Mathematical Education on Merseyside

AMSP How Not to be Wrong, with Jordan Ellenberg
2022-01-26 16:30 - 17:30 UTC
In ‘How Not to be Wrong’, Jordan presents the surprising revelations to a multitude of diverse questions such as:
‘How early should you get to the airport?’
‘What does “public opinion” really represent?’
‘Why do tall parents have shorter children?’
In his talk, Jordan will debunk the view that the maths we learn at school is a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients, not to be questioned. He will explore how maths touches everything we do and will allow us to see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives.
This fascinating talk will ignite your curiosity and leave you with a host of responses to “when will I ever use that?”
Key Facts

Event ref: #9106

Audience: Teachers

Curriculum focus: Core Maths

Mathematical focus: Problem Solving

Event format: Live Online Professional Development

Event length: 1 hour

Online sessions: 6

Region: National

Date: Wed 26th Jan 2022

Course times: 16:30 – 17:30

Fee: Free for teachers in England

AMSP Andy Field's Adventure in Statistics
2022-01-25 16:30 - 17:30
During his talk, Andy will discuss the importance of statistical literacy as a transferable skill, and the difficulties that Psychology students without maths backgrounds face during their degrees. You will also leave with some ideas about how to engage Psychology students in learning to think statistically.
Key Facts

Event ref: #9104

Audience: Teachers

Curriculum focus: Core Maths

Mathematical focus: Statistics, Maths in other subjects

Event format: Live Online Professional Development

Event length: 1 hour

Online sessions: 6

Region: National

Date: Tue 25th Jan 2022

Course times: 16:30 – 17:30

Fee: Free for teachers in England

LivMS Christmas Lecture - Online event
2021-12-15 14:00 - 15:00
Date: 15 Dec, 2021
Time: 14:00
Presenter: Simon Singh
Title: Christmas Lecture: Fermat’s last theorem
Audience: Year 11 up
Venue: Online
Registration: Via the Eventbrite page for the event
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-lecture-fermats-last-theorem-tickets-168104628469
Contact: Peter Giblin

Simon Singh https://simonsingh.net/ , best-selling author of “Fermat’s Last Theorem”, talks about the most notorious problem in the history of mathematics.

Rarely can a scribbled note in a margin have provoked so much mathematical curiosity as Pierre de Fermat‘s infamous conjecture, discovered after his death, that no three positive whole numbers a,a, b,b, and cc satisfy the equation anan + bnbn = cncn for any whole-number value of nn greater than 2.
Fermat claimed to have a proof, but left no record of it, stating only that the margin was too small to contain it. This unproven result became known as Fermat’s Last Theorem. Generations of mathematicians tried and failed across more than three centuries to prove the general case, though it was proved for numerous particular values of nn (even by Fermat for nn = 4). Finally in 1994, Andrew (later Sir Andrew) Wiles announced to the world that the problem was solved, though there were some gaps which were filled by Wiles and his former student Richard Taylor.
Simon Singh made an award-winning documentary about this achievement and also wrote a best-selling book. In this lecture, he will talk us through the history of Fermat’s Last Theorem and give us an idea of how it was eventually proved using ground-breaking new mathematics.

LivMS Popular Lecture - Online event
2021-11-18 17:00 - 18:00
Date: 18 Nov, 2021
Time: 17:00-18:00
Presenter: Chris Pritchard
Title: Great Mathematical Diagrams
Audience: Year 11 up
Venue: TBC (either in-person or online depending on circumstances)
Registration: Via the Eventbrite page for the event
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/great-mathematical-diagrams-tickets-169822771481
Contact: Peter Giblin

Chris Pritchard is the 2021-22 President of the Mathematical Association.
The talk is a journey through mathematical diagrams, some famed for their importance and longevity, some critical for the information they convey and many of them just plain clever. Join me for a look at a range of visual material from the Bride’s Chair of Euclid’s Elements to the Königsberg bridges and from Playfair’s pie chart to Anscombe’s salutary lesson, whilst also enjoying some “proofs without words” which can be deployed profitably in the classroom.

