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  • Statistics and data analysis in the spotlight as future career choices

    Posted on March 28, 2017

    The Department of Statistics, in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria, recently hosted a statistics awareness day for Mathematics teachers and learners to demonstrate the importance of statistics in the school curriculum and in everyday life.

  • Best first-year lecturer in NAS awarded

    Posted on December 14, 2016

    A lecturer who inspires and motivates students ... This encompasses Mr Carel Oosthuizen, the first-year co-ordinator for Animal Diversity in the Department of Zoology and Entomology who received the Best First-year Lecturer Award in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) on 2...

  • Mathematical Statistics student selected as SAS Student Ambassador

    Posted on November 29, 2016

    Ms Amelia van Schalkwyk, an academically brilliant master's student in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Pretoria, was selected as one of the fifteen 2017 SAS Student Ambassadors.

  • A young force to be reckoned with

    Posted on September 28, 2016

    A young force to be reckoned with

  • Best first year lecturer award

    Posted on September 06, 2016

    The objective of this award is to acknowledge the first year lecturer in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences that most inspires and motivates the students

  • Statistician rewarded for excellent publishing record

    Posted on August 11, 2016

    Prof Mohammed Arashi, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Statistics, was recently awarded the Behboodian Award for statisticians younger than 40, who have published outstanding papers. This award is made biannually by the Iranian Statistical Society.

  • International ScaDs Summer school on Big Data in Leipzig, Germany

    Posted on July 28, 2016

    From 11- 15 July 2016, Charl Janse van Rensburg, a Masters student attended the 2nd International ScaDs Summer school on Big Data in Leipzig, Germany:

  • Johan Ferreira named one of SA Top 200 young South Africans

    Posted on June 28, 2016

    A lecturer in Mathematical Statistics in the day, an oboist at night. These are just two of the facets of the multi-talented Johan Ferreira of the Department of Statistics at the University of Pretoria who was named one of the Mail & Guardian top 200 young South Africans 2016.

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