The Joint Mathematical Council (JMC) of the United Kingdom was formed in 1963 to 'provide co-ordination between the Constituent Societies and generally to promote the advancement of mathematics and the improvement of the teaching of mathematics'.
The JMC serves as a forum for discussion between societies and for making representations to government and other bodies and responses to their enquiries. It is concerned with all aspects of mathematics at all levels from primary to higher education.
The constituent societies are
Adults Learning Mathematics
Association of Teachers of Mathematics
Association of Mathematics Education Teachers
British Society for the History of Mathematics
British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics
Conference of heads of Departments of Mathematical Sciences
Edinburgh Mathematical Society
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
London Mathematical Society
Mathematical Association
Mathematics in Education and Industry
National Association for Numeracy and Mathematics in Colleges
National Association of Mathematics Advisers
National Numeracy
National STEM Centre
NRICH
Operational Research Society
Royal Academy of Engineering
Royal Statistical Society
United Kingdom Mathematics Trust
Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education
Department for Education
Education Scotland
Higher Education Academy
National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics
National College for Teaching and Leadership
Office for Standards in Education
The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation
The Royal Society
The Chair of the JMC is Paul Glaister, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at the University of Reading and a member of the Council of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
