British Academy
A Need for Numbers? Quantitative understanding among humanities and social science undergraduates
Held jointly with the Royal Statistical Society’s getstats campaign on 21 September 2011, this forum brought together representatives from universities, exam boards, funding bodies, subject associations and interested stakeholders to discuss levels of quantitative understanding for humanities and social science students.
Held jointly with the Royal Statistical Society’s getstats campaign on 21 September 2011, this forum brought together representatives from universities, exam boards, funding bodies, subject associations and interested stakeholders to discuss levels of quantitative understanding for humanities and social science students.
Chaired by David Walker, Director of getstats, the forum addressed:
• Mathematics and statistics in the changing post-16 curriculum landscape
• Quantitative approaches in the humanities and social sciences
• The role of regulators and examination bodies
• Pressures and opportunities from changes in the financing of higher education.
List of participants
Thomas Baguley, Nottingham Trent University
Mike Batty, University College London
Allan Brimicombe, University of East London
Gill Buque, AQA
Jackie Carter, University of Manchester
Sin Yi Cheung, Cardiff University
Angela Dale, University of Manchester
Nick Ellison, University of Leeds
Roderick Floud, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of London
Martin Frost, Birkbeck
Rich Harris, University of Bristol
John Holmwood, University of Nottingham
Patricia Hudson, University of Wales
Victoria Hunter, OCR
Vinay Kathotia, Nuffield Foundation
Huw Kyffin, Consultant and Researcher
John MacInnes, University of Edinburgh/ERSC
Jayne Mitchell, Quality Assurance Agency
Jeremy Neathey, ESRC
James Nicholson, University of Durham
Iain Palôt, Geographical Association
Roger Porkess, Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education
John Rae, Roehampton University
David Rhind, Nuffield Foundation
Clive Riches, Economics, Business and Enterprise Association
Jackie Rogers, AQA
Andrew Rutherford, University of Keele
Eric Schneider, University of Oxford
Luke Sloan, Cardiff University
Catherine Souch, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Richard Smith, University of Cambridge
Charlie Stripp, Mathematics in Education and Industry
Patrick Sturgis, University of Southampton
Rebecca Taylor, Nottingham Business School
Rachel Tyrrell, ESRC
Jennifer van Heerde-Hudson, University College London
Nigel Vincent, British Academy
David Walker, getstats
Sharon Witherspoon, Nuffield Foundation