Solving quadratic equations geometrically

I vaguely recall some years ago having seen a nonogram for solving quadratic equations, and I thought it may be a fun thing to do with my students. I couldn’t find what I was looking for, but I did come across a lovely result which seems to have been first noted by a French [...]

The Mathematics Change Plan, take 2

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Why upper management is innumerate
I haven’t written much lately, because I’m still smarting over my University’s intransigence over the Mathematics Change Plan. The basis of the argument seemed to be: enrolments in Computer Science have been falling (yes, that’s true), and since Mathematics staff make up about half of the old Department of [...]