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💡Stat of the Day 💡
In England, Scotland and Wales this year, the estimated average annual household electricity consumption was 2,700kWh!
Source: Ofgem
In England, Scotland and Wales this year, the estimated average annual household electricity consumption was 2,700kWh!
Source: Ofgem
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
💡Stat of the Day 💡
In England, Scotland and Wales this year, the estimated average annual household electricity consumption was 2,700kWh!
Source: Ofgem
In England, Scotland and Wales this year, the estimated average annual household electricity consumption was 2,700kWh!
Source: Ofgem
⚡ How is the UK moving toward a secure, affordable + low-carbon energy future?
Join us Tue 16 Dec for a deep dive with EDF (UK) R&D.
We’ll explore cutting-edge work in flexibility, fairness metrics, power-system modelling and AI for nuclear infrastructure — plus insights from two major projects:
Join us Tue 16 Dec for a deep dive with EDF (UK) R&D.
We’ll explore cutting-edge work in flexibility, fairness metrics, power-system modelling and AI for nuclear infrastructure — plus insights from two major projects:
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
⚡ How is the UK moving toward a secure, affordable + low-carbon energy future?
Join us Tue 16 Dec for a deep dive with EDF (UK) R&D.
We’ll explore cutting-edge work in flexibility, fairness metrics, power-system modelling and AI for nuclear infrastructure — plus insights from two major projects:
Join us Tue 16 Dec for a deep dive with EDF (UK) R&D.
We’ll explore cutting-edge work in flexibility, fairness metrics, power-system modelling and AI for nuclear infrastructure — plus insights from two major projects:
☔Stat of the Day☔
🍂Northern Ireland just had it's 3rd wettest Autumn with rainfall 39% above average. Only 2000 and 2011 have seen wetter autumns in Northern Ireland since records began in 1836!🍂
Source: @metoffice.gov.uk
🍂Northern Ireland just had it's 3rd wettest Autumn with rainfall 39% above average. Only 2000 and 2011 have seen wetter autumns in Northern Ireland since records began in 1836!🍂
Source: @metoffice.gov.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
☔Stat of the Day☔
🍂Northern Ireland just had it's 3rd wettest Autumn with rainfall 39% above average. Only 2000 and 2011 have seen wetter autumns in Northern Ireland since records began in 1836!🍂
Source: @metoffice.gov.uk
🍂Northern Ireland just had it's 3rd wettest Autumn with rainfall 39% above average. Only 2000 and 2011 have seen wetter autumns in Northern Ireland since records began in 1836!🍂
Source: @metoffice.gov.uk
With the government discussing plans to cut thousands of jury trials across England and Wales, today's Stat of the Day looks at the proportional increase in open caseload from Q1 to Q2 2025 in UK magistrates courts.
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Source: Ministry of Justice
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Source: Ministry of Justice
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
With the government discussing plans to cut thousands of jury trials across England and Wales, today's Stat of the Day looks at the proportional increase in open caseload from Q1 to Q2 2025 in UK magistrates courts.
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Source: Ministry of Justice
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Source: Ministry of Justice
Stat of the Day:
The world now generates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every single day — a scale that highlights why statistical thinking is more important than ever.
Source: Demandsage
The world now generates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every single day — a scale that highlights why statistical thinking is more important than ever.
Source: Demandsage
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Stat of the Day:
The world now generates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every single day — a scale that highlights why statistical thinking is more important than ever.
Source: Demandsage
The world now generates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every single day — a scale that highlights why statistical thinking is more important than ever.
Source: Demandsage
We wrap up our Budget week Stats of the Day with a considerably smaller number than previous days: 1
The number of budget resolutions (the 'Ways and Means') that the government must pass to form the basis of the finance bill.
Source: @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
The number of budget resolutions (the 'Ways and Means') that the government must pass to form the basis of the finance bill.
Source: @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We wrap up our Budget week Stats of the Day with a considerably smaller number than previous days: 1
The number of budget resolutions (the 'Ways and Means') that the government must pass to form the basis of the finance bill.
Source: @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
The number of budget resolutions (the 'Ways and Means') that the government must pass to form the basis of the finance bill.
Source: @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
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💡 Thanks to @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Chair of @significancemag.bsky.social editorial board, for discussing this issue’s “Bad Stats” column on Times Radio!
📣 Hear her on Rod Liddle’s show (starts at 40min): www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
📖 Read & subscribe: significancemagazine.com
📣 Hear her on Rod Liddle’s show (starts at 40min): www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
📖 Read & subscribe: significancemagazine.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
💡 Thanks to @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Chair of @significancemag.bsky.social editorial board, for discussing this issue’s “Bad Stats” column on Times Radio!
