Recent activities and plans for the near future / Feedback from the Stats/OR community

All staff of the Network are now in place, and you can see their details on our Web site. The entire team plus consultants - 17 of us in all - met for an extended “away day” in January, and identified four key areas for development over the next six months: Staff development - investigation of current training and how we can influence it; identification of “champions”; running programmes and workshops targeted at new lecturers; dissemination of “teaching tips”; The school-university transition - investigation of changes in school curricula in England, Scotland, Wales, NI and how this will affect what is delivered during the first year at university; dissemination of advice for admissions tutors and first year lecturers; Service teaching - courses for non-specialist students can provide up to 40% of a department’s income. Often seen as a chore, we want it to be seen as a challenge and to encourage sharing of experience; Assessment - investigate specific problems for our discipline; encourage sharing of experience…/… Feedback from the Stats/OR community: During May and June 2000 all UK university contacts were sent an email inviting them to participate in six regional workshops…