Warwick Statistics Department has been successful in its application for an Athena SWAN Bronze Award. The Athena SWAN Charter recognises commitment to advancing women's careers in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment in academia. The Charter was launched in June 2005. Any higher education institution which is committed to the advancement and promotion of the careers of women in STEMM in higher education and research can apply for membership. The beliefs underpinning the Charter are:

• The advancement of science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine is fundamental to quality of life across the globe;
• It is vitally important that women are adequately represented in what has traditionally been, and is still, a male-dominated area;
• Science cannot reach its full potential unless it can benefit from the talents of the whole population, and until women and men can benefit equally from the opportunities it affords.

Athena SWAN Bronze Award holders have demonstrated particular challenges and plan activities for the future, use quantitative and qualitative assessment to identify challenges and opportunities, have a plan that builds on this assessment, and learn lessons from any activities already in place. In the case of Warwick Statistics, this activity is overseen by our Welfare and Communications Committee, chaired by our head of department.

We are delighted to announce that the 2013 John Copas Prize in Statistics for the most outstanding thesis amongst those eligible for the PhD Completion Award has been awarded to Alexandre Thiery.

The examiners, and the panel awarding the Prize, were very impressed with the quality and clarity of the thesis, and noted that the thesis included material which was already published in prestigious journals.

http://warwick.ac.uk/statistics/postgrad/studentprizes

    

Departmental academic prizes were awarded to several of our new graduates at the recent graduation-day reception. Pictured above, receiving their prizes from Professor Wilfrid Kendall, are (from left to right) Adam Bowditch, Shaun Killingbeck, James Turner, Jingwen Zhong and Chenyi Zou.

Many congratulations to them, to the other prizewinners, and to all of our graduating students this summer!

http://warwick.ac.uk/courses/studentprizes