he eight short papers here were presented by their authors at a two-hour minisymposium at the British Applied Mathematics Conference (BAMC) held at Bristol in April 2007. Their aim was to give a current overview of the main and emerging issues facing university degrees in which mathematics forms a key part. Topics include the curriculum in engineering mathematics the work of the Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingenieurs (SEFI) Mathematics Working Group how the curriculum in schools is being developed poor knowledge of mechanics among Year One students widening participation and need to form more graduates support for specialist mathematics students on the later years of their programmes of study and the training of academic staff and postgraduates who will be teaching mathematics. The briefing is intended to be short and easily read. We hope you find it so.
