Meet us online
We offer a comprehensive programme of online events throughout the year, where you can meet us and find out more about what Queen Mary is doing, and what it has to offer.
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Upcoming events
Postgraduate Webinars:
28 Oct - School of Mathematical Sciences Taster Webinar: Forecasting Financial Crises: Evidence from the Bank of England
When: Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM GMT
Where: Online via Teams
An exciting taster webinar for prospective postgraduate students and offer holders, exploring financial crisis forecasting through data analytics and machine learning.
This taster looks at real research from the Bank of England on predicting financial crises, using 150 years of data from seventeen countries. The study compares two statistical approaches: logistic regression, a classical method for estimating probabilities, and an ensemble of decision trees, a more recent and flexible machine learning method.
We explore which signals each model relies on, how well each balances predicting real crises and raising false alarms, and where both hit their limits. The session offers a hands-on introduction to the forecasting, data analysis and machine learning techniques applied to one of the highest-stakes prediction problems in economics.
The taster also provides an opportunity to learn more about our new MSc Financial Data Analytics programme and ask any questions you may have about the course and studying at Queen Mary’s School of Mathematical Sciences.
Speaker
Dr Eleni Matechou, Reader in Statistics and Programme Director of MSc Financial Data Analytics.
Undergraduate Webinars:
The School of Arts - Undergraduate Taster Events
The School of Arts offers a range of free, interactive taster activities for secondary school and college students.
