A meeting aimed at postgraduate researchers and students who would like to learn more about possible research careers in the areas of tropical medicine and international health.   more »

Please join us to discuss recent progress in Europe and to meet others involved in supporting and promoting women in science in Europe and the UK. European Platform of Women Scientists aims to make us better understand the role we can play in the research policy debate and how to fully benefit from these opportunities by bundling our powers and forces. http://www.epws.org/index.php Tuesday 19 June 2007, 1-3pm at The Atlee Suite, Portcullis House, Westminster, London. RSVP: Joanne Baker: baker.jo@gmail.com Light lunch provided.   more »

Women scientists discuss dilemmas and difficulties facing women in science, work-life balance and the process they went through to start their own business.   more »

Topics expected to be covered include: Motivation, need for statistics; Populations and Samples; Uncertainty and Variability; Distributions; Types of Data; Summarising Data (mean, median, standard deviation, standard errors, proportions,) Hypothesis Testing; Type 1 and Type 2 error; P values; Confidence intervals; Superiority, Non-Inferiority; Sample Size Determination (Power, Delta); Avoiding Bias – Randomisation and Blinding; Populations – Safety, ITT, PP; Basic Statistical Methods: T-test, chi-square test ;Covariates and Subgroups; Comparing Treatments (differences in means, odds ratios, relative risk, absolute risk difference etc); More sophisticated statistical methods (ANCOVA, logistic regression, )   more »

This Course is for those who have few, if any, formal qualifications, and who have an interest and some skills in IT and computers.   more »

This course is for anyone, from established researchers who need to prepare for a possible grilling on Newsnight, to students who would like to learn the secrets of communicating concisely and effectively with non-specialists. The techniques covered here apply to interviews with both print and broadcast media and are also useful for job interviews.   more »