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The International Review took place in the week Monday 1 December to Saturday 6 December 2003.

A chart showing the framework for the week is here.

The Review Week started with background briefings for the Panel on UK mathematics and statistics. The Panel then split up for visits to eight venues across the UK, selected for geographical spread, size, position, facilities, international standing, postdoc and postgrad community, etc. The visits were designed to demonstrate the strengths of the best mathematics in the region. At each venue, key institutions of high standing in the region centred on the venue jointly acted as "hosts" to propose a programme presenting the best mathematics and statistics in the region.

The eight venues, and institutions associated with preparing the programmes, were:

• Bristol University, with Bath, Cardiff, Exeter, Portsmouth, Southampton and Swansea
• Cambridge University (including the Isaac Newton Institute)
• Durham University, with Leeds, Newcastle and York
• Edinburgh University (including ICMS), with Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt, St Andrews and Strathclyde
• Imperial College, with Brunel, Holloway, Kent, Kings, Queen Mary, Reading, Surrey, Sussex and UCL
• Manchester University, with Keele, Lancaster, Liverpool, Salford, Sheffield and UMIST
• Oxford University
• Warwick University, with Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham and UEA

Each visit included presentations demonstrative of the strengths of mathematics and statistics in the region; these will be subject-centred and highly selective. The panel members spent considerable time with mathematicians, having discussions with the academic staff and particularly meeting and interacting with young postgrad and postdoc research mathematicians.

The specific visit programmes varied, drawing on the different strengths and natures of the regions and their institutions.