Dear all,
We would like to propose an initial meeting of the statistics support interest group at Sheffield University on Friday 9th November, starting at 12:15pm and finishing at approximately 3:45pm. This idea was first proposed at the 2012 MSOR conference following interesting discussion on statistics support.
This will be a fairly informal meeting with discussion about the format for future meetings included during the afternoon. We are open to suggestions for discussion topics but propose the following to get started:
1. How can we help each other in the statistics support community and where do we go from here?
2. The possibility of working together to provide centralised resources. We will introduce the Statstutor website and proposed dataset resource section to get things started.
3. How different universities deal with supporting students rather than doing their work for them. Thank you to those of you who responded to this point in the initial email I sent.
Could you please email me on [log in to unmask] to let me know if you are interested and feel free to forward this on to anyone you think may be interested. Once I have a better idea about numbers, I will forward details of the room where the meeting will be held to all interested parties.
Ellen
Statistics Tutor
Mathematics & Statistics Help Centre
Octagon Centre M15-17
Western Bank
Sheffield S10 2TQ
Tel: (0114) 222 1745
Working days: Tuesday - Friday
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