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New LSE Stats blog published today: read Dr Giulia Livieri's remarkable research clarifying how machine learning works on complex graphs & how quickly any method (including Graph Convolutional Networks) can learn from them - with link to her full paper. 👉https://tinyurl.com/yn4crtzd
Women in Data: The Reality of Being a Data Scientist Today
An in-person panel on careers, challenges, and the changing role of data scientists — with speakers from industry and analytics.
4 Feb 2026 | 5–7pm GMT
LSE, CLM.5.02
www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/s...
#WomenInData #DataScience #LSEEvents
An in-person panel on careers, challenges, and the changing role of data scientists — with speakers from industry and analytics.
4 Feb 2026 | 5–7pm GMT
LSE, CLM.5.02
www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/s...
#WomenInData #DataScience #LSEEvents
February 3, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Women in Data: The Reality of Being a Data Scientist Today
An in-person panel on careers, challenges, and the changing role of data scientists — with speakers from industry and analytics.
4 Feb 2026 | 5–7pm GMT
LSE, CLM.5.02
www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/s...
#WomenInData #DataScience #LSEEvents
An in-person panel on careers, challenges, and the changing role of data scientists — with speakers from industry and analytics.
4 Feb 2026 | 5–7pm GMT
LSE, CLM.5.02
www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/s...
#WomenInData #DataScience #LSEEvents
40 alumni. One voice. One LSE Department of Statistics. 📊
Stay in touch with the Department to keep up to date with future international alumni events and opportunities around the world - lnkd.in/eEVdMCrp
#LSEStatistics #LSEAlumni #LSEGlobal #StatisticsAlumni
Stay in touch with the Department to keep up to date with future international alumni events and opportunities around the world - lnkd.in/eEVdMCrp
#LSEStatistics #LSEAlumni #LSEGlobal #StatisticsAlumni
January 27, 2026 at 7:44 PM
40 alumni. One voice. One LSE Department of Statistics. 📊
Stay in touch with the Department to keep up to date with future international alumni events and opportunities around the world - lnkd.in/eEVdMCrp
#LSEStatistics #LSEAlumni #LSEGlobal #StatisticsAlumni
Stay in touch with the Department to keep up to date with future international alumni events and opportunities around the world - lnkd.in/eEVdMCrp
#LSEStatistics #LSEAlumni #LSEGlobal #StatisticsAlumni
This 3 day ProbAI Theory of Scaling Laws Workshop looks good @warwickstats.bsky.social, 22-24 June.
PhD students & researchers - check it out!
Reg here until 31 March 👇warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/news/probai-scaling-laws-2026/registration/
PhD students & researchers - check it out!
Reg here until 31 March 👇warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/news/probai-scaling-laws-2026/registration/
January 27, 2026 at 2:52 PM
This 3 day ProbAI Theory of Scaling Laws Workshop looks good @warwickstats.bsky.social, 22-24 June.
PhD students & researchers - check it out!
Reg here until 31 March 👇warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/news/probai-scaling-laws-2026/registration/
PhD students & researchers - check it out!
Reg here until 31 March 👇warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/news/probai-scaling-laws-2026/registration/
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Our AI Task Force has responded to the proposed AI Growth Lab — welcoming its potential but stressing that skills gaps, data readiness and governance must be addressed for real impact
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What the AI Growth Lab gets right – and what we would still like to see
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January 27, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Our AI Task Force has responded to the proposed AI Growth Lab — welcoming its potential but stressing that skills gaps, data readiness and governance must be addressed for real impact
Read more 🔗 rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Read more 🔗 rss.org.uk/news-publica...
📢LSE Statistics students: tickets for the 2026 Stats Student Ball are on sale now!
Get your ticket in the e-shop today: eshop.lse.ac.uk/product-cata...
Three course dinner, live DJ, dancing and games at the Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych = not to be missed!
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Get your ticket in the e-shop today: eshop.lse.ac.uk/product-cata...
Three course dinner, live DJ, dancing and games at the Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych = not to be missed!
🍷🍸💃🕺
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM
📢LSE Statistics students: tickets for the 2026 Stats Student Ball are on sale now!
Get your ticket in the e-shop today: eshop.lse.ac.uk/product-cata...
Three course dinner, live DJ, dancing and games at the Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych = not to be missed!
🍷🍸💃🕺
Get your ticket in the e-shop today: eshop.lse.ac.uk/product-cata...
Three course dinner, live DJ, dancing and games at the Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych = not to be missed!
🍷🍸💃🕺
Today is the beginning of LSE Winter Term 2026. A very warm 'welcome back' to all our students - we hope you enjoyed the Christmas break!🌨️🧊🌧️
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Today is the beginning of LSE Winter Term 2026. A very warm 'welcome back' to all our students - we hope you enjoyed the Christmas break!🌨️🧊🌧️
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Good intentions aren’t enough to understand poverty—good data matters. Our new interim report with the Centre for Public Data examines gaps in UK poverty data and their impact on policy and research.
Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Understanding poverty in the UK: the data gaps holding us back
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January 19, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Good intentions aren’t enough to understand poverty—good data matters. Our new interim report with the Centre for Public Data examines gaps in UK poverty data and their impact on policy and research.
Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Undergraduates — final reminder
Today is the last day to register for the upcoming Cumberland Lodge weekend.
Please check your LSE email — the payment portal will be shared later this afternoon with students who have registered.
Complete your registration today.
Today is the last day to register for the upcoming Cumberland Lodge weekend.
Please check your LSE email — the payment portal will be shared later this afternoon with students who have registered.
Complete your registration today.
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Undergraduates — final reminder
Today is the last day to register for the upcoming Cumberland Lodge weekend.
Please check your LSE email — the payment portal will be shared later this afternoon with students who have registered.
Complete your registration today.
Today is the last day to register for the upcoming Cumberland Lodge weekend.
Please check your LSE email — the payment portal will be shared later this afternoon with students who have registered.
Complete your registration today.
📍 LSE Statistics Alumni Meet-Up | Hong Kong
Hong Kong–based alumni are invited to an informal evening of networking and drinks in Central, hosted by James Abdey.
🗓 Sat 24 Jan 2026
⏰ 6–9pm (HKT)
📍 Omaroo Grill & Rooftop Bar
👉 Sign up: forms.gle/eH3wKbnBsXkj...
Hong Kong–based alumni are invited to an informal evening of networking and drinks in Central, hosted by James Abdey.
🗓 Sat 24 Jan 2026
⏰ 6–9pm (HKT)
📍 Omaroo Grill & Rooftop Bar
👉 Sign up: forms.gle/eH3wKbnBsXkj...
Hong Kong LSE Department of Statistics alumni meet-up and drinks reception
Join Dr James Abdey, Associate Professor in the LSE Department of Statistics, for a relaxed alumni meet-up and drinks reception in Hong Kong. This informal evening is a great opportunity to reconnect ...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
📍 LSE Statistics Alumni Meet-Up | Hong Kong
Hong Kong–based alumni are invited to an informal evening of networking and drinks in Central, hosted by James Abdey.
🗓 Sat 24 Jan 2026
⏰ 6–9pm (HKT)
📍 Omaroo Grill & Rooftop Bar
👉 Sign up: forms.gle/eH3wKbnBsXkj...
Hong Kong–based alumni are invited to an informal evening of networking and drinks in Central, hosted by James Abdey.
🗓 Sat 24 Jan 2026
⏰ 6–9pm (HKT)
📍 Omaroo Grill & Rooftop Bar
👉 Sign up: forms.gle/eH3wKbnBsXkj...
New LSE Stats blog published today: read Dr Giulia Livieri's remarkable research clarifying how machine learning works on complex graphs & how quickly any method (including Graph Convolutional Networks) can learn from them - with link to her full paper. 👉https://tinyurl.com/yn4crtzd
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
New LSE Stats blog published today: read Dr Giulia Livieri's remarkable research clarifying how machine learning works on complex graphs & how quickly any method (including Graph Convolutional Networks) can learn from them - with link to her full paper. 👉https://tinyurl.com/yn4crtzd
🎓 A final look back at our Winter Graduation celebrations from December.
This photo captures the people and moments behind the achievement. Congratulations again to our graduates; we’re proud to count you as part of the LSE Statistics.
#WinterGraduation #LSEStatistics #Alumni
This photo captures the people and moments behind the achievement. Congratulations again to our graduates; we’re proud to count you as part of the LSE Statistics.
#WinterGraduation #LSEStatistics #Alumni
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 AM
🎓 A final look back at our Winter Graduation celebrations from December.
This photo captures the people and moments behind the achievement. Congratulations again to our graduates; we’re proud to count you as part of the LSE Statistics.
#WinterGraduation #LSEStatistics #Alumni
This photo captures the people and moments behind the achievement. Congratulations again to our graduates; we’re proud to count you as part of the LSE Statistics.
