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Welcome to the Education and Qualifications section of our website.

This section covers two key inter-connected strands of our work. We have a lively education strategy, both in providing education events and resources of various kinds and in seeking to influence policy regarding the curriculum. And we offer our own professional qualifications and examinations, accredit university courses and operate a continuing professional development policy. And much more, in both strands!

Please contact us with comments, queries, offers of assistance or just a general desire to get involved. The members of staff particularly concerned with this work are:

     Gerald Goodall, Director of Education and Professional Affairs
     Debra Hurcomb, Theme Manager for Education
     Sarah Barker, Administrator for professional awards and examinations.

You can email us using the Society's standard style of initial.surname@rss.org.uk (we haven't given automatic links to email boxes here to try to avoid our being "spammed").

Set out below are links to most of the main areas of our work. Please scroll the screen as necessary.


The "qualifications" strand

Professional membership - Graduate Statistician, Chartered Statistician, Chartered Scientist.
Professional examinations - Ordinary Certificate, Higher Certificate, Graduate Diploma.
Accreditation of university courses.
Continuing professional development - our CPD policy, courses, our Maintained Professional Certificate.
The Royal Statistical Society Professional Development Centre - our own unit that provides CPD courses.


The "education" strand

Education strategy - how we develop our overall vision for statistical education.
Schools Lecture - our schools lecture service.
Education policy meetings.
Education events.
Associate Schools and Colleges Scheme - a network of teachers of 5- to 19-year-olds.
Curriculum - how we endeavour to influence the curriculum.
Teaching resources - "Teaching Statistics", "Significance", our teachers' communities.
Get involved with our education work - tell us your thoughts, see if you can help us.
Useful links - lots of links to other bodies in the education field.


Please also visit:
The Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education