LivMS Popular Lecture - Online event
2021-10-13 17:00 - 18:00 | online
Date: Wednesday 13 Oct, 2021
Time: 17:00-18:00
Presenter: Colva Roney-Dougal
Title: Party hard! The maths of connections
Audience: Year 11 up, teachers and all interested in mathematics
Venue: Online
Contact: Peter Giblin
Registration: Via the Eventbrite page for the event
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/party-hard-the-maths-of-connections-tickets-168099561313

How many guests need to come to a party, to guarantee that either at least five of them all know each other or at least five are mutual strangers? This question turns out to be surprisingly hard to solve, and has led to the creation of some maths that feels more like a newspaper puzzle than real work. We’ll explore connections ranging from friendship, through marriage, to the spread of infectious diseases.

LivMS Presidential Lecture Gaynor Bahan - Online event
2021-04-22 14:00 - 15:00 | online
Studying maths to smash the glass ceiling, Gaynor Bahan, LivMS President
Date: 22nd April 2021 Time: 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Audience: Year 7 and up, and all those interested in mathematics
Venue: online
Contact: Peter Giblin
Entry is free to all students and to LivMS members

LivMS Pop Maths Quiz - online
2021-03-06 09:30 - 14:00 | online
Example question: If the outer circle has radius 12 cm., what is the radius of the dark red circles?
Presenters: Barry Grantham, Tony Carter, Ian Jarman
Title: Sixth Form Pop Maths Quiz
Audience: Sixth Form
Venue: online via Zoom
The Pop Maths Quiz is a TEAM competition that runs a bit like a Pub Quiz but without any alcohol!
Schools are invited to enter one or more teams.
Teams consist of 4 students (under 19 years) who, during the Quiz, work together to attempt to solve a number of questions on a wide range of mathematical topics.
They then have the opportunity to submit their answers via a Google Form.
Not all questions require specific A-level maths knowledge but all questions have a mathematical flavour.
Certificates will be awarded to all winners and entrants and the school names will be published on the LivMS website.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to award prizes this year.
For more details of the 2021 event click here

LivMS Presidential Lecture (rescheduled) Anna Pratoussevitch
2021-03-04 17:00 - 18:00 | online
The Secret Life of Bubbles, Anna Pratoussevitch, previous LivMS President
Audience: 16+ and all those interested in mathematics
Venue: online
Contact: Peter Giblin
Entry is free to all students and to LivMS members

Why are soap bubbles round? What happens when two bubbles meet? What is the shape of bubbles in a soap foam? What happens if you dip a wire cube into soapy water? In this talk Anna will discuss the maths behind all these shapes and, of course, blow some soap bubbles.

MEM & LivMS Challenge competitions
2021-02-15 - 2021-03-19
Organisers: MEM Admin team and Alison Carter
Title: MEM Challenge, MEM Senior Challenge and LivMS Open Challenge 2021
Audience: MEM and LivMS Challenge entrants and their teachers
Venue: free take home competitions for half term
Details: http://mathsmerseyside.org.uk/challenges and http://www.livmathssoc.org.uk/cgi-bin/sews.py?OpenChallenge

AMSP Winter Core Maths Festival, Angela Saini
2021-01-23 09:30 - 10:30
Minority-ethnic health and racial disparity, Angela Saini
Saturday 23 January, 09:30-10:30
Venue: ONLINE – 09:30AM
Audience: 16+ and all those interested in mathematics
Attendance is free but you should apply here: https://forms.mei.org.uk/core-maths-festival/7978
Content
Speaker: Angela Saini

We are honoured that Angela Saini, award-winning science journalist, author and broadcaster is taking part in our Winter Core Maths Festival. This year she was named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers by Prospect Magazine and her books, Superior, Inferior and Geek Nation have received widespread critical acclaim.
“It has taken a pandemic to put the issue of minority-ethnic health at the top of the agenda.” What does the data say about racial disparity and health and how has this been reported? Angela will explore this question and other aspects of her research. In addition, she will take us on a tour of the darker side of the origins of the statistical techniques we teach our students today.
We hope you will leave enlightened and with increased confidence to tackle challenging contexts in the classroom.

AMSP Winter Core Maths Festival, Rob Eastaway
2021-01-21 16:30 - 17:30
Algorithms; Mathematical models; Statistical analysis and sport! Rob Eastaway
Thursday 21 January, 16:30-17:30
Venue: ONLINE – 16:30PM
Audience: 16+ and all those interested in mathematics
Attendance is free but you should apply here: https://forms.mei.org.uk/core-maths-festival/7977
Content
Speaker: Rob Eastaway

Algorithms; Mathematical models; Statistical analysis. These Core Maths skills are more relevant today than they have ever been. And one of the most engaging ways to learn about them is through sport!
You may not realise this, but Maths Inspiration guru and author of eleven books, Rob Eastaway, has been instrumental in developing the way in which sporting performance has been measured throughout the world. With examples that range from football to tennis, cricket to darts, Rob will explore the maths of sport, revealing how analytical techniques are used to rank the world’s top performers, improve player strategies, and make contests fairer.
Whether you are a sports nut, just somebody who occasionally watches a big match on TV or not interested in sport at all, this fascinating talk will give you insights into what sport can teach us about ranking and decision making in every walk of life.