#WinterGraduation #LSEStatistics #Alumni
Save the date for our annual Statistics Student Ball at the Waldorf Hilton!🥳
✨ Friday 27 March 2026
✨ Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych
✨ Evening (exact time TBC) until midnight
✨ Dress to impress! 👗🕴️
✨ DJ 🎧 games 🎲 photo booth 🤳 & photographer 📷
✨ Friday 27 March 2026
✨ Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych
✨ Evening (exact time TBC) until midnight
✨ Dress to impress! 👗🕴️
✨ DJ 🎧 games 🎲 photo booth 🤳 & photographer 📷
January 8, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Save the date for our annual Statistics Student Ball at the Waldorf Hilton!🥳
✨ Friday 27 March 2026
✨ Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych
✨ Evening (exact time TBC) until midnight
✨ Dress to impress! 👗🕴️
✨ DJ 🎧 games 🎲 photo booth 🤳 & photographer 📷
✨ Friday 27 March 2026
✨ Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych
✨ Evening (exact time TBC) until midnight
✨ Dress to impress! 👗🕴️
✨ DJ 🎧 games 🎲 photo booth 🤳 & photographer 📷
Celebrating the @LSEStatistics at ISCDS 2025 in Seville
Proud to see our colleagues sharing cutting-edge research:
• Mona Azadkia on “A new measure of dependence: Integrated R-squared”
• Tengyao Wang on “Coverage correlation: detecting singular dependencies”
Proud to see our colleagues sharing cutting-edge research:
• Mona Azadkia on “A new measure of dependence: Integrated R-squared”
• Tengyao Wang on “Coverage correlation: detecting singular dependencies”
January 7, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Celebrating the @LSEStatistics at ISCDS 2025 in Seville
Proud to see our colleagues sharing cutting-edge research:
• Mona Azadkia on “A new measure of dependence: Integrated R-squared”
• Tengyao Wang on “Coverage correlation: detecting singular dependencies”
Proud to see our colleagues sharing cutting-edge research:
• Mona Azadkia on “A new measure of dependence: Integrated R-squared”
• Tengyao Wang on “Coverage correlation: detecting singular dependencies”
Join us for an exclusive alumni meet-up on Saturday, 24 January 2026, from 6–9 pm in Central, Hong Kong.
Reconnect with fellow alumni, hear updates from the LSE Department of Statistics, and enjoy an evening of networking and refreshments.
Sign up by emailing [email protected]
Reconnect with fellow alumni, hear updates from the LSE Department of Statistics, and enjoy an evening of networking and refreshments.
Sign up by emailing [email protected]
January 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Join us for an exclusive alumni meet-up on Saturday, 24 January 2026, from 6–9 pm in Central, Hong Kong.
Reconnect with fellow alumni, hear updates from the LSE Department of Statistics, and enjoy an evening of networking and refreshments.
Sign up by emailing [email protected]
Reconnect with fellow alumni, hear updates from the LSE Department of Statistics, and enjoy an evening of networking and refreshments.
Sign up by emailing [email protected]
The LSE Department of Statistics is now closed for Christmas.
Thank you to all our followers for being with us through 2025, and look forward to seeing you in the New Year!
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Thank you to all our followers for being with us through 2025, and look forward to seeing you in the New Year!
🎄🎅🎁🥂
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The LSE Department of Statistics is now closed for Christmas.
Thank you to all our followers for being with us through 2025, and look forward to seeing you in the New Year!
🎄🎅🎁🥂
Thank you to all our followers for being with us through 2025, and look forward to seeing you in the New Year!
🎄🎅🎁🥂
Its another Christmas flavoured Stat of the Day for you today: The proportion of Britons who say that they watch Christmas films (the most popular of all Christmas activities in YouGov's 2025 Big Survey on Christmas). Home Alone, Love Actually, Elf and many more... it begins!
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Its another Christmas flavoured Stat of the Day for you today: The proportion of Britons who say that they watch Christmas films (the most popular of all Christmas activities in YouGov's 2025 Big Survey on Christmas). Home Alone, Love Actually, Elf and many more... it begins!
🎓 Congratulations to our Winter graduates!
It was a pleasure celebrating with you yesterday. We’re incredibly proud of what you’ve achieved during your time in the Department of Statistics, and we look forward to seeing what you do next!
It was a pleasure celebrating with you yesterday. We’re incredibly proud of what you’ve achieved during your time in the Department of Statistics, and we look forward to seeing what you do next!
December 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🎓 Congratulations to our Winter graduates!
It was a pleasure celebrating with you yesterday. We’re incredibly proud of what you’ve achieved during your time in the Department of Statistics, and we look forward to seeing what you do next!
It was a pleasure celebrating with you yesterday. We’re incredibly proud of what you’ve achieved during your time in the Department of Statistics, and we look forward to seeing what you do next!