📣 Hear her on Rod Liddle’s show (starts at 40min): www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
📖 Read & subscribe: significancemagazine.com
📣 Hear her on Rod Liddle’s show (starts at 40min): www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
📖 Read & subscribe: significancemagazine.com
🍂Happy #Thanksgiving2025 to all our followers who celebrate it!🥧
If you could only have ONE Thanksgiving dish for the rest of your life, what would it be? 🦃🥧
If you could only have ONE Thanksgiving dish for the rest of your life, what would it be? 🦃🥧
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🍂Happy #Thanksgiving2025 to all our followers who celebrate it!🥧
If you could only have ONE Thanksgiving dish for the rest of your life, what would it be? 🦃🥧
If you could only have ONE Thanksgiving dish for the rest of your life, what would it be? 🦃🥧
💷Stat of the Day💷
We continue our mini #Budget2025 Stat of the Day series.
The approximate amount the UK Government raises in revenue every year is 1 trillion pounds.
Source: Institute for Fiscal Studies
We continue our mini #Budget2025 Stat of the Day series.
The approximate amount the UK Government raises in revenue every year is 1 trillion pounds.
Source: Institute for Fiscal Studies
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
💷Stat of the Day💷
We continue our mini #Budget2025 Stat of the Day series.
The approximate amount the UK Government raises in revenue every year is 1 trillion pounds.
Source: Institute for Fiscal Studies
We continue our mini #Budget2025 Stat of the Day series.
The approximate amount the UK Government raises in revenue every year is 1 trillion pounds.
Source: Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Professor Jim Smith from our department is part of this exciting AiTASHA project, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). AiTASHA stands for AI Intelligence Triage & Acquisition Support for Human-centred Analysis. Check out what Jim said about the project below.
📊 New project announced: building AI tools to enhance security analyst capabilities
We're convening experts from leading UK universities & gov security partners to enhance intelligence analysts’ assessment capabilities.
Learn more about the project: https://bit.ly/49xVROl
We're convening experts from leading UK universities & gov security partners to enhance intelligence analysts’ assessment capabilities.
Learn more about the project: https://bit.ly/49xVROl
New research consortium will use AI to support and enhance intelligence analysis for national security
The Alan Turing Institute has been awarded a £1m research grant to develop AI methods to support and enhance intelligence analysis for national security and
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November 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Professor Jim Smith from our department is part of this exciting AiTASHA project, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). AiTASHA stands for AI Intelligence Triage & Acquisition Support for Human-centred Analysis. Check out what Jim said about the project below.
Congratulations to LSE Statistics' Dr David Itkin! - who last night was awarded the 2026 Rising Star in Quant Finance by @riskdotnet.bsky.social, having spearheaded a project that developed a new way of assessing price impact in portfolios of trades. 🎉🥂
Read more: www.risk.net/awards/79626...
Read more: www.risk.net/awards/79626...
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Congratulations to LSE Statistics' Dr David Itkin! - who last night was awarded the 2026 Rising Star in Quant Finance by @riskdotnet.bsky.social, having spearheaded a project that developed a new way of assessing price impact in portfolios of trades. 🎉🥂
Read more: www.risk.net/awards/79626...
Read more: www.risk.net/awards/79626...
💷Stat of the Day💷
As the UK Autumn Budget is announced by the Chancellor today in the Commons, we continue our mini #Budget2025 Stat of the Day series.
94.5% is the estimated public sector net debt excluding public sector banks at the end of October 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics
As the UK Autumn Budget is announced by the Chancellor today in the Commons, we continue our mini #Budget2025 Stat of the Day series.
94.5% is the estimated public sector net debt excluding public sector banks at the end of October 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
💷Stat of the Day💷
As the UK Autumn Budget is announced by the Chancellor today in the Commons, we continue our mini #Budget2025 Stat of the Day series.
94.5% is the estimated public sector net debt excluding public sector banks at the end of October 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics
As the UK Autumn Budget is announced by the Chancellor today in the Commons, we continue our mini #Budget2025 Stat of the Day series.
94.5% is the estimated public sector net debt excluding public sector banks at the end of October 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics
The second of our mini #Budget2025 Stat of the Day series is total UK borrowing in the financial year to October 2025 as a (provisional) estimated proportion of GDP: 3.9%
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Source: Office for National Statistics
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Source: Office for National Statistics
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The second of our mini #Budget2025 Stat of the Day series is total UK borrowing in the financial year to October 2025 as a (provisional) estimated proportion of GDP: 3.9%
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Source: Office for National Statistics
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Source: Office for National Statistics
Tune in tomorrow evening live at 6pm here: www.linkedin.com/events/73976...
...as our very own Marcos Barreto & LSE's Casey Kearney talk with Timea Kadar about their 'Mapping Student-GenAI Interactions onto Experiential Learning: The GENIAL Framework' research on Teachers Talk Radio.
