Advanced maths qualifications benefit all students who’ve passed GCSE Mathematics. However, a lower proportion of girls opt for them than boys. The Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP) aims to increase participation in the advanced maths qualifications – Core Maths, AS/A level Mathematics, and Further Mathematics – and improve the teaching of these qualifications.

Rachel Beddoes is the Girls’ Participation Coordinator and Careers Lead for Mathematics in Education and Industry, on the Advanced Maths Support Programme. In this session from the Women in STEM Conference of 2021, Rachel shared the aims of the AMSP, attitudes towards STEM subjects by gender, and strategies to tackle low self-esteem and cognitive bias that hold girls back from studying STEM.

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The Advanced Mathematics Support Programme aims to increase participation in advanced maths qualifications. Rachel Beddoes is Girls’ Participation Coordinator and Employer Liaison & Careers Lead on the Programme. They share strategies for encouraging girls to overcome challenges that are stopping them from studying STEM in Further and Higher Education.

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