Academy for PhD Training in Statistics (APTS) Student registration for Academic Year 2011-2012 APTS provides intensive short courses designed for first-year PhD students in statistics and probability. For details please see http://www.apts.ac.uk Any university department or institute which has PhD students in statistics can apply to send students to APTS weeks. The online form to apply for APTS places in academic year 2011-2012 is now open, and closes at noon on 21 October 2011. Full information on the registration procedure can be found on the website. (Contacts at currently-registered "sending institutions" should already have received this notification. Other institutions may still register as "sending institutions" at this stage.) -- Academy for PhD Training in Statistics (APTS) http://www.apts.ac.uk You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.