Eugenia Cheng on the mathematics of mathematics
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Navigating Academia: Challenges and Growth
This chapter reflects on the speaker's transition from postdoctoral roles to a permanent academic position at the University of Sheffield, highlighting the pressures and changes in the higher education landscape. It emphasizes their passion for teaching and outreach, the struggles with bureaucracy, and a drive towards making mathematics engaging and accessible. The speaker shares their journey of personal growth and their decision to leave academia to promote mathematics to a wider audience, particularly focusing on innovative teaching methods for diverse student groups.
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