Last week, one of our consultants, Jo, attended a seminar held by the RSS South West Local Group. ZhiMin Xiao presented the "Pupil Advantage Index" as an alternative to subgroup analyses in educational RCTs.

While all the computers were sleeping, the Select team stole out of Oxygen House and headed to North Exeter. It was time to get into the festive spirit, with an afternoon of seasonal crafting planned.

We’re pleased to announce that Sally has gained the designation of Graduate Statistician. GradStat status, granted by the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), is a professional award formally recognising a member’s statistical qualifications.

At the beginning of November our MD, Lynsey, was invited to attend the annual Women in Maths event at the University of Bristol. This event aims to encourage female mathematics students to continue their studies to PhD level.

In October the Select team welcomed both Sally Hunton and Louise Cherrill as our two newest recruits. Sally and Louise are fresh out of finishing their Master’s in Statistics at the University of Lancaster and Leicester and are joining the team as Statistical Consultants.