Upcoming Events
We will be holding our second Expert Advisory Group meeting on Thursday 12 March 2026.
We will soon be launching a survey and invitation to get involved for students and ex-students who are blind or have low vision and have studied mathematics in upper secondary school.
Monthly Updates
February 2026
Technical work is progressing quickly. We have developed a low-fidelity representation of the accessible mathematics notebook, which we are refining based on feedback from our partners.
We are collating sample mathematics files from publishers, teachers and transcribers. Please contact us if you would like to share some of your files to ensure that they are considered as part of the development process.
We have received ethics approval for our first four studies from the the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (MUHREC ID50083).
January 2026
January was spent conducting an analysis of current software for mathematics notation, conversion and calculation.
After a thorough comparison of potential advantages and disadvantages, we determined that our accessible notebook should be created as a web app. This will enable access through the greatest variety of devices in schools and means that it will be easier for developers in the open source community to contribute to the project and ensure its longevity beyond the life of the 3 year ARC project. Please contact us if you are interested in getting involved.
December 2025
The accessiblemaths.org website was launched on 1 December 2025.
We held our third and final discussion forum for Australian educators on 1 December. A discussion forum for students will be scheduled in 2026.
The first meeting of the Expert Advisory Committee was held on 11 December 2025. With quarterly meetings, the Committee brings together the Mathematics Accessibility Project team members with additional experts from all of our partner organisations as well as invited experts, including people who have experienced studying mathematics with blindness and low vision. The Expert Advisory Committee will help to steer the project, ensuring that it is meeting the needs of all stakeholders, as well as serving as a point of liaison between the project team and the accessibility and education communities.
November 2025
In November we were pleased to hold our first two discussion forums with educators working with mathematics students who are blind or have low vision. Discussion forum #1 was held as part of the Statewide Vision Resource Centre’s Community of Practice with visiting teachers from the Victorian Department of Education. Discussion forum #2 was open to educators across Australia and New Zealand. We thank our attendees for openly sharing their experience and insights into current practices, barriers and needs. We were pleased to receive unanimous agreement that the planned project will be of benefit to students, along with advice that will help ensure that the project best suits the needs of the various educational settings across Australia and New Zealand.
October 2025
In the first month of the project, we focused on bringing together the project team members to get to know one another, investigating technology advancements since the original conception of the project in 2024, and setting up administrative systems.
September 2025
The ARC Linkage Project on Mathematics Accessibility (LP240100506) officially commenced on 29 September 2025.