...as our very own Marcos Barreto & LSE's Casey Kearney talk with Timea Kadar about their 'Mapping Student-GenAI Interactions onto Experiential Learning: The GENIAL Framework' research on Teachers Talk Radio.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Tune in tomorrow evening live at 6pm here: www.linkedin.com/events/73976...
...as our very own Marcos Barreto & LSE's Casey Kearney talk with Timea Kadar about their 'Mapping Student-GenAI Interactions onto Experiential Learning: The GENIAL Framework' research on Teachers Talk Radio.
...as our very own Marcos Barreto & LSE's Casey Kearney talk with Timea Kadar about their 'Mapping Student-GenAI Interactions onto Experiential Learning: The GENIAL Framework' research on Teachers Talk Radio.
With the much anticipated UK Autumn Budget 2025 out on Wednesday, Stat of the Day has a Budget focus all through this week. And we start with total UK borrowing in the financial year to October 2025: £116.8bn.
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Source: ONS
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Source: ONS
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
With the much anticipated UK Autumn Budget 2025 out on Wednesday, Stat of the Day has a Budget focus all through this week. And we start with total UK borrowing in the financial year to October 2025: £116.8bn.
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Source: ONS
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Source: ONS
What do statistics and AI offer each other?
📺Watch Stanford University's Professor Emmanuel Candès discuss how thinking carefully about AI inputs & outputs yields more powerful, safer AI at last month's Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9h...
📺Watch Stanford University's Professor Emmanuel Candès discuss how thinking carefully about AI inputs & outputs yields more powerful, safer AI at last month's Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9h...
What Statistics and AI offer Each Other? (main camera)
YouTube video by asilomarssc
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November 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What do statistics and AI offer each other?
📺Watch Stanford University's Professor Emmanuel Candès discuss how thinking carefully about AI inputs & outputs yields more powerful, safer AI at last month's Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9h...
📺Watch Stanford University's Professor Emmanuel Candès discuss how thinking carefully about AI inputs & outputs yields more powerful, safer AI at last month's Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9h...
Global emissions need to drop 43% by 2030 to keep 1.5°C within reach.
COP ends today — and the data couldn’t be clearer: the window is narrowing, fast.
#COP #ClimateData #ClimateAction
COP ends today — and the data couldn’t be clearer: the window is narrowing, fast.
#COP #ClimateData #ClimateAction
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Global emissions need to drop 43% by 2030 to keep 1.5°C within reach.
COP ends today — and the data couldn’t be clearer: the window is narrowing, fast.
#COP #ClimateData #ClimateAction
COP ends today — and the data couldn’t be clearer: the window is narrowing, fast.
#COP #ClimateData #ClimateAction
"Every person generates a deluge of high-dimensional data, from clicks & purchases to sensor readings & survey responses. Yet the complexity of this data is often driven by unobserved human traits such as intelligence, personality, attitudes & latent abilities..."
📢Read our new 'the measure of it' blog published today: Introducing the psychometrics lab by Dr Yunxiao Chen and Professor Irini Moustaki 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/t...
www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/t...
Dr Yunxiao Chen and Professor Irini Moustaki introduce the work of the LSE Department of Statistics’ Psychometrics Lab.
Dr Yunxiao Chen and Professor Irini Moustaki introduce the work of the LSE Department of Statistics’ Psychometrics Lab.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Every person generates a deluge of high-dimensional data, from clicks & purchases to sensor readings & survey responses. Yet the complexity of this data is often driven by unobserved human traits such as intelligence, personality, attitudes & latent abilities..."
📢Read our new 'the measure of it' blog published today: Introducing the psychometrics lab by Dr Yunxiao Chen and Professor Irini Moustaki 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/t...
www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/t...
Dr Yunxiao Chen and Professor Irini Moustaki introduce the work of the LSE Department of Statistics’ Psychometrics Lab.
Dr Yunxiao Chen and Professor Irini Moustaki introduce the work of the LSE Department of Statistics’ Psychometrics Lab.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📢Read our new 'the measure of it' blog published today: Introducing the psychometrics lab by Dr Yunxiao Chen and Professor Irini Moustaki 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/t...
www.lse.ac.uk/statistics/t...
