About this day
For A-level, IB, BTEC Level 3 and T Level Maths students
Join us for the ultimate A-level maths enrichment day! Maths in Action brings an exciting day of interactive learning for students! Through engaging sessions led by top academics, industry leaders, and expert communicators, students will discover the power of maths beyond the classroom – from pure maths to real-world applications.
A special Exam Success session will provide students with expert strategies to boost confidence and exam performance. With live polls, quizzes, and plenty of opportunities to engage with speakers, this is maths like never before.
Host: Bobby Seagull MBE (Teacher, Author and Broadcaster) Exam Session: Dr Jamie Frost (Dr Frost Maths)
“Excellent. Students were engaged and went away excited by the talks.”
– Royal Russell School –
Programme & speakers
Algorithmic Alpha: The Maths Driving Global Financial Markets Bobby Seagull MBE, Teacher, Author and Broadcaster
Moving beyond personal budgeting into high-stakes quantitative finance, explore how calculus, expected value, and probability models shape global trading and market mechanics.
About Bobby Seagull MBE
Bobby is a former investment banker, chartered accountant and social entrepreneur turned maths teacher, author & TV broadcaster. After going viral on BBC’s University Challenge, he champions maths wherever he goes – from presenting BBC’s Monkman & Seagull Genius Guides (discussed trigonometry on prime time) to addressing the House of Lords (state of maths education) and even appearing on Netflix dating show Indian Matchmaking (teaching his Year 8 maths class).
Maths in a Twist Colin Wright, Mathematician and Juggler
Taking a strip of paper and joining the ends gives a simple cylinder. But add a half-twist and things get interesting. In this workshop we explore that, but then go further, searching for connections, patterns, and a way to understand the surprising results.
About Dr Colin Wright
Colin received his maths doctorate in 1990 from Cambridge University. While at Cambridge he also learned how to fire-breathe, unicycle, juggle and ballroom dance.
Playing Games like a Mathematician Katie Steckles, Mathematician and Communicator
Having good logical thinking skills can often give you an edge in winning at board and card games. Join mathematician Katie Steckles to find out about how mathematicians think, by dissecting some of your favourite toys and games, and looking at the ways combinatorics, probability and mathematical reasoning allow us to understand their underlying structure (and beat our friends at games!).
About Dr Katie Steckles
Katie is a mathematician based in Manchester, who talks about mathematics at universities, schools events, festivals, on BBC radio and TV, in books and on the internet.
Million-Dollar Maths Equations Tom Crawford, University of Oxford
Seven equations each worth a cool $1-million… The Millennium Problems are some of the most difficult in all of mathematics, and since being announced in the year 2000 only one has been solved. In this talk, Dr Tom Crawford will introduce the problems you vote for and tell you what you need to do to get your hands on the money!
About Dr Tom Crawford
Dr Tom Crawford, a mathematician at the University of Oxford, shares his love for maths through tomrocksmaths.com, showcasing favourite equations on Numberphile, and sporting maths tattoos (14 and counting).
The Complete Guide to: Euler's Number Jamie Frost, Chief Mathematician at Dr Frost Learning
Euler’s number, e ≈ 2.718, is one of the five fundamental maths constants (another being pi!), and something you’ll encounter often at A Level/IB. But why is it so important? What are its origins? And why does it appear in so many practical scenarios? We’ll explore this, and the unexpected places it appears, including lottery tickets, the natural world, counting problems, Secret Santa, and how Dr Frost (sort of) used Euler’s number to meet his wife.
About Dr Jamie Frost
Jamie is the founder and Chief Mathematician at Dr Frost Learning, providing resources for mathematics teaching and an online homework setting platform. Catch him on TikTok for everything from ‘What mathematically is the squarest country?’ to Fibonacci numbers in running.