Every student counts: numeracy confidence for all

Author: 
Liz Gee
Affiliation: 
London College of Fashion

Numeracy is a key attribute for all our graduates regardless of their discipline. Business students will work with numbers every day in their professional roles but art practitioners need to be familiar with the basics too. With maths education often weak at school, many students lack confidence with basic numeracy. ISHE is the time to ask them to tackle this. On business and management courses a diagnostic test may be appropriate but all students should face their number demons head on. Study support are not resourced to help with numeracy confidence but they can help themselves. The attached resources give them somewhere to start.