STOR-i Partnerships

Partnerships are at the forefront of STOR-i's mission. By collaborating with STOR-i, our partners are able to work with highly-skilled research students on projects addressing key questions from their businesses, which require leading-edge Statistics and/or Operational Research solutions.

A group of STOR-i members at a meeting
Working with STOR-i
How to work with STOR-i
STOR-i's Partners

The STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training is unique in the strength of its links with industry matched with high quality research methodology. We achieve this by working with leading industries that recognise and support the need for highly skilled researchers.

STOR-i meets the need to produce highly employable graduates equipped with the broad skills needed for rapid career progression. Our industry partners pledge significant financial support and have committed to extensive, long-term involvement in the Centre’s activities. Strong industry involvement has been key to STOR-i’s continued success.

STOR-i is committed to developing and disseminating research of direct relevance to industry and government as well as to the academic community.

Working with STOR-i

STOR-i's model is based on the tried-and-tested UK Research Council’s CASE PhD scheme.

If you choose to work with STOR-i, you will get the opportunity to collaborate with a highly-motivated research student, specifically trained during their MRes year to excel in collaborative research with industry. Their research will address key questions arising from your business that will benefit from innovative solutions which use leading-edge statistics and/or operational research.

A specific PhD student will work on the project for three years, allowing either substantive long-term projects to be addressed or a series of inter-linked shorter projects. Your organisation will collaborate with the research student’s supervisor, an academic within Lancaster University’s internationally recognised statistics and operational research groups, to ensure the project's success.

We have found that consultancy projects do not tend to be suitable for PhD projects due to the short time frames required to achieve project deliverables. In addition, such projects tend not to contain substantive research problems that are essential for the successful completion of a PhD.

Explore examples of previous PhD Projects
Student being mentored by a lecturer in an MRes class

Additional benefits:

In addition to the above, you'll also benefit from:

Research collaboration

Collaborating with a highly-motivated STOR-i research student will offer both parties access to a wealth of knowledge and experience, bringing together academic and industrial knowledge to develop innovative solutions to better your business.

Networking

You'll have the opportunity to network with other like-minded, high-potential STOR-i students, who have a proven record of academic excellence and a focus on careers at the interface of statistics, operational research and industry.

Research events

You'll have access to STOR-i research activities, including our seminars, research group meetings, and a range of other knowledge exchange events designed to help our partners find out the centre's activities and network with colleagues in other industrial sectors.

Develop an innovation culture

Working with STOR-i PhD students will allow you to promote continuous innovation and the sharing of expertise, best practices, and new ideas within your company. This can contribute to increased competitive advantages in your market and allow you to stay at the forefront of new academic progress.

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  • STOR at Lancaster University

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  • The STOR-i Programme structure

    Learn more about the STOR-i student experience, and the additional skills and training they receive to prepare them for collaborating with industry.

Interested in becoming a STOR-i Partner?

If you would like to learn more about how a collaborative partnership with STOR-i could benefit your organisation, or would like to arrange a visit to the centre, please reach out to STOR-i's director, Idris Eckley.

Idris Eckley

Professor Idris Eckley FLSW

 Distinguished Professor of Statistics

Changepoints and Time Series, DSI - Foundations, Energy Lancaster, STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training

+44 (0)1524 593066