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Product DescriptionMuch debate has centered around the decreasing mathematical ability of students entering higher education, as well as the discrepancy between skills found in the UK and Europe in mathematics. This collection of articles from leading researchers and teachers considers solutions to this problem, with suggestions outlined for new methods of teaching the subject. Topics include the application of mathematics to engineering careers; the problems of wider access to higher education and current practices that are helping to tackle them; teaching experience from varying educational establishments; and computer-based teaching and assessment. The discussions presented here should be read by anyone involved in mathematics, education, and engineering.Review`It was a breath of fresh air to read this book... It is full of readable, informative, and incisive articles on current trends in mathematics education written by the people who really know what is going on - the lecturers!... The contributors and editors are to be congratulated on producing a well integrated collection of papers... If... you teach mathematics to engineers, I would encourage you to rush over to your university library and get them to order it for you!' IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied in Business & Industry, vol. 8, no. 2, 1997About the AuthorLeslie Raymond Mustoe, Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University of Technology. Stephen Hibberd, Senior Lecturer, Nottingham University.