The RSS Teaching Statistics Section has announced that the first UK Conference on Teaching Statistics (UKCOTS) will be held at the University of Manchester, 13-14 June 2024. The 2024 UKCOTS conference will also host the Annual Conference for Teachers of Statistics in Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (known as ‘Burwalls’).

UKCOTS is aimed at all those who teach statistics in higher education, from whatever department or discipline. 

The following is the tentative timeline for deadlines and other dates prior to the conference start on 13 June 2024:

• Call for abstracts opens: 27 November 2023
• Abstract submission deadline: 9 February 2024
• Notification of acceptance: 29 March 2024
• Registration opens: 22 March 2024
• Registration closes: 31 May 2024