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Lunch and launch of the University of Reading Statistics Community of Practice

 

19th November 2025

12:00 – 17:00

 

Programme of the day.

 

Time Session
12:00 to 13:00 Lunch
13 – 13:10 Introduction by the Co-Directors, Prof Simonetta Longhi and Dr Francesco Tamagnini
13:10 – 14:10 Keynote, by Dame Jil Matheson DCB, former National Statistician and Co-Chair of the UK Committee for Research Integrity (UK CORI)
14 :10 – 14:30 Break
14:30 – 14:40 Summary of the last 2 years of SCOP, by Dr Daisy Powell
14:40 – 15:35 Open Discussion 1. Statistics and me: why everyone hates statistics
15:35 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 16:00 Library-based resources for statistical support, by Kerry Webb
16:00 – 16:50 Open Discussion 2. What type of statistics support do we need?