We are delighted to announce our William Guy Lecturers for schools for the 2025–26 academic year. Each lecturer will deliver engaging talks tailored to a specific age group, exploring the role of statistics in artificial intelligence (AI) – from what nursery rhymes can teach us about AI to how it can help in making economic predictions.
The lecturers will be available for requests from 1 August, and the talks will also be available on our YouTube channel from the start of the academic year in September.
Our three speakers are:
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Rebecca Duke, Principal Data Scientist at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Hartree Centre, Cheshire, William Guy Lecturer for ages 5–11 – Little Bo-Peep has lost her mother duck – what nursery rhymes teach us about AI
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Jennifer Hall, RSS Data Science and AI Section committee member, London, William Guy Lecturer for ages 11–16 – From data to decisions: how AI & stats solve real-world problems.
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Arthur Turrell, economic data scientist and researcher at the Bank of England, London, William Guy Lecturer for age 16+ – Economic statistics and stupidly smart AI.
Read more on our dedicated William Guy webpages