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Activity Number:
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479
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 7, 2008 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #301433 |
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Title:
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Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre: Creating Enterprise and Innovation in Teaching Statistics Across Disciplines
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Author(s):
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Gillian Lancaster*+
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Companies:
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Lancaster University
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Address:
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Postgraduate Statistics Centre, Lancaster, LA1 4YF, United Kingdom
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Keywords:
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CETL ; HEFCE ; higher education ; postgraduate statistics ; skills acquisition
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Abstract:
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In 2002 the Higher Education Funding Council of England launched its largest ever single funding initiative in teaching and learning, amounting to £315 million to fund 74 new centers from 2005-2010. The Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) initiative has two main aims: to reward excellent teaching practice, and to further invest in that practice to deliver substantial benefits. The Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre is the only CETL that specializes in postgraduate statistical education and builds on the teaching excellence and well-established 6* RAE rated research reputation of the Statistics Group. The diverse interests of the group provide a unique research-led approach to teaching with strong practical emphasis on skills acquisition and promoting PG statistics across disciplines. This talk will describe the breadth and diversity of the work of the new centre.
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