MSc in Statistical Ecology - applications open

[Chris Sutherland]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Apologies for using the list for advertising, but i felt it may be of interest to budding quantitative ecologists in your networks. 

I’d really appreciate it if you could share the information about our MSc across your networks – particularly graduating or graduated students. We are very pleased to announce that we are taking applications for the 26-27 intake of our MSc in Statistical Ecology (see attached leaflet). New this year, the programme has two 50% scholarships for students from Scotland. We also have a range of university-wide partial scholarships available.

The MSc aims to give students:

• a sound understanding of the statistical foundations of modern methods in statistical ecology
• Knowledge and skills to use these methods effectively
• experience of applying them to real-world problems, under the supervision of experts, some of whom are leading researchers in this field

The MSc involves two semesters of taught courses and a 3-month summer research dissertation. It is taught by staff at the interdisciplinary Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (https://www.creem.st-andrews.ac.uk/). The summer dissertation includes optional placements with collaborators in the UK or abroad, to give students experience of dealing with real-world problems in statistical ecology.

For any additional information, please direct enquiries to maths-...@st-andrews.ac.uk or to myself cs...@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Many thanks for your help sharing this information.

Chris