RSS Centre for Statistical Education The University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD Phone: +44 (0) 115 951 4911 Fax: +44 (0) 115 951 4951

Creating a Discipline Network in Statistics

Matching Education, Assessment
and Employment Needs in Statistics (MEANS)

This two-year funded project is based at the RSS Centre for Statistical Education in the University of Nottingham. Its main aim is to facilitate (provide the MEANS!!) a closer match between the statistical training received in higher education, and graduates' subsequent employment needs. To this end the project team will be holding seminars, gathering information and examples of good practice, establishing a discussion forum and Web pages to help people find suitable teaching and training materials and so on.

Please contact Peter Holmes if:

1. You are an employer of graduates and expect them to do statistical work;

2. You are a graduate employee doing any statistical work;

3. You are involved with educating graduates who will use statistics in their work, even if you are not teaching in the context of statistics/mathematics specialities;

4. You know of others who are concerned with improving the match between the teaching of undergraduate statistics and the use of statistics in employment contexts;

5. You are running statistics courses specifically to help those in employment, including in-house statistical training courses or in-service courses;

6. You have a story to tell about good or bad experiences comparing statistics in work and undergraduate statistical training;

7. You are actively involved (or know of others involved) in co-operative ventures between employers and teachers/trainers in statistics;

8. You would like to be part of one of our working seminars (to produce case studies and develop a helpful resource);

9. You know of any teaching material which you have found particularly helpful in preparing undergraduates or graduate employees for the statistics used in employment;

10. You wish to be part of a network of people interested in these problems. Please give name, affiliation, email and mail address and interest.

Peter Holmes (Project Manager)
RSS Centre for Statistical Education
University of Nottingham
Nottingham NG7 2RD

Tel: 0115 951 4911
email: peter.holmes@ntu.ac.uk

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Please email rsscse@ntu.ac.uk with any comments or corrections.