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getstats Week 20-27 October 2010

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The Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education invites you to a series of activities to mark the beginning of the Royal Statistical Society’s 10-year statistical literacy campaign, getstats.

The events run from Wednesday 20 - Wednesday 27 October 2010, with two days in London at the RSS and four in Plymouth at the RSSCSE. The launch of the campaign, on 20 October, is being marked by a read paper to the Society by Chris Wild, Maxine Pfannkuch, Matt Regan (University of Auckland, NZ) and Nick Horton (Smith College, USA). It is entitled 'Towards More Accessible Conceptions of Statistical Inference'. Do not miss this - for many, this paper represents what the RSS 10-year statistical literacy campaign is all about!

RSSCSE 2011 CensusAtSchool joins the ONS for Big Bang Fairs

2011 is Census year and, as part of the promotion for emphasizing the importance of completing the census form, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has joined with the long-established RSSCSE CensusAtSchool Project. Together they will promote the 2011 Census to school children across the country using the Census 2011 theme of origami shapes, encouraging schools to get involved by filling-in their own online questionnaire.

Engaging Students in Learning Statistics Event

Statistics plays an important role in the research methodologies, knowledge generation and solving of data-driven problems in most subjects. It is taught across a wide range of academic disciplines at undergraduate and graduate levels in the UK and elsewhere. Traditionally in the UK the statistics courses that were taught outside mathematics and statistics departments were delivered as so-called ‘service teaching’ through mathematical sciences groups within those departments, where colleagues who did the statistics teaching may, or may not, have been qualified in statistics.

Certificate in Teaching Statistics up to Pre-university Level

Apply now - the next course starts in December 2010
(exact date to be arranged)

There are many teachers involved in the delivery of statistics in schools and colleges who lack the confidence and competence to teach the subject successfully. This is due to their lack of opportunities to learn, either because they do not have a mathematical degree or such a degree did not include Statistics. We have devised a distance learning course that leads to a Certificate in Teaching Statistics up to Pre-university Level. It is an ideal way to do continuing professional development that, at the same time, leads to a recognised qualification.

Download an application form (Word)

Download the course outline (PDF)

MSOR Conference 2010 - Continuing Excellence in Teaching and Learning

2020 Vision: Maths and Stats in Higher Education over the next 10 years

Date: 6-7 September 2010

Venue: University of Birmingham

The aim of this conference is to promote, explore and disseminate effective practice and research findings in Mathematics and Statistics teaching, learning, support and assessment. The conference will appeal to all those teaching Mathematics, Statistics or Numeracy in higher education, whether this is to specialist mathematics students or students studying components of mathematics within their degree programmes (such as bioscience, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, nursing, physics, psychology, social work, etc).

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