Some information for speakers at our seminars
Most speakers arrive by train, and manage to find the maths department in the McCrea building using the travel directions below.
If you come by car please tell the organizer early, since we then reserve a VIP parking slot via College security and they request a week notice. (If you don't have parking permission don't park on Campus. You risk to be clamped.)
For the talk: when choosing your topic and preparing the talk please keep in mind that it is for a general audience. So, you might like to spend much more time on the introduction and motivation of the problem than you would do in a specialized seminar or conference talk. Most parts of the talk should be accessible by nonspecialists and graduate students. The research interests of people in the department include Number theory, Discrete Maths, Cryptography, Algebra and everything else that is interesting. (If you are worried that your research is not in number theory etc, don't worry, just make it interesting and do not assume too much background.)
On the technical side, you can use black board/white board/overhead projector/data projector. Also, with OHP or data projector you can still use the whiteboard simultaneously. The boards are not huge. After 15 or 20 minutes you will probably start erasing some parts.
With regards to data projector: most speakers prefer to bring their laptop. If this is not possible, a PDF file should be sent by email to the organizer. Just in case of technical problems you might like to have a memory stick/disc backup, or slides, etc. (so far there has not been a technical problem in our seminar, but I know of two laptops on other occasions that somehow could not be connected to the system...).
Travel directions
National Rail inquiries. An interactive local street map (In the right corner is Egham station, in the left corner is Royal Holloway. You can zoom the map and print). Note that the official College recommendation is to go via Station Road to the roundabout and walk up Egham Hill (A30). Even though this appears to be a detour it may be the fastest way. If you try the direct route, at your own risk, make sure you reach Ripley Avenue and enter the College at the end of Lynwood Avenue. For other directions (car, bus, taxi or from Heathrow), see the following directions.
Here is the Campus Map (The maths department is in no 17). For other maps.