Reference Request

This form can be used to request a reference from a nominated member of staff in the Department of Statistics, if you do not currently have a personal contact with an academic who can write you a reference.

Please take the time to read all the information on this page.

Reference Writers

Your first reference should be your personal tutor.
Your second reference can be another academic member of staff you have a personal contact with, such as a previous personal tutor. You will need to ask this member of staff individually to write your second reference.
If you are currently doing a research project, your second reference should be your project supervisor. This would apply to 4th Year Integrated Masters students and 3rd year integrated masters students and MSc students, after your project supervisor has been allocated.

Who needs to fill in this form?

Students who do not have personal contact with an academic to write a second reference
Students who require an extra reference (e.g. for those applying to Oxbridge)

Conditions of Reference Request

The support office and academic members of staff work on a four working-week timeline to allocate you with your reference writer. We do not give preference to applications which have earlier deadlines. We work on queue basis, completing the forms submitted earliest to ensure these are completed within the four weeks.

If you know you have a specific deadline please complete this form at least four weeks before the application submission deadline so that this will be processed in time for your deadlines.

Please note that the reference will only be supplied if the following conditions are met;

You are only required to submit only one reference request if you are submitting similar applications (for example, if you are applying to similar courses across different universities). Please do not submit several applications as this makes it difficult to track your application. If you make a mistake and need to resubmit a form with new applications, please contact @stats.ug.support@warwick.ac.uk and we can remove this so you can submit your application in one place. Please try and prepare all the institutions/internships/jobs you wish to apply to before you submit this form.
You fill in all the information on this form completely. We cannot assist with writing an application if you are missing crucial information.
You must complete this form before submitting your application. You must do this at least four weeks before the application submission deadline. Due to the high numbers of reference requests received by the support office, we are unable to prioritise reference requests if you have not given yourself enough time for this process to be completed.
You will be sent the contact details of the nominated member of staff and must enter the provided contact details in your application. Entering the contact details for a person who has not been nominated in your application will mean that you will not be given a reference.

Uni ID

Full name

Elective Name

Course

UG year 1

UG year 2

UG year 3

UG year 4

MSc

Alumni

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

Other

Name of Personal Tutor. Your personal tutor should be your first reference.

Have you contacted your personal tutor to ask whether they are happy to write your reference? If no, please contact your personal tutor before continuing this form.

Have you contacted and received confirmation of specific second reference writer or do you require one being allocated to you?

If you have contacted and agreed a specific second reference writer in the field above, please enter their name below. If no, please write n/a in this field

Job or course title that you are requesting a reference for. Please enter the full title of this job/course as listed on official documentation.

Name of company or institution (in the exact format that it should appear in the reference)

Contact name (the person or department that the reference should be addressed to if different from company or institution)

Details of company or university address for the reference letter

Address line 1

Address line 2

Town or city

County (if in UK)

Postcode (if in UK) please supply similar ZIP code/area code for international applications.

Country

Link to Application Webpage:

If you are completing this form for more than one course application, please can you provide the contact details of the course. Please follow the same format as the above e.g. Course details, Contact Name, Address line 1, Address line 2, Town or city, County, Postcode, Country, Link to application webpage.

Do any of the institutions above require a third reference as part of their application process? If so, list these below. Please note, we will check whether these are desirable or compulsory as part of the application process. If no, please enter “n/a”

Please describe your motivations for applying for this job or course. This will help your reference writer to support your application in their reference.

To assist your reference writer you may choose describe 2 (at most) situations where you have evidenced extra passion/enthusiasm/drive that are relevant to the position that you are applying for e.g. positions of responsibility during the degree, relevant internships/research experiences. You should include the skills that you have demonstrated and any significant outcomes.

If you would like your reference writer to have access to your CV or any other information please include it as an attachment here. Please note that the additional forms will not be used by all reference writers and you should ensure that all important information is available in the motivations section above.

Attach file

No files are currently attached.

Yes

I understand that I will not personally recieve this reference, instead it will be provided directly to the institution I am applying for

Privacy notice

The data on this form will be used to send you the information you have requested. We will store the fact that you have requested the information and your contact details to receive the information, but we will not send you any information beyond that which you have requested, nor will we use the data for any other purpose.

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