The BSHM HiMEd Awards sponsor the popularization of the history of mathematics in education. Information on the current award holders can be found on the Current Lecturers page. 

Applications for 2024-25 closed on the 12th of June, and the successful candidates were Robin Wilson, Vasos Pavlika; (continuing) Deborah Kent and Peter Rowlett.

Up to four awards of £400 can be made each academic year, with the aim of ensuring a wide geographical spread across the UK and Ireland. Awards are renewable annually up to a maximum of 5 years. 

Holders of the HiMEd Award will be expected to give at least two free talks at schools, or other appropriate venues in the UK and/or Ireland, on topics in the history of mathematics, and to produce at least four digital resources for use in the promotion of the history of mathematics in schools. These resources will be placed on the BSHM website. Examples of these resources might be short (5-10 minute) videos; pdf classroom resources; or software-based demonstrations using software such as Desmos or Geogebra. They can be related to the in-person talks, or on different topics.

Contact details of each HiMEd Award-holder are given on the Society website (see Current Lecturers page), and promoted widely throughout the UK and Ireland school sector, with interested schools or other venues being invited to contact the Award-holder directly. 

HiMEd lecturers will work within the safeguarding policies of the schools they visit: safeguarding arrangements will be the responsibility of the school

Previous HiMEd lecturers

Ciarán Mac an Bhaird (2021-2024)

Michael Barany (2021–2023)