Mathematics research at the University of Chester is undertaken by an enthusiastic and successful group of academic staff and their students. Work focuses on numerical and analytical approaches to the solution of functional differential equations. We would be glad to hear from potential students who would like to study for a PhD or MPhil in this area of Mathematics. The research work of the Mathematics Department has been widely recognised. In the UK-wide Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008), work of international excellence formed a significant part of the activity under review. Recent grant awards to members of the Department's staff include three grants from the Leverhulme Trust as well as grants from the British Council, the Royal Society and other leading funding agencies. The Department has strong and developing links with academic colleagues at Universities in Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands and Russia (at the Russian Academy of Sciences). We recently welcomed our second International Visiting Professor from Moscow to be a long-term visitor to our research group, as well as several visiting post-doctoral fellows. Recent developments include the integration of the Mathematics Department into the University's new Faculty of Science & Engineering, based at Thornton Science Park just outside Chester. This will lead to further multi-disciplinary research opportunities for Mathematicians at the University. This move has facilitated an expansion of Mathematics provision at Chester, with applications of Group Algebras now being amongst the expertise within the Department.