This is one of those speculative messages designed to elicit response.
I am in the process of negotiating with the university authorities for the
approval of a Chair in Applied Statistics to provide additional research
leadership for the staff at Reading. Uninformed commentators have intimated
that there is nobody out there (and certainly nobody of quality) who would
even consider applying. I know that you are out there, but I need you to
tell me that I am correct.
The School of Applied Statistics at Reading has over 30 professionally
qualified statisticians covering the full range of application areas. [See
ww.rdg.ac.uk/statistics]
Within this there is the academic Department, the Statistical Services Centre
(a commercial consulting group) and the Medical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Unit (a research unit core funded by multi-national pharmaceutical
companies).
This is a request for you to contact me informally (not the list) with no
obligation on your part and no promise on mine (!) - other than to keep you
in touch with progress. [Contact [log in to unmask]]
I look forward to your response.
Derek Pike
Head of School of Applied Statistics
The University of Reading
Reading RG6 6FN.
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