Year 9 masterclasses

The 2027 programme of maths masterclasses for year 9 pupils is still in development, but will be published here as soon as it is ready.

See the below session details for the 2026 masterclasses, to give you an idea of what to expect.

Session Title	Led by	Date
*Adventures in Iterations* In mathematics 鈥榠terating鈥� just means applying the same rule over and over again. This can be surprising powerful, leading to useful results in the real world! In this session we鈥檒l meet matrices, explore some ideas in probability and even meet Markov Chains which are at the heart of some modern applications in artificial intelligence.	Richard Lissaman Warwick Mathematics Institute	24/01/2026
*Combinatorial Games* Abstract TBC	Nicholas Jackson Warwick Mathematics Institute	31/01/2026
*How to be a spy: the maths behind cryptography* In this Masterclass, we will explore the science of secrets, from ancient ciphers to the mathematics keeping our online data secure today.	Michael Cavaliere Warwick Mathematics Institute	07/02/2026
*Puzzles of Graph Theory* Be amazed – we鈥檙e about to learn about graphs鈥� but not the graphs that you鈥檙e used to thinking about! 馃槅 In this Masterclass, we鈥檒l explore the hidden mathematics of puzzles that appear all around us, from networks of cities to the colourful challenges of games. Get ready to think like a mathematician, solve puzzles, and see the world through the lens of graph theory!	Taya Polevaya, Ava McMenamin, Olivia Cook, James Cockell, Nicolas Fung, Pranav Divakarla (undergraduate students)	28/02/2026
Communicating mathematics student session This session will be given by Warwick mathematics undergraduates as part of their module on Communicating Mathematic. Title and abstract will appear at the start of 2026.	Erin Winstanley, Kate Campbell-Balcombe, Joshua Carter, Joe Akehurst, Elliot Watson, Tom Fisher, Szymon Zajdel (undergraduate students)	07/03/2026
Group Theory: The Hidden Language of Symmetry In mathematics, symmetry is more than just mirror images or repeating patterns. It鈥檚 about understanding which features of an object remain unchanged when we transform it. By exploring simple actions like rotations and reflections, we鈥檒l see how these ideas come together in a powerful framework known as Group Theory.	Lynn Zhang, Arren Ahmed, George Bonner (undergraduate students)	21/03/2025

We are also running masterclasses for year 12 pupils.

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