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: Dr Matt Pritchard (STEM Communicator) Exam Session: Dr Jamie Frost (Dr Frost Learning)
“Excellent. Students were engaged and went away excited by the talks.”
– Royal Russell School –
More speakers and sessions for this exciting event will be announced soon!
Programme & speakers
Mathematics is indisputably the greatest subject in the world! Nira Chamberlain OBE, AtkinsRéalis Technical Fellow for Mathematical Modelling and Visiting Professor at Loughborough University
The time for our subject to be seen as irrelevant, boring and a joke must come to an end. In this increasing digital data driven world, join Professor Nira Chamberlain on why he thinks mathematics is the indisputably the greatest subject in the world!
About Professor Nira Chamberlain OBE
Prof Chamberlain has over 30 years’ experience of mathematical modelling, simulation, and developing algorithms that solve complex engineering and commercial problems. With a PhD and five honorary doctorates, he won “World’s Most Interesting Mathematician” in 2018 and is currently the Chair of the Black Heroes of Mathematics Conference.
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).
Rubber Ducks, Oceans & Ridiculous Hypotheticals Vanessa Madu, Science and Maths Communicator
We’ll explore how a spill of 29,000 bath toys in the North Pacific became one of the most unexpected oceanographic experiments in history, building the equations that governed their movement piece by piece using molasses, vortex spinners, “impossible” balloons, and a LOT of salt.
About Vanessa Madu
Vanessa Madu is a PhD researcher in Statistical Machine Learning at Imperial College London, a Guest Teacher in Mathematics at the LSE, and a freelance science communicator. She believes that mathematics is the closest thing we have to magic and enjoys helping others see why.
Making the case with data Darren Macey, Education researcher, designer, writer, and communicator
In a world with ever expanding sources of information, competing priorities and polarised perspectives how can we make better decisions? Data is key, but it’s not enough on its own. So how can we use data alongside stories and visuals to guide our choices and make more striking arguments?
About Darren Macey
Darren is a mathematics educator, writer, and communicator trying to convince people to love statistics and data. He is the co-author of Teaching Statistics, a trustee of the Teaching Statistics Trust, and a Royal Statistical Society Statistics Ambassador.
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.