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SEMINAR: 17 December 2013 - RSS Glasgow Group https://sites.google.com/site/rssglasgow/events The Glasgow Local Group of the Royal Statistical Society is holding their AGM and a seminar on Public Engagement on Tuesday 17thDecember at the University of Strathclyde. There will be a number of speakers, from University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh. This event is free and open to all, in particular we welcome non-members. Speakers: Ruth Dundas - Inequalities in Mortality Mountain Plot Jigsaw Tony Robertston & Paul McCrorie - Design a Healthy Lifestyle app Karen Wood & Gillian Fergie - Health in the City Game Abstract: Engaging the public with our research and work is challenging. We have created 3 activities and trialled them with members of the public (aged 7-70) at the Glasgow Science Centre. We will discuss how we developed these activities (Inequalities in Mortality Mountain Plot Jigsaw; Design a Healthy Lifestyle app; Health in the City Game) and then you will have the opportunity to try the activities. Time: AGM 17:15-17:20 Seminar 17:20-18:15 on Tuesday 17 December 2013, followed by wine & mince pies. Place: Room LT908, Livingstone Tower, University of Strathclyde. http://www.strath.ac.uk/maps/livingstonetower/ This event is part of the International Year of Statistics (Statistics2013). http://www.statistics2013.org/ You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.