Events

This two day in person event is an opportunity to find out more about the Department's research. It takes the form of a series of short talks and will provide an overview of the research activities of the Department's four research groups: Data Science, Probability in Finance and Insurance, Social Statistics and Time Series and Statistical Learning. The presentations will be accompanied by a poster session for students on 20 June, combined with a reception.

We are excited to announce that our inaugural srudent ball takes place on 15 March at the Waldorf Hilton! 

You asked for it, and now it's finally here! The first ever Statistics Student Ball is being held at The Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych, London WC2B 4DD on Friday 15 March 2024 from 6.30pm until midnight. Come and celebrate your time at LSE and nearing the end of Winter term with your Statistics student community! 

Tickets to the Statistics Ball is highly subsidised by the Department of Statistics and will only cost £50 per person! This is amazing value for an event at the prestigious Waldorf in London. 

You will get the following included in that price: 

• A welcome drink on arrival. Alcoholic and non alcoholic options will be available
• ️A three course sit down meal
• Half a bottle of wine per person or soft drinks during dinner
• Entertainment throughout the evening
• A photobooth
• ️Drinks token to use on a alcoholic or non alcoholic drink
• A professional photographer capturing the evening.  All images will be available on Flickr afterwards, but please email statistics.events@lse.ac.uk if you do not want your photo to be shared
• A DJ and a dancefloor 

Our dress code is Dress To Impress! It’s a special occasion, so let’s take this opportunity to dress the part. This is your chance to get your fancy dresses and suits on and dust off your party shoes.  Feel free to express yourself in a way that you feel comfortable with. 

If you have any question about the event please email us via statistics.events@lse.ac.uk

This year our Alumni Mixer event takes place in the purpose built Alumni Centre on LSE campus.  This event is for our MSc and 3rd year BSc Statistics students to come along and ask any burning questions they have and to network! 

We will have17 amazing Statistics alumni in attendance at this informal drinks reception! Nibbles and drinks will be available. 

This WCA event includes a talk titled “The decline in natural capital and why it matters”. The talk will be delivered by external guest speakers Ian Trim. 
Ian is currently undertaking a PhD at Anglia Ruskin University’s Global Sustainability Institute.  He has 20 years’ experience in developing and delivering low carbon and sustainability programs in both the public and private sector. Prior to Guidehouse, where he works part time now,  Ian spent a decade in the UK Government including acting as the UK’s lead negotiator on carbon markets at the Paris COP, and leading the development of domestic policy focused on industrial and household energy efficiency. From 2011 to 2014, Ian worked for the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Moscow as the UK’s lead in Russia on climate and environment issues.”

The talk will be followed by a catered networking opportunity between LSE Undergraduate Statistics students, WCA members and IFOA representatives. 

The event will include a prize giving ceremony for the WCA Prize. The Prize is not a school prize and awarded by the WCA and is given to Undergraduate students from their penultimate year, awarded for outstanding / excellent achievement. 

Join Adam French (Stats Alum!) on 21 February who will talk all things entrepreneurships! This event is for UG Statistics students only. 

Adam is a Partner at venture capital firm Houghton Street Ventures, where he invests in businesses founded by London School of Economics alumni and students. Additionally, he is a Non-Executive Director at the UK Fintech industry body Innovate Finance.

Prior to this, Adam was a co-founder of fintech unicorn Scalable Capital, which operates in the online investment space. Scalable currently employs over 450 people, has raised over $350m in venture capital funding and manages investments for over 1 million clients. Adam graduated from the LSE in 2007 with a BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics.

No need to register for the event, just turn up. Food will be provided! 

This two day in person event is an opportunity to find out more about the Department's research. It takes the form of a series of short talks and will provide an overview of the research activities of the Department's four research groups: Data Science, Probability in Finance and Insurance, Social Statistics and Time Series and Statistical Learning. The presentations will be accompanied by a poster session for students on 5 June, combined with a reception.