Mathematical Mondays! The METAL project

I came across this fabulous website over the weekend. The METAL project (or, Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning) is supported by the University of Bristol, and provides a course in the fundamental maths required to be a successful economist at university starting from the absolute basics (below GCSE standard!).

There are supporting teacher notes, lots of activity sheets, brilliant video clips that really enhance the subject material, insightful case studies and a massive question bank. My own opinion is that this is one of the most useful resources I’ve seen in a long time, as it can be used by teachers to develop some extension material yet remains highly accessible by students of a range of abilities who might be seeking to get ahead in terms of university preparation. Indeed, an economics careers talk at my college last week pointed out that most economics degrees do not require maths A-level (although I think I’m right in saying that all of the Russell Group university economics courses certainly do) but that the first year will be tough for those without it - this website will certainly help students to get up to speed. I have to say that there are some bits and bobs on there that I’ve not come across before so I’ll be working through some of the material myself!