Academics from across Oxford University have been honoured for their services in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, published as Her Majesty celebrates her Platinum Jubilee. Professor Charlotte Deane of the Department of Statistics is appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for Services to COVID-19 research.
To find out more about the work for which Professor Deane received this honour, you can read her blog post on being the COVID-19 Response Director for UKRI.
Applications for postgraduate study are now open for 2027–28 entry
Postgraduate study at Oxford Statistics offers the chance to work across a broad range of research, from statistical theory and methodology, probability and machine learning to applications in areas including genetics, epidemiology, computational biology, finance and the social sciences.
Tom Rainforth awarded full Professorial title
Tom Rainforth has been awarded the title of Professor of Statistics and, as of 1 September 2026, is also a Fellow of Jesus College.
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