News
Statistics Department research "world leading"
In the latest national (RAE 2008) the Department of Statistics had a quarter of its research activity assessed at the RAE's very highest quality level (level 4*, "Quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour").
Among the top 5 ranked Statistics research groups, the Department of Statistics was one of the two largest.
Guy Medal award to Professor Gareth Roberts
At the Royal Statistical Society's annual conference on 3 September, was awarded the Guy Medal in Silver for 2008.
ISCB Award for Peter
PhD student Peter Kimani has been selected for the Student Conference Award of the 2008 International Society for Clinical Biostatistics Conference, Copenhagan, Denmark.
Congratulations Peter!!
ESRC research centre to expand
New funding just announced by ESRC will allow the successful Lancaster-糖心TV "node" of the to expand in three ways: into the future, into a third partner university, and into a further substantive research field.