As you might have seen, I've finally updated my website, www.paulsweeting.com. This is where I will be adding blog posts on various topics, but there is also something new: an education section allowing students of ST9 - the enterprise risk management...
The reluctant leader
This summer I took over as head of actuarial science at the University of Kent. I have to admit, part of me was not looking forward to this. I returned to full-time academia to teach and to carry out research, not to get involved in management and...
Tips for the actuarial exams
Socrates and Greek debt
I'm on holiday with the family in Northumberland this week, and today we were in Alnwick (pronounced "Annick", in case you're relating this story and you want to sound knowledgeable). The castle here had a starring role in the Harry Potter films as...
Alphabet soup and bird genes
I'm currently at the International Congress of Actuaries in Cape Town, and it's amazing what you learn. For example, today I learnt that whilst mammals have X and Y chromosomes, with women having two X's and men having an X and a Y, birds have W and Z...