Zhaoxi Zhang, a PhD student at the School, has been announced as the winner of the Royal Statistical Society's Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing. The Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing is organised by Significance Magazine and the Young Statisticians Section of the Royal Statistical Society with the aim of encouraging statisticians to share data-related stories that help society resolve today’s biggest issues. Zhang won the award for a piece of writing entitled 'Early Scottish Statisticians and Their Lasting Legacy,' which will be published in an upcoming print edition of Significance.The finalists of the award are invited to present their papers at the RSS Annual Conference 2025, which will be held in Edinburgh in September.Check out the Royal Statistical Society's announcement of the prize Learn more about the award via the Significance Magazine article Tags Statistics Student success Publication date 18 Jul, 2025
