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UCL Statistical Science was the first university statistics department in the world when founded in 1911. Methodological & applied statistics. Fun place to work https://www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/
Next week's seminar will be given by Anastasia Mantziou (University of Warwick)
Date and time: Wednesday 11th March 2-3pm (UK)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk
This week's seminar will be given by Ben Van Calster (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven)
Time and date: Wednesday 4th March 2-3pm (UK)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk
This week's seminar will be given by David Bourne (Heriott-Watt University)
Time and date: Wednesday 18th February 2-3pm (UK)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk
Posters@UCL 4th edition, 4 June 2026
The UCL IMSS Annual Lecture will take place on the 27th April with a keynote from @lestermackey.bsky.social.
The theme is 'Computational Statistics and Machine Learning' and we'll have talks from Alessandro Barp, Paula Cordero Encinar & Po-Ling Loh.
imss2026.github.io
@statisticsucl.bsky.social
This week's seminar will be given by Christoforos Panagiotis (University of Bath)
Time and date: Wednesday 4th February 2-3pm (UK)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk
We are delighted to announce that a Silver Athena Swan Award has been conferred to the Department of Statistical Science. 🎉
🎉Congratulations to Prof. Elinor Jones on being elected inaugural Fellow of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, in recognition of their exceptional work in education and for leading in their fields.
This week's seminar will be given by Chris Nemeth (Lancaster University)
Time and date: Wednesday 28th January 2-3pm (UK)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk
This week's seminar will be given by Nicola Gnecco (Imperial College London)
Time and date: Wednesday 14th January 2-3pm (UK)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk
#Graduate open events are taking place this Jan & Feb:
🟣 online open days;
🟣 in-person open evening;
🟣 risk, disaster & humanitarian careers event.
Browse/register now: bit.ly/4pt3PMM.
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The Dean's Prize Studentships are now being advertised with a deadline of 14 Jan 2026, as part of the "China Scholarship Council-UCL Joint Research Scholarships".
www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
4 or more UCL Departmental Studentships
Deadline 9 January 2026
PhD Studentships, based at the UCL Department of Statistical Science. Open to Home and Overseas applicants.
www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
Also, apply for admission to the MPhil/PhD programme.
www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
Here's some advice from our current students to anyone applying to study at UCL: www.youtube.com/shorts/HcGWj...
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This week's seminar will be given by Matthew Thorpe (University of Warwick)
Time and date: Wednesday 26th November 2-3pm (UK)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk
Next week's seminar will be given by Theresa Smith (University of Bath)
Time and date: Wednesday 19th November 2-3pm (UK)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk
This week's seminar will be given by Purvasha Chakravarti (UCL)
Time and date: Wednesday 22nd October 2-3pm (UK)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk
#JOB opportunity, in collaboration with the University of Nottingham
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC826/r...
Please note a change in format: Tom will now be presenting remotely via Zoom.
For those who still wish to attend in person, we will be streaming the live presentation in the original room. You are all welcome to join us there.
This week's seminar will be given by Tom Rainforth (University of Oxford).
Time and date: Wednesday 8th October 2-3pm (UK)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk
🚨3 Departmental PhD Studentships have now become available. The deadline for applications will be 31 of July. Available for overseas and home students.
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
🚨3 Departmental PhD Studentships have now become available. The deadline for applications will be 31 of July. Available for overseas and home students.
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
Today is the day of the pre-ICML event at UCL! Come check out the exciting work from academics, industry researchers, postdocs and PhD students from around London: sites.google.com/view/pre-icm... @statisticsucl.bsky.social @ucl-csml-ellis.bsky.social
Some shots from #OpenDay two! Featured: @uclchemistry.bsky.social odour #experiment, @statisticsucl.bsky.social taster on #Bayesian #statistics, learning about angular #momentum with UCL Physics & Astronomy, and exploring #maths for #finance with UCL Mathematics 💡
#UCLOpenDays @ucl.ac.uk
Two students smiling outdoors in front of a university building with colorful banners. Text reads 9th in the world, QS World University Rankings 2026
🏆 UCL is ranked 9th globally in the 2026 QS World University Rankings for the third year in a row.
This marks our 14th year in the global top 10, reflecting the strength of our academic and employer reputation.
🔗 Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
#QSWUR
🥳 Congratulations are in order for:
our newly promoted professors
FX
Robin
Paul
Terry
as well as for our newly promoted Associated Professors
Tom H
Alex D
Takoua
Emma
Brieuc
🥇🎉Many congratulations to Stephanie Dickinson for her achievement in this year’s BEAMS Professional Services Awards!
More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/n...
Our department’s CSML theme is co-organising a ‘pre-ICML’ event to showcase the exciting research in machine learning taking place at UCL and across London on the 3rd July. Details on registration and the call for talks/posters is available here: sites.google.com/view/pre-icm...
A special seminar will be given by Philip Dawid (Cambridge)
Time and date: Thursday 12th June 11am-12pm (BST)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, 102
For more information contact t.soo@ucl.ac.uk
This week's seminar will be given by Chia-Jung Tsay (UCL)
Time and date: Wednesday 28th May 2-3pm (BST)
In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, 102
Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk