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SUMMARY:CSES/ARU Christmas Lectures : Maths' Greatest Unso
 lved Puzzles
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 559000" width="350"></p>\n \n <p>Image – Dave Hugh
 es</p>\n \n <p><strong>We are delighted to invite 
 you to join us again at ARU for our annual Christm
 as Lectures. Now in their fourth year\, we offer t
 hese events\, FREE OF CHARGE\, to every secondary 
 school in Essex. Last year we welcomed more than o
 ne thousand students from thirty eight schools as 
 renowned experts in their fields shared their know
 ledge of their chosen areas. We hope that this yea
 r you will bring your students along to see mathem
 atician Dr Katie Steckles as she challenges us to 
 solve some puzzles and tells us about some that ha
 ven't been solved\, yet.</strong></p>\n \n <p>Whil
 e mathematicians are undoubtedly brilliant\, and t
 heir work is used in all kinds of amazing scientif
 ic and technological discoveries\, there are still
  questions they can't answer. Every mathematical q
 uestion is a puzzle to be solved\, and while there
 'll be plenty of puzzles for you to chew on\, we'l
 l also discuss some of the questions that still le
 ave mathematicians stumped - from simple sounding 
 number and shape problems to some truly mind-bendi
 ng fundamental questions.</p>\n \n <p>Katie Steckl
 es is a mathematician based in Manchester\, who gi
 ves talks and workshops and writes about mathemati
 cs. She finished her PhD in 2011\, and since then 
 has talked about maths in schools and universities
 \, at science and music festivals\, on BBC radio a
 nd TV\, as part of theatre shows\, in books and on
  the internet.</p>\n \n <p>Katie works part-time a
 s a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University
 \, teaching undergraduates on the maths and comput
 er science courses. She has also lectured part-tim
 e at Sheffield Hallam University\, teaching module
 s in the Institute of Education\, and before that 
 in the mathematics department. Katie also contribu
 ted to SHU's outreach programme\, and chaired the 
 SHU Recreational Mathematics Research Cluster in 2
 022.</p>\n \n <p><strong>To reserve places for you
 r students please send an email to contact@cses.or
 g.uk stating how many students you wish to bring\,
  and their year groups.</strong></p>\n \n <p><img 
 alt="CSES" height="38" src="/images/events/icons/c
 ses.png" width="105"><img alt="ARU" height="38" sr
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DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n Image – Dave Hughes\n \n \n \n We are 
 delighted to invite you to join us again at ARU fo
 r our annual Christmas Lectures. Now in their four
 th year\, we offer these events\, FREE OF CHARGE\,
  to every secondary school in Essex. Last year we 
 welcomed more than one thousand students from thir
 ty eight schools as renowned experts in their fiel
 ds shared their knowledge of their chosen areas. W
 e hope that this year you will bring your students
  along to see mathematician Dr Katie Steckles as s
 he challenges us to solve some puzzles and tells u
 s about some that haven't been solved\, yet.\n \n 
 \n \n While mathematicians are undoubtedly brillia
 nt\, and their work is used in all kinds of amazin
 g scientific and technological discoveries\, there
  are still questions they can't answer. Every math
 ematical question is a puzzle to be solved\, and w
 hile there'll be plenty of puzzles for you to chew
  on\, we'll also discuss some of the questions tha
 t still leave mathematicians stumped - from simple
  sounding number and shape problems to some truly 
 mind-bending fundamental questions.\n \n \n \n Kat
 ie Steckles is a mathematician based in Manchester
 \, who gives talks and workshops and writes about 
 mathematics. She finished her PhD in 2011\, and si
 nce then has talked about maths in schools and uni
 versities\, at science and music festivals\, on BB
 C radio and TV\, as part of theatre shows\, in boo
 ks and on the internet.\n \n \n \n Katie works par
 t-time as a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan Un
 iversity\, teaching undergraduates on the maths an
 d computer science courses. She has also lectured 
 part-time at Sheffield Hallam University\, teachin
 g modules in the Institute of Education\, and befo
 re that in the mathematics department. Katie also 
 contributed to SHU's outreach programme\, and chai
 red the SHU Recreational Mathematics Research Clus
 ter in 2022.\n \n \n \n To reserve places for your
  students please send an email to contact@cses.org
 .uk stating how many students you wish to bring\, 
 and their year groups.\n \n \n \n \n \n 
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LOCATION:Anglia Ruskin University (Room SAL 001)\n Michael 
 Salmon Building\n Alan Cherry Drive\n Chelmsford\n
  CM1 1DT\n United Kingdom\n 
URL:https://cses.org.uk/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=123&reset=1&id=605
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