SECONDARY MATHEMATICSINCREASING 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

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

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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

Case Studies:

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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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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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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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Role Model Effects…

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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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

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Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools Checklist…..

• Do you invite Local Scale-up leaders in the class-room as role-models?

#scaleup

|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE

Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools Checklist…..

• 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

|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE

Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools Checklist…..

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

#scaleup

|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE

Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools Checklist…..

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

#scaleup

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Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools Checklist…..

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

#scaleup

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Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools Checklist…..

• Extra-curricular student entrepreneurship activities / clubs?

#scaleup

|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE

Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools Checklist…..

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

#scaleup

|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE

Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools Checklist…..

• 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..

Empowering Teachers:

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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

Empowering Teachers:

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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

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Role Model Effects…

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|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE

Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

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

|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE

Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools

• Do you use linkedin to help your students explore the careers made

possible by a passion for mathematics?

#scaleup

|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE

Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools

• Do you use linkedin to help your students explore the careers made

possible by a passion for mathematics?

#scaleup

|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE

Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools

• Do you use linkedin to help your students explore the careers made

possible by a passion for mathematics?

#scaleup

|THE SCALE-UP REPORT ON UK ECONOMIC GROWTH Sherry Coutu CBE

Closing The Scale-Up Gap:

Schools

• Do you use linkedin to help your students explore the careers made

possible by a passion for mathematics?

#scaleup

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

SECONDARY MATHEMATICSINCREASING PARTICIPATION AND INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO

SEE THE VALUE IN STUDYING MATHEMATICS

Sherry Coutu CBE

@scoutu

23 Feb 2015