For the last 20 years it has become increasingly obvious, and increasingly pressing, that mathematicians should be taught some ethical and sustainability awareness so as to realise the impact of their work. This extends even to those more highly trained, ranging from graduate students to academic staff. But what should we be teaching mathematicians and how should we do it? This project is dedicated to understanding the need for the consideration of wider societal aspects within mathematics and to outlining some of the ways in which we can incorporate the teaching of ethics and sustainability within mathematics courses at university. The aim is to design and compile a teaching resource toolkit containing a set of varied mathematical problems across different topics with key ethical and sustainability aspects embedded within them for use by lecturers.

Education Toolkit Resources: 

• an introductory handout designed for students and staff that explains why there is a need for ethics in mathematics
• a comprehensive teaching booklet featuring exercises, projects and handouts for embedding ethics in mathematics-based modules within STEM disciplines
• an sustainability introductory handout (PDF) designed for students and staff that explains why there is a need for sustainability in mathematics
• a set of sample 'ethics in mathematics' exercise problems (with guided solutions)
• a guidance article on embedding sustainability in mathematics modules (featuring 3 example problems and solution comments)