Rob Eastaway is an author, broadcaster and speaker with a particular interest in the maths of everyday life.  His books include the best-selling Maths on the Back of an Envelope and Why Do Buses Come In Threes?  He is a frequent guest on BBC Radio 4’s award-winning podcast More or Less.  He has run numerous sessions on numeracy for adults in a wide range of professions, including a workshop for GP trainers in Kent in 2025.

GPs have to use a range of mathematical skills as part of the daily routine, from basic budgeting to assessing and communicating the relative risks of different treatments.  In this workshop, Rob Eastaway will offer a refresher on essential numeracy skills, plus mathematical tips and short cuts that will be a useful part of every GP’s toolkit.

Join this interactive and creative session with artist Arji Manuelpilla that explores doctors' mental health and how creativity can play a role in health and wellbeing. 

Arji is a poet, performer and facilitator. 

For over 15 years Arji has worked with community arts projects nationally and internationally. This has given him the privilege of working with some of the world’s most interesting people. In everywhere from prisons and Immigration Removal Centres to schools and youth clubs Arji has continued to push creativity and self expression. 

In recent years he has worked for organisations including The Young Vic, The Southbank Centre, The Barbican and The Roundhouse. Arji's strengths lie in his ability to connect with people from all walks of life, to empathise and build lasting bonds. 

Arji prides himself on his ability to inspire and encourage self-expression using an array of games and exercises built up over years working with Drama, Storytelling, Music and Creative writing. 

He believes every art form has its benefits and advocates for the power of the arts to strengthen relationships in communities across the world.

As well as being a passionate creative facilitator Arji is a published poet. His debut collection ‘Improvised Explosive Device’ was shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize, was noted in The Telegraph’s Top 20 poetry books of the year, as well as in The Guardian’s best recent poetry section. It was also the Winter PBS selection.

Alice is a General Paediatrician at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and the Deputy Head of MBBS Stage 3 at GKT.  She has a passion for medical education with a particular focus in supporting students through challenging circumstances.  She also has extensive experience in QI education.  Through her recent work in supporting final year medical students facing academic challenges, she has become increasingly interested in how medical professionals and medical students view failure and the need to reframe our approach. 

In this workshop we will explore our own attitudes and emotions around failure and look at how we can acknowledge these and use this insight to improve as educators.  To move from seeing academic failure as a personal deficit and source of shame to viewing it as a tool for learning and improvement.