Skills and Training
On this page you will find links and resources for the transferable skills programmes available at both universities. More information about skills training can be found on page 21 of the Course Handbook.
Courses available through OxWaSP including CUDA
Courses available through OxWaSP including CUDA
Academy for PhD Training in Statistics (APTS)
The Academy for PhD Training in Statistics is collaboration between major UK statistics research groups to organise courses for first-year PhD students in statistics and applied probability nationally.
The intention of APTS is to provide courses which will be attractive and relevant to the research preparation and background education of all statistics and probability PhD students in the UK. APTS is open also to students from institutions outside the UK. You will gain a wide appreciation of other important statistical research themes through APTS, as well as enlarge your network of peer and senior research contacts. All CDT students are expected to attend as part of their fulfilment to the programme. The first three weeks of APTS are mandatory and you will be registered for these (the dates which follow are for the 2017-2018 first year cohort):
The final week, 20–24 August 2018 at the University of Glasgow is optional. You need to let the CDT administrator know, by 12 noon on Monday 24 October 2017 at the latest, whether you will be applying for the final week. Please seek advice from your academic advisor and DPhil mentor. Each week is a pair of themed modules. You may not take individual modules: applications have to be for one or more whole APTS weeks. Applying for APTS weeks is a firm commitment to attend. Last minute cancellation of a place on an APTS week may cost several hundred pounds. More details are available on the APTS website.
The Academy for PhD Training in Statistics is collaboration between major UK statistics research groups to organise courses for first-year PhD students in statistics and applied probability nationally.
The intention of APTS is to provide courses which will be attractive and relevant to the research preparation and background education of all statistics and probability PhD students in the UK. APTS is open also to students from institutions outside the UK. You will gain a wide appreciation of other important statistical research themes through APTS, as well as enlarge your network of peer and senior research contacts. All CDT students are expected to attend as part of their fulfilment to the programme. The first three weeks of APTS are mandatory and you will be registered for these (the dates which follow are for the 2017-2018 first year cohort):
- Week 1: 11-15 December 2017, University of Cambridge
- Week 2: 16-20 April 2018, University of Nottingham
- Week 3: 9-13 July 2018, University of Southampton
The final week, 20–24 August 2018 at the University of Glasgow is optional. You need to let the CDT administrator know, by 12 noon on Monday 24 October 2017 at the latest, whether you will be applying for the final week. Please seek advice from your academic advisor and DPhil mentor. Each week is a pair of themed modules. You may not take individual modules: applications have to be for one or more whole APTS weeks. Applying for APTS weeks is a firm commitment to attend. Last minute cancellation of a place on an APTS week may cost several hundred pounds. More details are available on the APTS website.
Transferable Skills - University of Warwick
You will engage in at least 10 days of transferable skills training at Warwick, per year and in fact we anticipate your spending rather more time than this. In the first year this is whole-cohort training in core transferable skills.
You will engage in at least 10 days of transferable skills training at Warwick, per year and in fact we anticipate your spending rather more time than this. In the first year this is whole-cohort training in core transferable skills.