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Contents

• Communication
• Masterclasses
• Mathematics departments
• Open University links
• Picture gallery
• Publications
• Topology links

Communication

              Mail         Dr G.R. Williams
                           The Open University in the North West
                           351 Altrincham Road
                           Sharston
                           Manchester
                           M22 4UN
                           UK
              Phone        68161 (internal)
                           0161-9987272 (reception)
              Fax          0161-945-3356
              Email        G.R.Williams /at/ Open.ac.uk

Open University Links

• The Open University
• VLE sites: MOL, Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics and Statistics Department
• The Open University in the North West
• Intranets: The Open University, Mathematics and Statistics, Region 8
• Links for ALs
• Links for Students
• Interested in becoming an Associate Lecturer with the Open University? Click here for vacancies. (I believe the old site is now obsolete.)

Topology links

• Topology by Bagels: George W Hart's page, and the YouTube videos it inspired me to make:
  
• Topology by Lego
• Toric Topology in Manchester
• Transpennine Topology Triangle
• The morphing challenge: on YouTube below, also available as a gif file.
  
• Three for the price of two
  

Masterclasses

• The Open University's masterclass page is at http://mcs.open.ac.uk/RI_MasterClasses/.

Mathematics departments

• Manchester
• Open
• Sheffield

Picture gallery

• A small selection of pictures.

Publications

• Teaching Mathematics with Online Tutorials, with B. Mestel, T. Lowe and G. Arrowsmith. MSOR Connections, 11 (1): 12 -- 17, 2011.
• A series of 12 study skills booklets, with P. Samuels and D. Bowers. Chapter 14 of Developing Graduate Skills in HE Mathematics Programmes -- Case Studies of Successful Practice. Edited by Jeff Waldock, 2011.
• Developing Students' Self-Efficacy through Mathematical Study Skills Resources, with P. Samuels. MSOR Connections, 10 (2): 26 -- 30, 2010. With a contribution from M Deane.
• Friends in high places, with R.J. Webster, Mathematical Spectrum, 42 (2), 2009/2010, 54-58
• Developing Students Academic Literacy and Mathematical Self-Efficacy through Multi-media Learning Resources, with M. Deane and P. Samuels. 6th LDHEN Symposium, Bournemouth University, April 2009. See www.aldinhe.ac.uk/bmth09.htm.
• Poincaré duality for K-theory of equivariant complex projective spaces, with J.P.C. Greenlees, Glasgow Math J. 50 (2008) 111-127
• Poincaré and his Infamous Conjecture, Mathematical Spectrum, 40 (2), 2007/2008, 50-55
• Poincaré duality in equivariant K-theory for CP(V), PhD thesis (University of Sheffield, 2005)