UCL Dept. of Stats

The eCOTs Statistics Education Workshop visited UCL Dept of Statistical Science on 18th June 2026

This event was hosted by the Researchers of Statistics Education Network (RoSE Network) and dealt with curriculum design in a changing educational environment in the age of AI.

Link to story: https://sample-space.org/posts/features/2026-07-18-ecots-statistics-education-workshop/

Congratulations to our very own Prof. Jim Griffin on winning the 2025 Lindley Prize of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis for his paper

“Expressing and Visualizing Model Uncertainty in Bayesian Variable Selection Using Cartesian Credible Sets”

MAPS Faculty ECR Forum Awards 2026 – Winners Announcement

🎉 Congratulations to Domna Ladopoulou, recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award at the MAPS Faculty ECR Forum Awards 2026.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/news/2026/jul/maps-faculty-ecr-forum-awards-2026-winners-announcement

🚨Job alert: Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow in Causal Inference🚨

Link to post: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=18719&nPostingTargetId=45620&id=Q1KFK026203F3VBQBLO8M8M07&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=ext

🚨Job alert: Research Assistant/Fellow in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning🚨

Link to post: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=18527&nPostingTargetId=45123&id=Q1KFK026203F3VBQBLO8M8M07&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=ext

This week’s seminar will be given by Sara Wade (University of Edinburgh)

Date and time: Wednesday 3rd June 2-3pm (UK)

In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09

Link to join online: contact [email protected]

A special seminar will be given this week by Heather Battey (Imperial College London)

Date and time: Thursday 4th June 2-3pm (UK)

In-person location: Room 115, 1-19 Torrington Place

🚨 Last week to sign up!

Don’t miss your chance to join UCL’s hugely popular Practical Statistics for Medical Research (PSMR) course. Whether you're a clinician, researcher, or health professional, this course gives you practical, confidence‑building training in medical statistics — taught by experienced statisticians from UCL.

📅 Runs 16–19 June 2026
🖥️ Delivered online, so you can join from anywhere
ℹ️ Includes lectures + hands‑on computer workshops
🔗 Full details & registration:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/statistics/research/practical-statistics-medical-research

Perfect for anyone wanting to better understand study design, data analysis, and how to interpret statistical results in medical research.

Practical Statistics for Medical Research Advance your career with Practical Statistics for Medical Research at UCL Statistical Sciences. Expert-led training in biostatistics, clinical data analysis, and evidence-based research methods.

FA Europe conference

In May 2026, Dr Tom Bartlett presented recent research findings at the FA Europe conference, following recent computational-statistical modelling work in the Department of Statistical Science.

Read the full article here: https://sample-space.org/posts/features/2026-05-22-fa-europe-conference/

We are very pleased to announce that registration is now open for the RoSE-eCOTS Regional Meeting 2026.

This event will bring together educators, researchers, and practitioners in statistics and data science education to share current research, exchange innovative teaching practices, and strengthen collaboration across the community. We are delighted to confirm that our invited speakers are Dr Alun Owen and Dr Rob Wilson, who will contribute to a stimulating programme of talks and discussion.

📅 Date: Thursday 18 June 2026
✴️ Location: In-person at University College London
🌐 Event information and registration:
https://sites.google.com/view/rose-network-web/events/rose-ecots-regional-meeting

Please note that registration is required separately for the eCOTS conference as well as for the workshop.

We warmly welcome colleagues who would like to present their work. Abstract submissions can be made via the registration form.

🗓 Registration and abstract submission deadline: 1 June 2026

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Takoua Jendoubi ([email protected]) or Jacky Chan ([email protected]).

We look forward to welcoming you to UCL for what promises to be an engaging and collaborative event.

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