May 2026 online meeting - Talking statistics in public
Mary Gregory (Executive Director - Population, Census and Social Statistics for the Office for National Statistics) and Robyn Goldsmith (Lecturer in Mathematics - Data Science, University of Greenwich) discussed the communication of statistics, particularly in the context of elections.
You can find out more about some of the people, organisations and research discussed in the meeting at the following links.
- Mathsci-Comm Network
- Talking Maths in Public
- Mary Gregory
- Robyn Goldsmith
- ONS data
- Further resources on statistics and their communication from Plus.maths.org
This meeting was organised with Talking Maths in Public. Thanks to Katie Steckles and Kevin Houston from TMiP and to Suzanne Halls from the Office for Statistics Regulation for their work organising this meeting. Our particular thanks to our speakers for fascinating presentations and discussion.
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