This EPSRC studentship is available for postgraduate research in Applied Statistics, specifically but not exclusively in methodological developments related to survival analysis, latent structure models, repeated ordinal data, longitudinal data or event history techniques. Applicants should have a good first or upper second degree or Masters in Mathematics or Statistics, or be a final year undergraduate about to graduate with such a degree. The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is 28th May, 1999. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%