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UoS Social Statistics and Demography
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Social Statistics and Demography Department of the University of Southampton.
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/about/faculties-schools-departments/economic-social-and-political-sciences/department-of-social-statistics-and-demography
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Statistics in Government
📅 11–15 May 2026
👨‍🏫 Dr Jeff Ralph
Explore the scope, organisation, and standards of official statistics in practice.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Evaluation and Monitoring
📅 4–8 May 2026
👨‍🏫 Dr Yves Berger
Design and analyse intervention evaluations using advanced statistical techniques.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Small Area Estimation
📅 16–20 March 2026
👨‍🏫 Prof Nikos Tzavidis & Dr Angela Luna Hernandez
SAE methods for modelling at low levels of aggregation. Delivered in R.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Machine Learning
📅 2–6 March 2026
👨‍🏫 Prof Li-Chun Zhang
Explore statistical learning methods including SVM, PCA, and ensemble methods. In R.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Data Mining
📅 23–27 February 2026
👨‍🏫 Dr Jason Hilton
Techniques for collecting, cleaning, and analysing structured/unstructured data in Python.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Analysis of Complex Survey Data
📅 2–6 February 2026
👨‍🏫 Prof Danny Pfeffermann
Modelling survey data with weighting, clustering, and stratification using STATA or R.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Multilevel Modelling
📅 26–30 January 2026
👩‍🏫 Dr Angela Luna Hernandez
Analyse hierarchical data structures using MLwiN, R, and Stata.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Data Visualisation
📅 1–5 December 2025
👨‍🏫 Dr Jason Hilton
Design effective static, dynamic, and interactive visualisations. Delivered in Python.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Survey Fundamentals
📅 24–28 November 2025
👩‍🏫 Dr Melike Oguz Alper
Covers basic sampling and estimation: SRS, stratified, cluster, and multistage methods.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Data Science Foundations
📅 10–14 November 2025
👨‍🏫 Dr Jason Hilton & Dr Francesco Pantalone
Intro to big data sources, messy data, web scraping, and data analysis in R.
🔗 southampton.ac.uk/courses/2025...
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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📢 Thinking of studying at the University of Southampton?

Apply for a Chevening Scholarship to join one of the postgraduate taught programmes in our department.

🌍 Open to international students
🗓 Deadline: 7 Oct 2025
🔗 chevening.org/scholarships/
📚 Our programmes: bit.ly/4gN6nCJ
Screenshot from the Chevening Scholarships website showing the University of Southampton's Department of Social Statistics and Demography listed as offering eligible master's programmes for Chevening applicants. Visible programmes include MSc Applied Statistics, MSc Data Analytics for Government, MSc Demography, MSc Global Health, and MSc Social Research Methods with Applied Statistics.
October 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM