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MOOCs 

Note that these courses are differing levels of difficulty, so you may need to experiment with a few courses to find your level. 

FutureLearn’s Maths Related Courses – lots of courses, particularly from leading UK universities. 

Edx’s Maths Related Courses and Coursera’s Maths Related Courses – loads of courses, including from many of the US’ leading universities such as Harvard and MIT. 

Open Culture’s List of Maths Courses – scroll down to the sciences section and find the Maths courses. 

Weizmann’s Institute’s Recreational Maths: Fun, Games and Puzzles – a Maths course with an emphasis on the fun. 

Royal Holloway’s Survival Statistics: Secrets for Demystifying Numbers – learn to evaluate risk, make useful approximations and more rational decisions with this online course on statistics. 

Rice University’s Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel – a highly rated course, approx. nine hours, rolling start date. 

Reading 

A Very Short Introduction to Maths – 100-page eBooks that provides a quality introduction to various areas of maths (see ‘customers who viewed this book section’ for titles on game theory, logic, algebra, applied mathematics and quantum theory). 

A Mathematician’s Apology by G. H. Hardy is an essay on the beauty of pure mathematics.  

The Pleasures of Counting by  T. W. Körner is an exciting account of how mathematics illuminates the world around us.  

Logicomix is a graphic novel by Doxiadis and Papadimitriou – it is an absolute must for anyone interested in the philosophical foundations of mathematics.  

Lectures 

London Mathematical Society’s Lecture Series – watch the past series of lectures online, including ‘Maths Greatest Unsolved Puzzles’ and ‘The Mathematics of Randomness’. 

Activities 

Cambridge University’s my HEPlus Maths Section – the topics provide guided activities, questions to think about and suggestions for further reading. Activities look at topics such as proofs, dodgy proofs and provide more links to many other 

maths resources (right hand side). 

NRICH’s Maths Resources – lots of fun maths problems and activities at various levels. 

Underground   Mathematics   – maths problems outlined in the form of an underground map making connections between different areas. 

Advanced Maths Support Programme’s List of Sources of Maths Activities for Further Mathematicians – fabulous list of comprehensive resources from the UK and US. 

+Plus Magazine – lots of maths articles and problems, particularly connecting maths to real-world issues ranging from coronavirus to election results. Lots of interesting short articles, so called ‘Maths in a Minute’. 

Maths Centre – mixture of lectures, podcasts and activities arranged by topic from A-Z; algebra to vectors.