Do you feel you're still in the early years of your statistical career?
For example, are you studying or researching in the field of statistics or
have you recently had a career change to statistics?
No matter what your age is, if you're a career-young statistician then the
RSS Young Statisticians Section is here to support you!
The Young Statisticians Section (YSS) is the newest section of the Royal
Statistical Society. The YSS committee was formed this summer with a
strongly shared vision; to unite all statisticians in the early stages of
their career and to provide a central resource for Continuing Professional
Development and networking. Networking is considered a priority as we wish
to bring together a community of career-young statisticians that support
each other both socially and professionally. The aims of the section are
applicable to any career-young statistician, whatever sector or field they
work in and whatever their age. We aim to ease the transition into your
statistical career through the support we offer and the exciting schedule of
events that we have been busy organising!
Most importantly, we would like to invite you to the YSS launch event which
will take place on January 30th at the Royal Statistical Society's
headquarters in London. This event will be a fantastic opportunity to meet
other young statisticians and of course professional development will also
be a key focus. The link below displays a poster for this event;
http://www.rss.org.uk/PDF/YSS_launch_event.pdf
We are proud to announce an exceptional line-up of speakers for our launch
event; Karen Dunnell (National Statistician, chief executive of the UK
Statistics Authority and head of the Government Statistical Service), Prof.
Andy Grieve ( Past President of the RSS), Dr. Trevor Lewis (Chair of the
RSS Professional Development Centre) and Prof. David Hand (RSS President).
Of course it wouldn't be a launch party without wine and a hot buffet, all
of which is included in the ticket price of £10. Register for tickets on our
webpage before 23/01/2009 at www.rss.org.uk/yss.
The launch is set to be a brilliant evening and a great start to the new
year for career young statisticians - we hope to see you there!
Many thanks,
Sent on behalf of the Royal Statistical Society Young Statisticians Section
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