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Deadline: 15 April 2013
Lectureship in Statistics
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Lancaster University, UK
Salary: £32,267 to £44,607
Closing Date: Monday 15 April 2013
Interview Date: Thursday 2 May 2013
Reference: A647
This new post, commencing 1 September 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter, is
part of a continuing expansion of the Department which led to six new academic
appointments during 2012. In addition to this Lectureship, two further new
Chairs in Statistics and Pure Mathematics and a Lecturer in Analysis are being
sought for 2013. Over the last five years, the Department has seen an increase
in undergraduate numbers of over 80% and in research student numbers of over
40%. The University is committed to continuing this expansion.
Lancaster University has one of the largest and strongest statistics research
groups in the UK comprising 21 academic staff, 9 research associates and 32 FTE
research students. In the 2008 RAE, 60% of Lancaster’s Statistics and OR outputs
were graded as 3* or 4*. The statistics group takes a leading role in the
development of statistical methodology such as Markov chain Monte Carlo,
particle filtering, extreme value theory, wavelets, the analysis of
longitudinal and spatial data and mixture modelling. Application interests
include medicine, industry and the social sciences. The Medical and
Pharmaceutical Statistics Research Unit collaborates with the pharmaceutical
industry and is part of the MRC-funded North West Hub for Trial Methodology
Research with the Universities of Liverpool and Bangor. With researchers in the
Faculty of Health and Medicine, the Department plays a leading role in
developing and applying methods of spatial epidemiology. In collaboration with
the Department of Management Science, we host STOR-i, one of only three
EPSRC-funded Doctoral Training Centres in the Mathematical Sciences. The STOR-i
DTC funds at least 10 PhD students each year within Statistics and Operational
Research, and has a strong emphasis on collaborative research with
manufacturing, energy and financial companies. The wavelets research group also
has strong industrial links that have led to the funding of two Research
Associates. The Department is part of the ESRC-funded North West Doctoral
Training Centre for Social Science together with other departments at Lancaster
and the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, and is involved in applying
statistics to criminology, forensic science and health.
You may have research interests in any area of statistics, but a clearly
demonstrated potential of attracting research funding and research studentships
is required. Appointments that strengthen our existing statistics research
groups or lead to the establishment of similar groups with other methodological
interests or to collaborations in other application areas are sought. We also
seek people who will be capable and enthusiastic contributors to the
Department’s undergraduate programme, helping to deliver the existing syllabus
and to expand the range of modules offered. Further teaching opportunities
exist on our thriving MSc course in Statistics, MSc programmes in Quantitative
Methods and Quantitative Finance, on courses in statistics for other
departments and on short specialist courses in advanced statistical methods,
some of which attract participants from throughout the UK and Europe. The
Department provides a statistics advisory service for all researchers on
campus, and engages in consulting with industry and public bodies.
Informal enquiries can be made to: Professor John Whitehead,
[log in to unmask] General information about the Department can be
found at: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk. To apply online, go to
http://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A647.
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