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RSS schools’ workshops

Friday, 17 November 2006 00:00

Eaton Bank School, in Congleton, Cheshire hosted the first of this term’s workshops on Friday 13 October with 85 students, mostly Year 10, from Eaton Bank, Wilmslow High and Holmes Chapel schools.

Blackwell discounts

Friday, 17 November 2006 00:00

Some fellows may not realise that they can obtain a 20 per cent discount on Teaching Statistics and other Blackwell journals

Review of statistics teaching in higher education

Friday, 17 November 2006 00:00

Fred Smith and Laura Staetsky have undertaken a review of statistics teaching in higher education. A meeting to discuss the outcomes will be held from 2.00 to 4.30 pm on 13 December at Errol Street.

ESRC funding opportunities

Friday, 17 November 2006 00:00

The Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) provides funding opportunities, many of which could be of interest to statisticians. To view these, and for more information, go to the ESRC website http://www.esrc.ac.uk and follow the links to 'Funding Opportunities' and 'Forthcoming Funding Opportunities'

Association of Statistics Lecturers in Universities (ASLU) Project Prize Education

Friday, 17 November 2006 00:00

The ASLU projects were judged by Professor Bal Chansarkar of Middlesex University and Dr R Gadsden of Loughborough University. The judges were quite impressed by the standard achieved and efforts made by the students in analysis and building models.