The new University of Manchester is making a considerable investment in a number of areas including social statistics. The University is now advertising a chair and an associated lectureship in social statistics but also has plans for further large-scale investment in the future. We hope that the new appointee will lead this process of expansion and contribute to building a major new centre for excellence in social statistics. Details of the post are at http://www.man.ac.uk/news/vacancies/academic.html#HUM203 Please feel free to circulate this information widely.