Professor Gareth Ffowc Roberts

Emeritus Professor

gareth.ff.roberts@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 383249

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Gareth was Principal of Coleg Normal Â鶹Íø (1994-96), thereafter Pro Vice-Chancellor (1996-2005) and Professor of Education (2000-2005) at Â鶹Íø and then Emeritus Professor at the university. He specialises in mathematics education with an emphasis on bilingual education.

Gareth graduated in Mathematics at Jesus College, Oxford, and took his doctorate at the University of Nottingham, where he applied Quantum Theory to study the mathematics of aromatic molecules. Awarded a University of Wales Fellowship at the Department of Applied Mathematics at UCNW he then held posts at Glamorgan Polytechnic (currently University of South Wales) and the Open University. He subsequently developed an interest in mathematics education and took an MEd at Cardiff University before being appointed as a Mathematics Adviser for Gwynedd County Council and was then appointed to Coleg Normal Â鶹Íø.

Gareth has contributed extensively to the popularisation of mathematics in articles, books and on the media, including social media. In 2010 he was awarded the Science and Technology Medal by the National Eisteddfod for his contributions to mathematics. At the Eisteddfod in Wrexham in 2011 he was accepted as a member of the Assembly of Bards, acquiring ‘Gareth Ffowc’ as his bardic name. He was elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2016 and was made an Honorary Fellow of Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol in 2018. In recognition of his public distinction he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science in 2023 by Â鶹Íø.

2024

  • E-pub ahead of print
    Boyd, T. J. M., Ffowc Roberts, G. & Owens, A. R., 23 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal for the History of Mathematics. 39, 1, p. 36-61 26 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

  • Published
    Ffowc Roberts, G., 2022, University of Wales Press. 160 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2020

  • Published
    Ffowc Roberts, G., 2020, Gomer Press.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2016

  • Published
    Ffowc Roberts, G., Feb 2016, University of Wales Press. 144 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2013

  • Published
    Smith, F. (Editor) & Ffowc Roberts, G. (Editor), 2013, University of Wales, Press. 256 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2012

  • Published
    Ffowc Roberts, G., 2012, Gomer Press.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2000

  • Published
    Ffowc Roberts, G., 2000, In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 3, 1, p. 44-56 13 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review