Studying Mathematics, I used to always try and solve problems on my own. But as a fresher, I soon found that my new friends at Imperial had each grown up with a very different version of Mathematics to the one I knew, and that actually exposure to all these new perspectives was very quickly enriching my overall understanding about all the new concepts, far beyond anything I could achieve on my own. That this was the proper way to learn and research Mathematics.

In this way, I’m constantly reflecting on advice from my first lecture at Imperial: 

‘We’re often told that great minds think alike, but I disagree, I think that actually great minds don’t think alike and that’s why we’re able to progress at all.’  

This is the ethos cementing the DRP - our Mathematics department here at Imperial is one of the most supportive, diverse and encouraging places for an undergraduate - we want to celebrate that! Our goal is to provide an environment for collaborative Mathematics to thrive.