Dr Jon Devlin

Teaching Fellow & Outreach Officer

Mathematics and Statistics

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Personal statement

I am a Teaching Fellow and Outreach Officer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. I started my post in February 2022 after having completed both my Honours and PhD degrees also at Strathclyde.

As a Teaching Fellow, I mainly teach first and second year mathematics classes. This includes mathematics service classes, GA classes for engineering mathematics, and the Mathematics STEM Summer School. I also supervise final year Honours and MSc Data Analytics projects.

As the Outreach Officer, I actively deliver workshops at primary and secondary schools, colleges and within the university. These focus on showcasing the real world applications of mathematics and statistics, with the aim of encouraging students to pursue studying a science subject at university. A link to the Department outreach webpage is given here: https://www.strath.ac.uk/science/mathematicsstatistics/departmentoutreachactivities/

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Teaching

In the Academic Year 2025/26, I am teaching:

Lecturing

  • MM203: Applicable Anaylsis 1
  • MM145/MM147: Introduction to Geometry and Algebra
  • MfE: Mathematics for Engineering (Early Spring)
  • MM125: Mathematics Summer School

Tutorials

  • MM145/MM147: Introduction to Geometry and Algebra
  • MM203: Applicable Analysis 1

Other

I supervise Honours projects and support students on our Pre-Sessional Mathematics Courses.

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Previous teaching:

Lecturing

  • MM103/MM123: Introduction to Geometry and Algebra
  • MM111: Mathematics 1B
  • MM125: Mathematics Summer School
  • MM134 (MfE): Mathematics for Engineering (Early Spring)
  • MM139: Pre-Sessional MSc Mathematics 
  • MM203: Applicable Analysis 1

Tutorials

  • MM101: Introduction to Calculus
  • MM111: Mathematics 1B
  • MM112: Mathematics 2B
  • MM113: Mathematics 1E
  • MM114: Mathematics 2E
  • MM115: Mathematics 1D
  • MM116: Mathematics 1C
  • MM203: Applicable Analysis 1
  • MM215: Mathematics 2D
  • MM217: Mathematics 2M

Other

I supervised Honours and Data Analytics projects and support students on our Pre-Sessional Mathematics Courses.

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Professional Activities

Mathematics Partnership Seed Grant Project, Session 3 – St Roch's Secondary School
Recipient
31/3/2026
Outreach Workshop – Glebe Primary School 4
Recipient
26/3/2026
Outreach Workshop – Glebe Primary School 3
Recipient
26/3/2026
Outreach Workshop – Glebe Primary School 1
Recipient
26/3/2026
Outreach Workshop – Glebe Primary School 2
Recipient
26/3/2026
Mathematics Partnership Seed Grant Project, Session 3 – Our Lady's High School
Recipient
25/3/2026

More professional activities

Projects

Allan Glen Tutoring
Devlin, Jon (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2027
Partnership Seed Grant Application
Devlin, Jon (Principal Investigator) Clift, Lee (Co-investigator) Dombi, Erzsebet (Co-investigator) Goodfellow, Martin (Co-investigator) Humphrey, Suzanne (Co-investigator) Huq, Molly (Co-investigator) Kirkpatrick, Ryan (Co-investigator) Murphy, Fiona (Co-investigator) Neves, Karla (Co-investigator) Sprick, Seb (Co-investigator) Wu, Yue (Co-investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
22-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
Maths Week Scotland Event at the University of Strathclyde 2024
Devlin, Jon (Principal Investigator)
A grant-funded event at the University of Strathclyde that took place on 25 September 2022 during Maths Week Scotland for 77 pupils and 11 teachers from 11 high schools. This was organised and run by Dr Jon Devlin from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The event involved a campus tour for all participants, two mathematics workshops delivered by Dr Jon Devlin, and a talk on important black and female mathematicians throughout history, also given by Dr Jon Devlin. The grant of £2600 was awarded by the Maths Week Scotland Large Grant Fund and went towards the transport costs for schools, lunches for all participants, maths-themed resource packs for all pupils and teachers, and payment of four Student Ambassadors who ran the campus tours.
21-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2024
Allan Glen's Tutoring Programme 2024
Devlin, Jon (Principal Investigator)
The Allan Glen's Tutoring Programme involves mathematics undergraduate students travelling to Glasgow high schools once a week to tutor pupils in Higher Maths. The pupils were identified by their school as being interested in studying a science degree at university but struggling to achieve their Higher Maths condition. The programme is funded by the Allan Glen's School Club and ran in 2023 with 15 tutors providing tuition to 45 students from three schools. In 2023-24, the programme ran again with 15 tutors offering tuition to 45 pupils from three schools (5 tutors per school tutoring 3 pupils each) from 5 February to 29 March 2024. The Allan Glen's School Club awarded the programme a grant of £3023, providing a bursary of £200 for each tutor and covered travel expenses of £23 for one tutor. (The other tutors were under 22 and had free bus travel.)
05-Jan-2024 - 29-Jan-2024
Allan Glen's Tutoring Programme 2023
Devlin, Jon (Principal Investigator)
The Allan Glen's Tutoring Programme involves mathematics undergraduate students travelling to Glasgow high schools once a week to tutor pupils in Higher Maths. The pupils were identified by their school as being interested in studying a science degree at university but struggling to achieve their Higher Maths condition. The tutoring programme started in 2019 with 6 tutors and one school, and funding by the Allan Glen's School Club enabled the programme to continue in 2020 with 8 tutors at one school. In 2023, I expanded the programme to three Glasgow schools, all of which have a high proportion of SIMD0-40 pupils. The expansion saw 15 tutors offering tuition to 45 pupils from three schools (5 tutors per school tutoring 3 pupils each) from 6 February to 31 March 2023. The Allan Glen's School Club awarded the programme a grant of £3189.90, providing a bursary of £200 for each tutor and covered travel expenses of £189.90 for two tutors. (The other tutors were under 22 and had free bus travel.)
06-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
Maths Week Scotland Inter-Authority Maths Conference 2022
Devlin, Jon (Principal Investigator)
A grant-funded Inter-Authority Maths Conference that took place on 28 September 2022 during Maths Week Scotland for approximately 90 pupils from 9 high schools. This was jointly organised and run by Dr Jon Devlin from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Head of Maths from Our Lady's High School, North Lanarkshire. The conference involved the pupils taking part in mathematical team-building activities, listening to a talk by Emeritus Professor Adam McBride, and participating in two mathematics workshops delivered by Dr Jon Devlin. The grant of £2400 was awarded by the Maths Week Scotland Large Grant Fund and went towards the transport costs for schools, lunches for all participants, maths-themed resource packs for all pupils, speaker fees for Prof Adam McBride, and the purchase of new outreach materials for Dr Jon Devlin's workshops.
24-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023

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Dr Jon Devlin
Teaching Fellow & Outreach Officer
Mathematics and Statistics

Email: jon.devlin@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3804