News from 2014
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Top 10 ranking in the Complete University Guide
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is ranked 10th in the UK and top in the North West in the latest Complete University Guide subject league tables.
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PhD student appointed RSS statistical ambassador
Rhian Davies, a final-year PhD student with the STOR-i (Statistics and Operational Research) Centre for Doctoral Training has been appointed a Statistical Ambassador by the Royal Statistical Society.
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Investing in the next generation of researchers
Lancaster University is to receive £1.7m in funding to support the next generation of researchers.
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Lancaster statistician helping to develop new crime-fighting forensic techniques
Dr David Lucy is working with the Netherlands’ National Forensics Institute (NFI), to develop a method of working out how likely it is that glass fragments found on suspects came from crime scenes.
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Distinguished Faculty Visitor to give lecture series
Professor Anthony To-Ming Lau, University of Alberta, Edmonton,has been appointed as a Distinguished Faculty Visitor to the Department.
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PhD Studentships in Mathematics and Statistics
We invite applications for fully funded PhD positions in either Pure Mathematics or Statistics.
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New analysis method makes increasing rate of violent crime visible
A new method of analysing crime statistics finds that violent crime in England and Wales is increasing, not decreasing.
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Businesses urged to tap into science and technology young talent
Businesses are being urged to benefit from the technical knowledge and fresh ideas of leading students.
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Dean's award for PhD Excellence
Congratulations to Jared White who has been awarded the Dean's Award for PhD Excellence in the Faculty of Science and Technology for the 1st Year category.
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LMS Undergraduate Summer School 2015
This July, two students from the department, John Hewetson and Joshua Wood, attended the inaugural London Mathematical Society Undergraduate Summer School, held at Loughborough University.