How To Build An Olympic Stadium

 
 
 
 
As part of an EPSRC funded Partnerships for Public Engagement project I have developed a talk entitled "How To Build An Olympic Stadium". Also suitable for Year 11 & 12 students of Maths, this talk uses the construction of the Olympic Park in London as an example of how the mathematics used in the classroom and beyond can be applied to the real world.
 
Follow-up material for teachers on some of the topics covered in my talk (and some related topics which aren't) is available here.
 
 

Talks To School Students

 
Date Organisation Event Location Attendance
Jun 2012 UWE Maths Event Day UWE, Bristol 80
Mar 2012 Maths Inspiration Poole Maths Inspiration Lighthouse Theatre, Poole 320
Mar 2012 Maths Inspiration Newcastle Maths Inspiration Theatre Royal, Newcastle 775
Dec 2011 Maths Inspiration Cardiff Maths Inspiration RWCM Concert Hall, Cardiff 440
Dec 2011 Maths Inspiration Cambridge Maths Inspiration West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge 965
Dec 2011 Maths Inspiration Reading Maths Inspiration Reading Concert Hall 1305
Nov 2011 Maths Inspiration London Maths Inspiration Criterion Theatre, London 1104
Oct 2011 RAF Cranwell Sir Isaac Newton Lecture RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire 333
Sept 2011 IMA West of England Branch Meeting Kingswood School, Bath 20
Mar 2011 Maths Inspiration Bristol Maths Inspiration Bristol Hippodrome 850
Mar 2011 Maths Inspiration Leeds Maths Inspiration Leeds Town Hall 1070
Nov 2010 Maths Inspiration Birmingham Maths Inspiration Adrian Boult Concert Hall, Birmingham 1048
Nov 2010 Maths Inspiration Chatham Maths Inspiration Chatham Central Theatre, Chatham 485
Nov 2010 Beaconsfield High School Maths Enrichment Beaconsfield High School, Beaconsfield 250
Mar 2010 Maths Inspiration Nottingham Maths Inspiration Playhouse, Nottingham 1224
Feb 2010 Maths Inspiration Liverpool Maths Inspiration Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool 638
Nov 2009 Maths Inspiration Manchester Maths Inspiration Haden Freeman Hall, Manchester 930
Nov 2009 Kingswood School Maths Enrichment Kingswood School, Bath 100
Nov 2009 Maths Inspiration London Maths Inspiration Criterion Theatre, London 1120
 
 

Talks To Adults

 
Date Organisation Event Location  
Oct 2012 University of Bath GULP Lecture University of Bath, Bath  
Jul 2012 TSM Annual Workshop Oundle School, Peterborough  
Apr 2012 The Mathematical Association Annual Conference Keele University  
Apr 2010 The Mathematical Association BCME7 Manchester  
Mar 2010 IMA North Hants, Berkshire and Surrey IMA Branch Meeting Reading University