{{short description|British mathematician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Duncan Lawson | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE|CMath|FIMA|NTF}} | image = | caption = | birth_name = Duncan Austin Lawson | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = University of Oxford | occupation = | employer = {{Plainlist| * British Gas plc * Newman University * Coventry University * Higher Education Academy }} | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = {{Official URL}} | module = {{Listen|pos=center| embed=yes |filename = Duncan Lawson voice.ogg |title = Lawson's voice |type = speech |description = recorded in July 2019 }} }} '''Duncan Austin Lawson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE|CMath|FIMA|NTF}} is a British mathematician known for work in mathematics education including university-wide mathematics and statistics support.
==Early life and education==
Lawson attended Bury Grammar School and later obtained a BA and D.Phil. from the University of Oxford.<ref>{{cite web |title=Duncan Lawson MBE |url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/duncan-lawson-mbe-0a5a57a6 |website=LinkedIn |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref>
==Career==
Lawson worked for British Gas plc before moving to Coventry University in 1987. His research interests are in efficient computational methods for the calculation of thermal radiative heat transfer.
From 2005 to 2010 Lawson with Tony Croft established the sigma Centre for Excellence in University-wide mathematics and statistics support, which was awarded the 2011 ''Times Higher Education'' Award for Outstanding Support for Students.<ref>{{cite web |title=THE Awards 2011 |url=https://www.the-awards.co.uk/2021/en/page/archive-2011 |publisher=Times Higher Education |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref> The centre later developed under the National HE STEM Programme into the sigma Network for Excellence in Mathematics and Statistics Support.<ref>{{cite web |title=The sigma Network |url=http://www.sigma-network.ac.uk/about/the-sigma-network/ |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="imagoldmedalcitation">{{cite web |title=Citation for two IMA Gold Medals 2016 |date=14 September 2016 |url=https://ima.org.uk/3144/citation-two-ima-gold-medals-2016/ |publisher=Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref>
Lawson was awarded National Teaching Fellowship in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Duncan Lawson |url=https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/ntfs/professor-duncan-lawson |publisher=Advance HE |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref> Lawson also acted as Assistant Chief Executive of the Higher Education Academy from 2012-13.
Lawson was professor and associate dean of the faculty of science and engineering at Coventry University (2002–13), director of the Maths, Stats & OR Network of the Higher Education Academy (2005-9), and chair of the executive group of the More Maths Grads project (2008–10).
From 2013-18, Lawson was pro-vice-chancellor of formative education at Newman University in Birmingham, before returning to Coventry.<ref name="NU">{{cite web |title=Mathematics support adds up to an MBE for leading academic |url=https://www.newman.ac.uk/news/mathematics-support-adds-up-to-an-mbe-for-leading-academic/ |publisher=Newman University |accessdate=10 June 2019 |date=8 June 2019}}</ref>
Lawson received the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications' Gold Medal in 2016 jointly with Croft for "an outstanding contribution to the improvement of the teaching of mathematics" by establishing Sigma.<ref name="imagoldmedalcitation"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Newman University professor awarded prestigious mathematics prize |date=23 July 2016 |url=https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/30569 |publisher=Independent Catholic News |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref>
Lawson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to mathematics in higher education.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62666|supp=y|page=B19|date=8 June 2019}}</ref>
Lawson is currently director of the sigma maths support centre at Coventry University.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Our Team |url=http://sigma.coventry.ac.uk/contact-us |website=Coventry University - sigma Mathematics and Statistics Support |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website}}
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