AMSP Winter Core Maths Festival, Tim Harford
2021-01-16 09:30 - 10:30
Extracts from ‘How to make the world add up’, Tim Harford
Saturday 16 January, 9:30-10:30
Tim will highlight gems from his latest book, igniting your curiosity and inspiring you to pass these tools on to your students. Tim has even agreed to undertake a Core Maths question live in the session!
Venue: ONLINE – 9:30AM
Audience: 16+ and all those interested in mathematics
Attendance is free but you should apply here: https://forms.mei.org.uk/core-maths-festival/7976
Overview
AMSP’s Winter Core Maths Festival is comprised of three one-hour talks by three inspirational speakers. We hope that these will enthuse, challenge and enlighten you and offer a springboard to the creation of, even more, fantastic Core Maths lessons.
Who will benefit from attending?
These sessions are designed to appeal to all maths teachers, regardless of how much experience of Core Maths you have had, if any. These sessions are also likely to appeal to teachers of other subjects that incorporate some mathematical content, such as Biology, Geography and Social Science.
Content
Speaker: Tim Harford

Settle in for an illuminating and engaging Saturday morning Festival session with Tim Harford
Many of you will have experienced the delights of Radio 4’s More or Less and know how relevant the techniques and approaches are when teaching Level 3 Core Maths. Tim’s latest book, ‘How to Make the World Add Up’ takes you even deeper into the land of misinformation and provides ten simple rules for understanding numbers.
Tim will highlight gems from the book, igniting your curiosity and inspiring you to pass these tools on to your students. Tim has even agreed to undertake a Core Maths question live in the session!

LivMS Christmas Lecture (Simon Singh) - POSTPONED to December 2021
2020-12-09 14:00 - 15:00
Presenter: Simon Singh.
Title: t.b.a.
Audience: Year 11 up, and all those interested in mathematics.
Venue: University of Liverpool. There is a visitor carpark with entrance on Mount Pleasant and a car park under the Metropolitan Cathedral https://www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk/visit-the-cathedral/ with entrance also on Mount Pleasant.
Contact: Peter Giblin pjgiblin@liv.ac.uk

Entry is free to all, but booking will be needed.

https://simonsingh.net/

MEM Masterclass - CANCELLED
2020-12-05 10:00 - 14:30 | UoL Maths Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7BX
Masterclass 3 of 3 . . . . . All details yet to be confirmed
Last year: Mathematics of Juggling, Colin Wright

MEM Masterclass - CANCELLED
2020-11-21 10:00 - 14:30
Masterclass 2 of 3 . . . . . All details yet to be confirmed

LivMS Popular Lecture - Online event
2020-11-19 17:00 - 18:00
Simulating Crowds, before, during, and after the pandemic, Aoife Hunt
Venue: ONLINE – 5:00PM
Audience: 16+ and all those interested in mathematics
https://www.movementstrategies.com/team/aoife-hunt

MEM Masterclass - CANCELLED
2020-11-07 10:00 - 14:30
Masterclass 1 of 3 . . . . . All details yet to be confirmed

Mathematical Magic Live YouTube Show
2020-10-30 21:00 - 2020-10-31 21:00
Message from Katie Steckles:
We’re putting on a 24-hour Mathematical Magic Live YouTube show! Starting at 9pm on Friday 30th October, it’ll be running through until 9pm the following day and will feature 48 different maths magic tricks for you to enjoy and puzzle over, presented by different special guests with a rolling rota of hosts, and supported by a team of maths volunteers. We’ll be raising money for charity throughout the show, and crossing over with Mark Watson’s 24h live comedy show Watsonathon, which is running at the same time. If you’d like to watch, visit 24hourmaths.com for more information and you can sign up there for an email reminder before we go live, or follow @24hmaths on Twitter for updates.
The charity is an organisation called Turn2Us which helps people in low-income jobs & gives out emergency loans.
Accessible and family-friendly!

