The University of Warwick has been awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education at a ceremony held on Thursday, 25th February 2016 at Buckingham Palace in London.

The Queen’s Anniversary Prize is in recognition of Warwick becoming a Mathematical Sciences research and impact powerhouse in the University’s first 50 years.

Head of the Department of Statistics Professor Mark Steel said:

"On behalf of the Department of Statistics, I am delighted with the Queen's Anniversary Prize, which is a truly wonderful recognition of all the hard work we and our colleagues in Mathematics have done over the years. Our Department has tripled in size over the last 12 years, which, combined with the world-leading quality of our research, has given us the opportunity to be involved in many exciting initiatives, such as the newly formed Alan Turing Institute. A lot of our work is directly or indirectly linked with applications in biology, medicine, economics, finance etc. and we are very keen to continue to break new ground in delivering research with a substantial impact on society and to train the next generations of forward-thinking statisticians."

A full press release can be found on the University of Warwick's News and Events webpage.