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Life as a (Young) Academic Statistician

Life as a (Young) Academic Statistician. Dr Eric J. Beh School of Computing & Mathematics University of Western Sydney. SSAI Careers Evening, 29 th April, 2009. Life as an (Young) Academic Statistician Teaching. Meet lots of wonderful people, most of whom are keen to learn

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Life as a (Young) Academic Statistician

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  1. Life as a (Young) Academic Statistician Dr Eric J. Beh School of Computing & Mathematics University of Western Sydney SSAI Careers Evening, 29th April, 2009

  2. Life as an (Young) Academic StatisticianTeaching • Meet lots of wonderful people, most of whom are keen to learn • You can teach students from a wide variety of disciplines at a variety of levels • You can teach students material that is similar to your area of research • Help guide a person’s intellectual development (its much better being on the other side of the desk)

  3. Life as an (Young) Academic StatisticianResearch • Lots of opportunities to conduct research in the development and application of statistical tools. • Develop your own research profile • Research what interests YOU (no one tells me what to research, who to research with, how much research I should do) • You meet lots of people who are keen to advance knowledge in your area of interest • Cross-discipline collaboration in non-statistical disciplines (gain other skills and gain new interests)

  4. Life as an (Young) Academic StatisticianDemand • A number of uni’s around Australia & NZ have advertised for jobs within maths/stats departments • Plenty of cross-discipline academic positions advertised (biostatistician, geospatial, ecological statistician, public health, analyst/programmer, econometrician, etc) • Postdoctoral opportunities • Honours + postgraduate (incl. PhD) scholarships at all universities

  5. Life as an (Young) Academic StatisticianWorking Conditions • Flexible working hours (eg work from home) • If you enjoy research you can see the world • Italy (5 times), USA (3), England (2), New Zealand, Spain • Salary + 17% employee superannuation contribution • Good prospects for continual professional development and promotion (universities are keen to see staff develop their teaching, research and administration skills) • Decent salaries (you can earn a six figure income once you get to top of Senior Lecturer or bottom of Associate Professor) • Very good job security (people will always want to learn)

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