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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/

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Posters@UCL 4th edition, 4 June 2026

10.02.2026 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
IMSS Lecture 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

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03.02.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

03.02.2026 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are delighted to announce that a Silver Athena Swan Award has been conferred to the Department of Statistical Science. πŸŽ‰

30.01.2026 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŽ‰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.

29.01.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

27.01.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

12.01.2026 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#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.

@uclrdr.bsky.social @stsucl.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social @statisticsucl.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social

08.01.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
China Scholarship Council-UCL Joint Research Scholarship Funding offered by UCL and the China Scholarships Council (CSC) aims to expand the educational, cultural, and technological co-operation between the UK and China.

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...

22.12.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Research Studentships Explore UCL Statistics research studentships: funding, opportunities, and support for PhD students to advance statistical science through innovative research and collaboration.

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...

03.12.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Advice to anyone applying to UCL - Undergraduate Study
YouTube video by UCL Arts & Humanities Advice to anyone applying to UCL - Undergraduate Study

Here's some advice from our current students to anyone applying to study at UCL: www.youtube.com/shorts/HcGWj...

@stsucl.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social @statisticsucl.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social

24.11.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

24.11.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

14.11.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

21.10.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#JOB opportunity, in collaboration with the University of Nottingham

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC826/r...

21.10.2025 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

07.10.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

07.10.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Studentships

🚨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...

11.07.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Studentships

🚨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...

11.07.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pre ICML @ London 2025 The goal of this meetup is to bring together students, researchers, and engineers from the greater London area to discuss machine learning research presented at International Conference on Machine Lea...

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

03.07.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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 πŸ’‘

#UCLOpenDays @ucl.ac.uk

28.06.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two students smiling outdoors in front of a university building with colorful banners. Text reads 9th in the world, QS World University Rankings 2026

Two students smiling outdoors in front of a university building with colorful banners. Text reads 9th in the world, QS World University Rankings 2026

πŸ† 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.

πŸ”— Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
#QSWUR

19.06.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯³ 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

18.06.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ₯‡πŸŽ‰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...

11.06.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pre ICML @ London 2025 The goal of this meetup is to bring together students, researchers, and engineers from the greater London area to discuss machine learning research presented at International Conference on Machine Lea...

Our department’s CSML theme is co-organising a β€˜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...

09.06.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

02.06.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

16.05.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New review on statistical and machine learning tools to advance equity in genomic research Review led by Dr Brieuc Lehmann and PhD student Leandra Brauninger (both UCL Statistical Science) explores how the analytical methods used to process and interpret genomic data play a critical role in...

New review funded by @genomicsengland.bsky.social & led by Dr Brieuc Lehmann & PhD student Leandra Brauninger (@statisticsucl.bsky.social) explores how the analytical methods used to process & interpret #genomic #data play a critical role in promoting #health #equity: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

15.05.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Over the weekend, our very own Sam took part in a European defence tech hackathon in Warsaw, and walked away with the grand prize! πŸ†

Their winning solution? An AI model to help predict how to treat wounded soldiers suffering from bacterial infections resistant to antibiotics.

tinyurl.com/4n9suuk8

16.04.2025 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This week's seminar will be given by KamΓ©lia Daudel (ESSEC Business School).

Time and date: Wednesday 16th April 2-3pm (BST)

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

Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

14.04.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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