The RSS Glasgow Local Group will host an evening with the William Guy Lecturers where each will share aspects of their WG talks and their experiences of the role over the past year.
The RSS William Guy Lecturers are prestigious volunteer roles intended to celebrate the importance of engaging with schools and inspiring children about statistics from an early age. They are named in honour of William Augustus Guy, an early medical statistician and past RSS president.
Three William Guy Lecturers are appointed for every academic year. Each lecturer prepares and records a talk for a particular key stage (primary, secondary and sixth form). This year, the theme is Climate change and environmental statistics.
The RSS Glasgow Local Group will host an evening with the William Guy Lecturers where each will share aspects of their WG talks and their experiences of the role over the past year. There will then be the opportunity for questions and netowrking over drinks and nibbles after this.
Katherine Whyte, environmental statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS), Edinburgh/Fife, William Guy Lecturer for primary school –
When we build wind farms, what happens to the wildlife?
Craig Anderson, senior lecturer in statistics, University of Glasgow, Scotland, William Guy Lecturer for secondary school –
Using statistics to monitor air pollution
Eleanor D’Arcy, PhD student in statistics, Lancaster University, William Guy Lecturer for sixth form –
How can statistics protect us against extreme sea levels resulting from climate change?