Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science Departmental Induction 2025

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Come and find out more about your course, meet key members of staff and meet the people you’re going to be studying with.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our department.

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Undergraduate induction

Postgraduate Taught induction

Postgraduate Research induction

Second and Final Year Returning Undergraduates

First Year Undergraduates

Wednesday 1st October 2025

Time	Event	Location
10.00am - 10.05am	Welcome from the Head of School, Professor Spyros Vrontos	STEM 3.1
10.05am - 10.35am	Introduction to the School: Undergraduate Director (including intro from Professional Services team)	STEM 3.1
10.35am - 10.40am	Brief introduction from our Study Support Manager	STEM 3.1
10.40am - 10.50am	Introduction to Women in STEM (WiSTEM) and our Maths & Actuarial Science societies	STEM 3.1
10.50am - 11.00am	Students’ Union representative talk	STEM 3.1
11.00am - 11.20am	Brief talks from: Library Residence Life	STEM 3.1
11.20am - 11.50am	Course specific briefing and activities led by course directors	STEM 4.1 and 4.2+B
12.00pm - 1.00pm	Lunch and Meet your Personal Tutor	STEM 3.1
1.00pm - 4.00pm	Mixer - Student Society led drop-in event and activities for new Undergraduate students	STEM 5.1

Postgraduate Research

Wednesday 1st October 2025

Time	Event	Location
10.00am - 1.15pm	University PGR Welcome Conference	Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall B
1.15pm - 1.45pm	Lunch	Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall B
2.00pm - 3.30pm	School Welcome and Induction and Tour	Room 4.311
3.30pm - 4.30pm	Coffee and cake	STEM 5.1

Postgraduate Taught

Friday 3rd October 2025

Time	Event	Location
11.00am -11.05am	Welcome from the Head of School, Professor Spyros Vrontos	5N.151
11.05am - 11.35am	Induction to the School by the Postgraduate Taught Director (including an introduction from our Professional Services Team)	5N.151
11.35am - 11.45am	Introduction to Women in STEM (WiSTEM) and our Maths society	5N.151
11.45am - 11.50am	Brief talk from Residence Life	5N.151
11.50am - 12.00pm	Students’ Union representative talk	5N.151
12.00pm - 1.00pm	Course specific briefings: Applied Data Science and Data Science and its Applications Data Science and Data Science with Professional Placement All other MSc courses	5N.3.2, 5N.3.7 and 5N.3.9
2.00pm - 4.00pm	Meet your Personal Tutor and other students in your cohort	5N.151

Second and Final Year Returning Undergraduates

Wednesday 8th October 2025

Time	Event	Location
2.00pm - 2.30pm	Welcome Back from the Undergraduate Director	TBC
2.30pm - 2.40pm	Brief talk from the Library Services Team	TBC
2.40pm - 2.45pm	Brief talk from Careers Services	TBC
3.30pm - 4.00pm	Q&A for second/final year direct entrants from our Undergraduate Director	TBC

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