🏠Stat of the Day!🏠
The demand for short term accommodation is growing! There were 90.1m guest nights spent in short-term lets in the UK between Jan - Dec '24. This shows the continued growth and impact of platforms such as Airbnb, Booking.com & Expedia Group
Source: Office for National Statistics
The demand for short term accommodation is growing! There were 90.1m guest nights spent in short-term lets in the UK between Jan - Dec '24. This shows the continued growth and impact of platforms such as Airbnb, Booking.com & Expedia Group
Source: Office for National Statistics
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🏠Stat of the Day!🏠
The demand for short term accommodation is growing! There were 90.1m guest nights spent in short-term lets in the UK between Jan - Dec '24. This shows the continued growth and impact of platforms such as Airbnb, Booking.com & Expedia Group
Source: Office for National Statistics
The demand for short term accommodation is growing! There were 90.1m guest nights spent in short-term lets in the UK between Jan - Dec '24. This shows the continued growth and impact of platforms such as Airbnb, Booking.com & Expedia Group
Source: Office for National Statistics
📚Stat of the day!📚
The total revenue made from the UK publishing sector in 2024 was 7.2 billion pounds demonstrating the importance of books, journals and high-quality published resources! Academic journals were up, with digital growing by 4%!
Source: Publishers Association
The total revenue made from the UK publishing sector in 2024 was 7.2 billion pounds demonstrating the importance of books, journals and high-quality published resources! Academic journals were up, with digital growing by 4%!
Source: Publishers Association
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📚Stat of the day!📚
The total revenue made from the UK publishing sector in 2024 was 7.2 billion pounds demonstrating the importance of books, journals and high-quality published resources! Academic journals were up, with digital growing by 4%!
Source: Publishers Association
The total revenue made from the UK publishing sector in 2024 was 7.2 billion pounds demonstrating the importance of books, journals and high-quality published resources! Academic journals were up, with digital growing by 4%!
Source: Publishers Association
📊 Stat of the Day — Edinburgh
The median hourly pay per worker in Edinburgh reached £19.33 in 2024.
A striking reminder of how regional labour markets continue to evolve across the UK.
Source: City of Edinburgh Council
#LSEStatistics #DataInsights #LabourMarket #Edinburgh
The median hourly pay per worker in Edinburgh reached £19.33 in 2024.
A striking reminder of how regional labour markets continue to evolve across the UK.
Source: City of Edinburgh Council
#LSEStatistics #DataInsights #LabourMarket #Edinburgh
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📊 Stat of the Day — Edinburgh
The median hourly pay per worker in Edinburgh reached £19.33 in 2024.
A striking reminder of how regional labour markets continue to evolve across the UK.
Source: City of Edinburgh Council
#LSEStatistics #DataInsights #LabourMarket #Edinburgh
The median hourly pay per worker in Edinburgh reached £19.33 in 2024.
A striking reminder of how regional labour markets continue to evolve across the UK.
Source: City of Edinburgh Council
#LSEStatistics #DataInsights #LabourMarket #Edinburgh
🚕 STAT OF THE DAY
16,268 — That’s the total number of Transport for London–issued taxi driver licences as of the week ending 26 October 2025.
📊 Source: Transport for London
16,268 — That’s the total number of Transport for London–issued taxi driver licences as of the week ending 26 October 2025.
📊 Source: Transport for London
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🚕 STAT OF THE DAY
16,268 — That’s the total number of Transport for London–issued taxi driver licences as of the week ending 26 October 2025.
📊 Source: Transport for London
16,268 — That’s the total number of Transport for London–issued taxi driver licences as of the week ending 26 October 2025.
📊 Source: Transport for London
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The @royalstatsoc.bsky.social annual international conference is now on bluesky and looking forward to our conference in Bournemouth next September: rss.org.uk/training-eve... #RSS2026conf
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The @royalstatsoc.bsky.social annual international conference is now on bluesky and looking forward to our conference in Bournemouth next September: rss.org.uk/training-eve... #RSS2026conf
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How should we define & measure the “green economy”? 🌿
In our next webinar on 27 November, @willmcdowall.bsky.social (ESCoE & @ucl.ac.uk) will present a new approach to defining green economic activities.
Register: tinyurl.com/bdz7mfp2
Read more about the project: tinyurl.com/33ndd6m2
In our next webinar on 27 November, @willmcdowall.bsky.social (ESCoE & @ucl.ac.uk) will present a new approach to defining green economic activities.
Register: tinyurl.com/bdz7mfp2
Read more about the project: tinyurl.com/33ndd6m2
Measuring the green economy - ESCoE
Presented by Will McDowall, UCL and ESCoE How should we define and measure the “green […]
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November 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
How should we define & measure the “green economy”? 🌿
In our next webinar on 27 November, @willmcdowall.bsky.social (ESCoE & @ucl.ac.uk) will present a new approach to defining green economic activities.
Register: tinyurl.com/bdz7mfp2
Read more about the project: tinyurl.com/33ndd6m2
In our next webinar on 27 November, @willmcdowall.bsky.social (ESCoE & @ucl.ac.uk) will present a new approach to defining green economic activities.
Register: tinyurl.com/bdz7mfp2
Read more about the project: tinyurl.com/33ndd6m2