🎁Stat of the Day🎁
24% of people in the UK start their Christmas shopping before November! Have you done all yours yet!?🎄🎄
Source: YouGov (Big Survey on Christmas, 2025)
24% of people in the UK start their Christmas shopping before November! Have you done all yours yet!?🎄🎄
Source: YouGov (Big Survey on Christmas, 2025)
December 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🎁Stat of the Day🎁
24% of people in the UK start their Christmas shopping before November! Have you done all yours yet!?🎄🎄
Source: YouGov (Big Survey on Christmas, 2025)
24% of people in the UK start their Christmas shopping before November! Have you done all yours yet!?🎄🎄
Source: YouGov (Big Survey on Christmas, 2025)
We were delighted to welcome EDF R&D's Sanaa Zannane & Dr Gustavo Medina to LSE yesterday - who gave an excellent industry talk showcasing EDF applied research across household energy flexibility, energy fairness metrics, power-system modelling & AI for nuclear infrastructure. Many thanks both!
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We were delighted to welcome EDF R&D's Sanaa Zannane & Dr Gustavo Medina to LSE yesterday - who gave an excellent industry talk showcasing EDF applied research across household energy flexibility, energy fairness metrics, power-system modelling & AI for nuclear infrastructure. Many thanks both!
🌬️Stat of the Day🍃
Did you know that in November 2025, wind was the primary source of electricity generation for the fourth consecutive month!? It provided 37.1% of the UK's total supply, while gas came second at 27.2%.
Source: National Energy System Operator
Did you know that in November 2025, wind was the primary source of electricity generation for the fourth consecutive month!? It provided 37.1% of the UK's total supply, while gas came second at 27.2%.
Source: National Energy System Operator
December 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🌬️Stat of the Day🍃
Did you know that in November 2025, wind was the primary source of electricity generation for the fourth consecutive month!? It provided 37.1% of the UK's total supply, while gas came second at 27.2%.
Source: National Energy System Operator
Did you know that in November 2025, wind was the primary source of electricity generation for the fourth consecutive month!? It provided 37.1% of the UK's total supply, while gas came second at 27.2%.
Source: National Energy System Operator
Stat of the Day: Hong Kong's financial sector (a leading global financial hub) had a workforce of 269,100 in 2023 - amounting to 7.3% of Hong Kong's total working population.
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Source: Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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Source: Hong Kong Monetary Authority
December 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Stat of the Day: Hong Kong's financial sector (a leading global financial hub) had a workforce of 269,100 in 2023 - amounting to 7.3% of Hong Kong's total working population.
💴💷💵💶🏙️👩💼
Source: Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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Source: Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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How are AI technologies shaping pay in the UK? New research, co-authored by Dr Magdalena Soffia, Associate Head of Social Research at IFOW, provides the first nationally representative evidence on how AI is affecting employee pay across skill levels and the country.
Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Employee Pay in the United Kingdom: Evidence From Matched Employer–Employee Data
This paper examines the impact of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled technologies on employee pay in the United Kingdom. We use matched nationally representative data from the Employers’ Digital Pr...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How are AI technologies shaping pay in the UK? New research, co-authored by Dr Magdalena Soffia, Associate Head of Social Research at IFOW, provides the first nationally representative evidence on how AI is affecting employee pay across skill levels and the country.
Reposted by LSE Department of Statistics
Alumni Advice: Software Engineer Adi Singhal graduated in 2022 with a CS/DS major and now works on agentic AI at Amazon.
His advice?
Sit in the first row.
Professors get to know you better, you ask more questions, and the cascading effects extend far beyond that single class.
His advice?
Sit in the first row.
Professors get to know you better, you ask more questions, and the cascading effects extend far beyond that single class.
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Alumni Advice: Software Engineer Adi Singhal graduated in 2022 with a CS/DS major and now works on agentic AI at Amazon.
His advice?
Sit in the first row.
Professors get to know you better, you ask more questions, and the cascading effects extend far beyond that single class.
His advice?
Sit in the first row.
Professors get to know you better, you ask more questions, and the cascading effects extend far beyond that single class.
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#Women make up only 35 per cent of #STEM graduates globally.
@andresbafer.bsky.social and Aspasia Bizopoulou @cep-lse.bsky.social show that while men and women's educational attainment varies, young women’s choices about studying STEM subjects are similar everywhere @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.
@andresbafer.bsky.social and Aspasia Bizopoulou @cep-lse.bsky.social show that while men and women's educational attainment varies, young women’s choices about studying STEM subjects are similar everywhere @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.
The STEM gender gap – pipeline vs choice
New research across 10 countries reveals a universal "choice gap". Women are less likely to pick STEM degrees, even where they outperform men academically.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#Women make up only 35 per cent of #STEM graduates globally.
@andresbafer.bsky.social and Aspasia Bizopoulou @cep-lse.bsky.social show that while men and women's educational attainment varies, young women’s choices about studying STEM subjects are similar everywhere @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.
@andresbafer.bsky.social and Aspasia Bizopoulou @cep-lse.bsky.social show that while men and women's educational attainment varies, young women’s choices about studying STEM subjects are similar everywhere @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.