MEM Challenge Prize Evening - CANCELLED
2020-05-06 19:00 - 21:00 | UoL Central Teaching Hub, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7BX
This event is cancelled due to Coronavirus.
The University of Liverpool has made the decision to postpone or cancel all of the University’s public events until the end of April due to the COVID-19 situation.
It might be possible to re-arrange the Prize Evening on a new date later this year, but if necessary, it is our intention to make alternative arrangements, if we can, for the publication of results and distribution of prizes and certificates. We don’t want pupils and schools to be disappointed. This could, for example, be achieved by sending prizes and certificates to schools for internal distribution.
We will make further announcements about this as the effects of the spread of COVID-19 become known.

Presenter: Barry Grantham, Kerrie McCaffrey
Title: MEM Challenge Prize Evening 2020
Audience: MEM Challenge entrants, teachers, parents and guests
Venue: Central Teaching Laboratory, University of Liverpool
Contact: Barry Grantham

MEM Senior Challenge Prize Evening - CANCELLED
2020-04-29 19:00 - 21:00 | UoL Central Teaching Hub, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7BX
This event is cancelled due to Coronavirus.
The University of Liverpool has made the decision to postpone or cancel all of the University’s public events until the end of April due to the COVID-19 situation.
It might be possible to re-arrange the Prize Evening on a new date later this year, but if necessary, it is our intention to make alternative arrangements, if we can, for the publication of results and distribution of prizes and certificates. We don’t want pupils and schools to be disappointed. This could, for example, be achieved by sending prizes and certificates to schools for internal distribution.
We will make further announcements about this as the effects of the spread of COVID-19 become known.

Presenter: Barry Grantham, Kerrie McCaffrey
Title: MEM Senior Challenge Prize Evening 2020
Audience: MEM Senior Challenge entrants, teachers, parents and guests
Venue: Central Teaching Laboratory, University of Liverpool
Contact: Barry Grantham

This event will take place at the same time and in the same venue as the LivMS Open Challenge Prize Evening.

LivMS Open Challenge Prize Evening - CANCELLED
2020-04-29 19:00 - 21:00 | UoL Central Teaching Hub, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7BX
This event is cancelled due to Coronavirus.
The University of Liverpool has made the decision to postpone or cancel all of the University’s public events until the end of April due to the COVID-19 situation.
It might be possible to re-arrange the Prize Evening on a new date later this year, but if necessary, it is our intention to make alternative arrangements, if we can, for the publication of results and distribution of prizes and certificates. We don’t want pupils and schools to be disappointed. This could, for example, be achieved by sending prizes and certificates to schools for internal distribution.
We will make further announcements about this as the effects of the spread of COVID-19 become known.

Presenter: Alison Carter
Title: LivMS Open Challenge Prize Evening 2020
Audience: LivMS Open Challenge entrants, teachers, parents and guests
Venue: Central Teaching Laboratory, University of Liverpool
Contact: Alison Carter

This event will take place at the same time and in the same venue as the MEM Senior Challenge Prize Evening.

UoL Maths Club - CANCELLED
2020-04-25 10:00 - 12:30 | UoL Maths Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7BX
Title: tba, David Lewis
An Elevator Pitch for Group Theory, Colin Wright
The University of Liverpool Maths Club is aimed at school and college students, from Year 10 up to Year 13, who are keen to experience challenging and enriching mathematics from beyond the school curriculum, and meet others with a similar interest.
Younger students with Year 10 knowledge may also be considered for membership.
It is free of charge to attend.

UoL Maths Club - CANCELLED
2020-03-28 10:00 - 12:30 | UoL Maths Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7BX
Title: tba, Graham Reeve
Title: tba, Julia Eisenberg
The University of Liverpool Maths Club is aimed at school and college students, from Year 10 up to Year 13, who are keen to experience challenging and enriching mathematics from beyond the school curriculum, and meet others with a similar interest.
Younger students with Year 10 knowledge may also be considered for membership.
It is free of charge to attend.

