Lancaster University Lectures

Last month I filmed a Lecture by the Maths and Stats Dept from Lancaster University. It was delivered by John Whitehead and was the first of six lectures to be delivered at Lancaster secondary schools over the next few months. That’s what I love about this job: I know very little about statistics, although I did cover it a bit whilst at University - but not in great detail. I have distant memories of probabilities and tossing coins but that’s where it ends. I think I can safely say that had I not been commissioned to film these lectures, I would never consider statistics ever again. But once you get thrown into these situations, your world just gets a bit bigger. I always do my best to engage with what I am filming - this was a challenge! I went home with a head full of the impact of statistics on medical research. Things that I would not normally ever consider, I was forced to consider. This year is the International Year of Statistics. Follow this link to find out more...