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Statistics Summer Internships

17 Jan 2025

The Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford will run its Summer Research Internships Programme again during summer 2025. 

Oxford University expands AI fellowship programme to support researchers in Africa and India

10 Jan 2025

The new Oxford Schmidt Africa-India AI in Science Faculty Fellowship (AI2-Ox SFF) Programme, developed in partnership with the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx), the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) and four Oxford colleges, will fund 18 faculty research fellows over the next five years, starting in 2025.

Alison Etheridge appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

8 Jan 2025

Professor Alison Etheridge DBE FRS, has been appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to Mathematical Sciences.

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Oxford University to lead AI security research through new national laboratory partnership

6 Dec 2024

The University of Oxford, in collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute and UK Government, will play a lead role in the newly announced Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR).

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Zoi Tsangalidou becomes a ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Pre-Doctoral Winner

26 Nov 2024

STATML Student, Zoi Tsangalidou has been award by the The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) a Trainee Research Excellence Pre-Doctoral award for her paper.

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New CDT in Fundamentals of AI

21 Nov 2024

Admissions for 2025 entry are now open!

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HPRU EZI receives £5.5M Funding Boost

11 Nov 2024

The Department is pleased to be part of the team continuing research into emerging and zoonotic infections (EZI) with HPRU thanks to further funding from the NIHR. 

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Arun Raja Awarded the Graduate Teaching and Research Scholarship

15 Oct 2024

Congratulations to Aran Raja for being awarded the Graduate Teaching and Research Scholarship in Mathematics at Oriel College for 2025-26!

A New Partnership with GSK and NDM to Develop Use of Biostatistics and AI in Research

3 Oct 2024

We have an exciting new collaboration between the Department of Statistics, Nuffield Department of Medicine and GSK to develop innovative new tools and methods for the fields of medical and biopharmaceutical research.

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