Oxford partners with the Optiver Foundation to launch new international postgraduate scholarship programme for women in STEM
A new scholarship programme at Oxford will increase the number of women from low- and middle-income countries who take up offers to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects at postgraduate level. The programme, which will provide support for 30 taught master’s students over a period of five years, has been made possible by a donation from the Optiver Foundation.
What does a statistician do for the England football team?
From squad selection to modelling how footballs behave at altitude, statistician Matt Penn explains how data is helping shape the modern game, and why coaches will always matter more than the numbers.
New evidence suggests vast hidden magma systems inside Mars
Researchers from the Departments of Earth Science and Statistics have found evidence that Mars once hosted enormous, Earth-like magmatic systems deep below its surface – even though the planet lacks the plate tectonics long considered essential for this kind of geological complexity. The findings open up new possibilities for how rocky planets become habitable.
Finding a needle in the genomic haystack: Targeting rare genes using statistical outliers
In statistical modelling, extreme outliers are often written off as 'noise'. But a new study by researchers from Oxford's Department of Statistics and Big Data Institute published this week in The American Journal of Human Genetics reverses that principle, using these outliers as the basis of a targeting system for locating rare, high-impact genetic mutations.