LivMS Pop Maths Quiz
2020-03-07 10:00 - 14:00 | LJMU James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF
Example question: If the outer circle has radius 12 cm., what is the radius of the dark red circles?
Presenters: Barry Grantham, Tony Carter, Ian Jarman
Title: Sixth Form Pop Maths Quiz
Audience: Sixth Form
Venue: Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF
The Pop Maths Quiz is a TEAM competition that runs a bit like a Pub Quiz but without any alcohol!
Schools are invited to enter one or more teams (up to a maximum of 4 teams).
Teams consist of 4 students (under 19 years) who, during the Quiz, work together to attempt to solve a number of questions on a wide range of mathematical topics.
They then have the opportunity to give their answers via an electronic response system.
Not all questions require specific A-level maths knowledge but all questions have a mathematical flavour.
There are substantial prizes awarded to the winners on the day and the school names will be published on the LivMS website.
Certificates will be awarded to all winners and entrants.
For more details of the 2020 event click here

UoL Maths Club
2020-02-29 10:00 - 12:30 | UoL Maths Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7BX
Title: Quantum Cryptography, Kurt Langfield
Title: Branching Processes, Sam Tickle
The University of Liverpool Maths Club is aimed at school and college students, from Year 10 up to Year 13, who are keen to experience challenging and enriching mathematics from beyond the school curriculum, and meet others with a similar interest.
Younger students with Year 10 knowledge may also be considered for membership.
It is free of charge to attend.

LivMS Popular Lecture
2020-02-26 17:30 - 18:30 | LJMU Redmonds Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L3 5UG
Secrets of the Rainbow, Professor Ian Jones
Lecture Theatre 2, Redmonds Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5UG
Audience: 16+ and all those interested in mathematics
Entry is free to all students and to LivMS members; others pay £4 at the door.
In this talk, Ian Jones will present mathematical models, developed during the course of the last few hundred years, which explain some of the features of the rainbow. Such features include the circular shape of the primary and secondary bows, Alexander’s dark band, order of the colours, angle of the bows in the sky and many others. These will be discussed with the help of some secondary school geometry.

UoL Maths Club
2020-01-25 10:00 - 12:30 | UoL Maths Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7BX
Title: A Mathematician’s Journey into the Marvellous World of Microscopic Swimmers & Crawlers, Rachael Bearon
Title: Brussels Sprouts, Joel Haddley
The University of Liverpool Maths Club is aimed at school and college students, from Year 10 up to Year 13, who are keen to experience challenging and enriching mathematics from beyond the school curriculum, and meet others with a similar interest.
Younger students with Year 10 knowledge may also be considered for membership.
It is free of charge to attend.

LivMS Christmas Lecture
2019-12-12 14:00 - 15:00
Presenter: Tom Rocks Maths (a.k.a. Tom Crawford)
Title: Christmas Lecture: It’s all Greek to me!
Audience: Year 11 up, and all those interested in mathematics.
Venue: University of Liverpool, Lecture Theatre 3, Teaching Hub 502. This is building 502 on the map https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/files/docs/maps/liverpool-university-campus-map.pdf There is a visitor carpark with entrance on Mount Pleasant and a car park under the Metropolitan Cathedral https://www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk/visit-the-cathedral/ with entrance also on Mount Pleasant.
Contact: Peter Giblin pjgiblin@liv.ac.uk

Entry is free to all, but booking will be needed. Please use the form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMPmoHu46iSkhyyK5q0nbOfslAQXxcJKKvxj_5jnYEY6Aguw/viewform

Maths: it’s all Greek to me! You’ve probably heard of Pythagoras, Archimedes and Plato, but do you know the sins behind their stories? From murder and deceit to running naked down the street, the Ancient Greek mathematicians were anything but boring. I’ll be telling you all about their mischief – mathematical or otherwise – as I bring the history of maths to life (featuring live experiments and togas).
Dr Tom Crawford is a maths tutor at the University of Oxford with a mission to share his love of maths with the world. His award-winning website http://www.tomrocksmaths.com/ features videos, podcasts, articles and puzzles designed to make maths more entertaining, exciting and enthralling for all. Be sure to follow him on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for the latest updates @tomrocksmaths.

MEM Masterclass
2019-12-07 10:00 - 14:30 | LJMU IM Marsh campus, Barkhill Road, Liverpool, L17 6BD
Masterclass 5 of 5
Mathematics of Juggling, Colin Wright

UoL Maths Club
2019-11-30 10:00 - 12:30 | UoL Maths Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7BX
Title: Counting Functions, Peter Giblin
Title: Decision Trees, Sue Harkness
The University of Liverpool Maths Club is aimed at school and college students, from Year 10 up to Year 13, who are keen to experience challenging and enriching mathematics from beyond the school curriculum, and meet others with a similar interest.
Younger students with Year 10 knowledge may also be considered for membership.
It is free of charge to attend.
