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By uctckeh, on 30 July 2015
Our researchers (academics and PhD students) have all spent today in Oxford on an away day focusing on research and collaboration. Among the activities will be a scavenger hunt around Oxford, so teamwork will be critical! We will blog about the day in a couple of weeks, and we are of course hoping that it will result in lots of fruitful research collaboration, so watch this space.
By uctckeh, on 16 July 2015
We ran a session at the conference today with talks from Professor David Spiegelhalter (University of Cambridge) and Dr Gill Tully (Forensic Science Regulator). It was well attended and both speakers gave thought-provoking talks on how forensic scientists communicate their findings in court, and how we express uncertainty within legal (and other) contexts. Both were of the opinion that juries should be given probabilities in the form of statements, but that these statements should be standardised and as transparent as possible. Professor Spiegelhalter stressed the importance of expert witnesses being able to not only interpret statistical probabilities (i.e. likelihood ratios) but also be able to communicate them clearly. It was a fascinating session and seemed to generate a lot of discussion among the delegates present.
By uctckeh, on 2 July 2015
The last two terms have flown by in a flurry of teaching, examinations (marking!), and research, and our MSc students are now busy working on their own research projects. We are very busy planning events and preparing to relaunch our website for September 2015. Here are a few of the conferences and other events we have coming up:
The 9th International Crime Science Conference at the British Library, London on 16th July 2015
SPARK Festival London (UCL Engineering) at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London on 30th and 31st August 2015
The 7th European Academy of Forensic Sciences Conference in Prague, Czech Republic from 6th to 11th September 2015
We are also looking forward to welcoming our new cohort of MSc Crime & Forensic Science students in September 2015, and will be preparing for their arrival over the next couple of months.
