Maths support

Maths support

Many of our courses require maths or numeracy skills even if you're not studying a science or maths related subject. Students are often worried about working with numbers, perhaps because they haven't studied maths since school or college etc. The resources below will help you to revise and test your numeracy and maths skills.

General maths resources and materials           maths calculations

Excellent generic maths website with downloadable
resources and interactive tests covering statistics,
a wide range of arithmetic skills etc 
http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/  

BBC Bitesize and BBC Skillwise both offer interactive tests and revison materials to enable you to refresh your basic numeracy skills and techniques.

University of Hull website with generic maths resources covering topics such as: algebra, fractions, percentages and much more
http://www2.hull.ac.uk/student/studyadvice/mathematicsresources.aspx

LearnHigher offers a range of materials and resources to help you to assess and develop your numeracy, maths and statistics skills.

Two books that you may find useful as a refresher on maths skills and techniques include:
Lawlor, Graham. (1999) Understanding maths. Studymates Ltd. 
Northedge, A. et al. (1997) The sciences good study guide. Open University.

Maths resources and materials for nurses and other healthcare professionals

Quick reference guide to calculating drug dosage
http://nursingstandard.rcnpublishing.co.uk/shared/media/pdfs/Quickref2.pdf  

Online interactive numeracy course aimed at healthcare professionals, which includes the following topics: percentages, decimals and formulae calculations
http://hsc.uwe.ac.uk/numeracy/index.asp   

We also run 'Maths skills for Nursing and Midwifery Students' workshops each semster, to find out more and book a place click here