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Study Details: online over 2 or 3 years, part-time.
Our course is run by academics who work in the health sector as well as in higher education. Statisticians from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) as well as those who have extensive experience in working with the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland, will provide lectures based around real-life problems and data from the health sciences.
The course is entirely delivered online. The course is ideally suited to those working full-time or with other commitments. You can study and complete the modules when it’s most convenient for you – you don’t need to be online at specific times.
Although the programme is focused on health, the skills set provided will also equip you with the necessary training to work as an applied statistician in other areas such as insurance, finance and commerce.
Minimum second-class (2:2) Honours degree or international equivalent.
Mathematical training to A Level or equivalent standard.
Prospective students with relevant experience or appropriate professional qualifications are also welcome to apply.
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There are many exciting career opportunities for graduates in applied statistics. The practical, real-life skills that you'll gain means you'll be much in demand in international organisations. A report by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry identified statistics and data mining as “two key areas in which a 'skills gap' is threatening the UK's biopharmaceutical industry.”
Typical employers of statisticians and data analysts include:
government
health services
pharmaceutical companies
human, animal, plant and environmental research institutes
insurance companies
banks
internet information providers such as Google
retailers
Core modules:
Foundations of Probability & Statistics
Data Analytics in R
Statistical Modelling & Analysis
Medical Statistics
Research project
Optional modules:
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Bayesian Spatial Statistics
Survey Design & Analysis
Effective Statistical Consultancy
Financial Econometrics
Financial Stochastic Processes
Data dashboards with RShiny
Big Data Tools & Techniques
Statistical Machine Learning
Big Data Fundamentals
Machine Learning for Data Analytics
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