Prominent statistician appointed to the board of EPSRC

Congratulations to Alison Etheridge, professor of probability at the University of Oxford and current president of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, who has been confirmed as one of the 12 new council members of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). 

Alison has worked at the Universities of Cambridge, Berkeley, Edinburgh and Queen Mary University London before returning to Oxford. She has worked with EPSRC both through its Mathematical Sciences Strategic Advisory Team and Strategic Advisory Network.

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RSS presses for policy change re: stats releases on polling days

The RSS has helped to amend a UK Statistics Authority policy regarding the publishing of official statistics during election days.

The official policy has been, and still is, to ensure that statistics aren’t published on long-planned election days. However, if a snap election is called, decisions have to be made about when to publish the statistical releases planned for that day. Previously, the policy stated that, ‘Statistics with a high level of public interest should be brought forward to the day before polling day, or if that is unfeasible, then they can be delayed until the next day.’

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Special International Women's Day edition of Significance

Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate, our publisher, Wiley Blackwell, has compiled a special e-edition of Significance magazine articles celebrating women in statistics, including one exploring the extraordinary data visualisations by our first female fellow, Florence Nightingale.

Read the special e-edition of Significance celebrating International Women’s Day 2018.

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Peter Diggle to deliver Barnett Lecture at RSS 2018 Conference

Former RSS President Peter Diggle has been confirmed to deliver the Society’s Barnett Lecture at our 2018 conference in Cardiff. 

Taking place on 6 September, the Barnett Lecture is in memory of Vic Barnett, a former RSS council member who helped pioneer the Society’s Environmental Statistics section. 

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Schools get £600 funding boost for post-16 maths and stats students

The Department for Education has announced that schools and colleges in England offering maths study post-16 will receive £600 extra funding per additional pupil per year from September.

The new Advanced Maths Premium will ensure that a range of flexible pathways will be available for students looking to study maths beyond GCSE level. It will not only support the further growth of A level Mathematics, it will help to secure the future of Further Mathematics and AS level Mathematics, the latter potentially as a fourth course alongside three A levels.

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