MATHS FEST
On a cold Tuesday morning, 15 year 12 students travelled to central London to spend an exciting day at the Maths Fest! We were treated to talks by eminent mathematicians who are experts in their field and applied maths to real life situations such as Dr Tom Crawford from Oxford University who spoke about how maths was being used to clean up the oceans, Dr Yolanda Aherne who spoke about how her research and maths is helping her develop more advanced MRI scanners and Zoe Griffiths who spoke about numbers in the news and how statistics can be used to manipulate headlines. A few of our students also had the opportunity to get involved in helping out with demonstrations including Juliet and Hisha who helped Dr Aherne demonstrate how MRI scanning works. There were opportunities to ask questions to the experts and also some photo opportunities! It was a great opportunity for students to explore maths outside of the A Level curriculum and also to think about various opportunities that might be available to them if they chose to study maths beyond school. It was a great day out and lots of fun was had by all!
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