Friday 28th November 2008
Finance jobs - Maths skills 'important for finance jobs'

People seeking jobs in finance should improve their maths skills, according to a professor of maths.

Marcus du Sautoy, a professor at Wadham College Oxford, has claimed that many top finance jobs go to those with a higher education qualification in mathematics and that maths is playing a more important role in the modern world.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr du Sautoy said: "The technology that is being used to change our voices into zeroes and ones; that is all using maths. Our world is built on the Internet, on mobile phones, on new gadgets and that is all maths."

Mr du Sautoy went on to say that job seekers will improve their chances of getting a lucrative job in finance or an IT job by gaining a maths qualification to add to their CV.

In 2007, 55.2 per cent of school children gained at least a grade C in the GCSE maths qualification.

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