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Understanding the narrative behind statistics

I have spoken many times on the subject of being careful not to view statistics as black and white, since the first Gender Pay Gap data was released in 2018 and we must continue to be aware that statistics are not always black and white. There is a danger in viewing them as such, and this continues to be no different as we see the new gender pay gap data has been released.

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Inflation, Interest Rates & Houses: How Has the Bank of England Got It Quite So Wrong?

After having just scraped through a tumultuous year by the skin of his teeth, when Rishi Sunak the Prime Minister took to the stage in January pledging to halve inflation by the end of 2023 he must have felt like he was Manchester City just needing to overcome the might of Gillingham Football Club from the lowest division in the professional football pyramid, to win the FA Cup. What could possibly go wrong?

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Lifting the lid on statistics

I have spoken on the subject of being careful not to view statistics as black and white several times, since the first Gender Pay Gap data was released in 2018. We must continue to be aware that statistics are not always black and white and there is a danger in viewing them as such.

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Dyslexia - judging today by the past

Having talked publicly about my difficult academic journey, due to my dyslexia, I was asked in a recent interview what I would want to say to pupils and teachers now. This made me think; time can be enlightening in many ways, but there is always a difficulty in looking back and judging people on today’s knowledge and insight.

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