LINKED TO COMPANIES THAT ARE HIGH GROWTH (2014)
#scaleup

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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/254552/13-92-business-population-estimates-2013-stats-release-4.pdf

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STARTUPS DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL OUTPUT
Research by the academic David Storey has found that the
median annual sales of a six-year-old firm in the UK are less than £23,000
This research also found that only a small group of start-ups achieve
significant growth in revenues – just one per cent have sales of more than £1 million
six years after they star
1 %
It also found that the average new firm, despite the hype that surrounds
startups, made a negligible contribution to British productivity growth.

8,923
THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE#scaleup

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SCALE-UPS ARE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
Scale-ups are found in each of the 39
LEP areas in England and 6,659 (75 per
cent) of the total 8,923 scale-ups are
located outside of London.
On average a LEP will have
approximately 228 scale-ups in their area.
These in turn can be grouped into the
Number of scale-ups companies that
employ between
• 10 and 49 employees,
• 50 and 250 employees,
• >250 employees

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Estonia has a strong ICT strategy which is showing first signs of
impact (1/2)
SOURCE: National Reform Programme Estonia 2020 (Approved by
Government, 25 April 2013); e-Estonia.com; epractice.eu
CASE STUDY
Example initiatives
Citizens
▪ Introduced Electronic Health Registry, a nationwide
system that integrates data from different healthcare
providers to a create a common record for each patient
▪ Implemented e-Prescription system, a centralised,
paperless system for issuing and handling
medical prescriptions
Healthcare
▪ Introduced e-school allowing students, teachers and
parents to collaborate in the learning process, e.g.,
teachers enter grades and attendance information for
parents to monitor
Education
▪ Implemented e-police, e.g., patrol cars equipped with
a mobile workstation allowing instant access to
multiple key databases
▪ Created a state portal, a one-stop-shop for citizens to
access and use state services, e.g., tax filing
▪ Introduced i-voting allowing citizens to cast votes from
anywhere in the world
94% income tax filed
online
~24% i-voting for 2011
Parliamentary Election
72% health records
95% X-ray pictures
available online
95% all prescriptions
issued electronically
> 85% schools use
e-School
110 patrol cars online
performing 17,000
queries per day
Public safety
DIGITISE GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO CITIZENS & BUSINESSES

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Key Messages
http://issuu.com/endeavorglobal1/docs/what_do_the_best_entrepreneurs_want
THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE
What makes any portfolio of
initiatives work in this context is the
joint efforts of a mixed group of
stakeholders:
Successful entrepreneurs,
government, large corporates,
investors and educators
(universities and schools).
Joint initiatives, joint leadership,
joint funding, joint accountability.
This mixed representation and
cross-stakeholder working is what
creates a true entrepreneurial
ecosystem.
http://www.scaleupreport.com

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90x
.
More than if you do it collaboratively…
THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE
PRICE OF ‘DOING IT ALONE’
#scaleup

|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE
Closing The Scale-Up Gap:
Schools Checklist…..
• Do you invite Local Scale-up leaders in the class-room as role-models?
#scaleup

• Do you invite leaders who studied math to your classroom to
help illustrate the amazing variety of careers enabled by an
understanding of the subject?
#scaleup

• Are there Scale-up entrepreneurs on your board of Governors?
#scaleup

• Proportion of Local Scale-up companies featured in careers fairs?
#scaleup

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• Proportion of work experience features local scale-up companies?
#scaleup

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• Extra-curricular student entrepreneurship activities / clubs?
#scaleup

• Proportion of students visiting scale-ups on ‘open days’?
#scaleup

• Do you use Founders4Schools yet?
#scaleup

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Students aged 8+ benefit from:
● real-life role models who can demonstrate the relevance and connection of what is taught in
classroom with careers
● contact with real business leaders in the local area
● get a sense of the impact of enterprise in their community
● the opportunity to consider business as a viable career choice (particularly in STEAM areas)
● gaining an understanding of what jobs created today actually entail from the creators
Teachers benefit from:
● access to a simple website that makes it easy and quick (<5 mins) to arrange events at their schools
● an opportunity to motivate students and shine
● a service that links to the curriculum (careers advice & citizenship/living in the wider world)
● an opportunity to bring STEAM to life for their students and provide students with a complete picture
of how education links to the world of work.
● a connection with local businesses within a small radius of their school or college

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30 seconds narrowing down the search by subject speciality if there are lots of volunteers in your area
Empowering Teachers:

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60 seconds adding details for the invitations we send on your behalf..

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Confirm your intentions (30 seconds)
Book the room at your school (? 5 minutes?)
Share the event with your class so they can prepare for the event

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Nationwide: every corner of the UK is
covered
8000 volunteers
filtering allows teachers to select speakers
based on subjects they studied at university to
demonstrate to students how the subjects they
are studying are relevant

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Physics In many industries a knowledge and
understanding of physics is a key skill
for a company to possess. In particular
engineering and research.
Avid Larizadeh Duggan
- Studied Engineering
- Co-founder of Boticca.com, General
Partner at Google Ventures, Hour of
Code - UK lead
Niklas Zennström
- Studied Engineering Physics at
university
- CEO of Atomico
- CEO and Co-founder of Skype
Mathematics Most companies require a workforce
which incorporates people who have
maths skills, many even hiring straight
from sixth form due to a dearth of
people who specialise in this area.
Joyita Raksit
- Studied Mathematics at university
- CTO at SeedCloud
- Founder of Daresay.co
Examples of founders segmented by field of study

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A typical F4S event lasts 1 hour, and is a discussion during which 3-4 founders
talk about their entrepreneurial journey and then answer students’ questions
Event Format:

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A snapshot of events held in schools
and colleges across the UK

Schools: Case Study
Linkedin education
• Do you use linkedin education to help your students explore
the careers made possible by a passion for mathematics?
#scaleup

Schools
• Do you use linkedin to help your students explore the careers made
possible by a passion for mathematics?
#scaleup

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