{"id":25,"date":"2020-05-26T09:17:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T09:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:10:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:10:21","slug":"personal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/personal\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current and Past Posts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2020\/05\/Lake.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2020\/05\/Lake.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2020\/05\/Lake-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2017-: Band 3 Distinguished Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics.<\/li><li>2011-2017: Band 2 Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics.<\/li><li>2001-7: Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University.<\/li><li>1996-2011: Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University.<\/li><li>1992-96: Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visiting Posts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2007-10: Associate membership of the Oxford-Man Institute.<\/li><li>1996-01: Visiting Professor, University of Surrey.<\/li><li>1988-92: Lecturer, Department of Probability and Statistics, University of Sheffield.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2021\/01\/Mull.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2021\/01\/Mull.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2021\/01\/Mull-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Qualifications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>B.Sc. First class honours in Mathematics, Imperial College, University of London, 1982-85<\/li><li>PhD Statistics, University of Surrey, 1985-88<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"260\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2020\/05\/group.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2020\/05\/group.png 350w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2020\/05\/group-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Married to&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lancs.ac.uk\/sci-tech\/departments\/mathematics_and_statistics\/people\/julia-tawn\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Julia<\/a>&nbsp;since 1988. Not sure how she has put up with me this long!<\/li><li>Nicholas is currently finishing a Mathematics degree at Bath University and about to start a PhD in Statistics at Warwick University with&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.warwick.ac.uk\/fac\/sci\/statistics\/staff\/academic-research\/roberts\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gareth Roberts<\/a>.<\/li><li>Georgina is currently doing a Foundation course in Art and Design before starting a Fine Art degree.<\/li><li>Both Nicholas and Gina swam for&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carnforthotters.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carnforth Otters Swimming Club<\/a>&nbsp;before going to university.<\/li><li>Nicholas specialised in breaststroke and was selected for the 2012 Olympic Talent Squad. Highlights of his swimming career were: 2007 British Champion in 16 years and under 100m breaststroke in 1:05.91 l.c. and bronze in the 200m breaststroke in 2:23.69 l.c.; 2008 Captaining Lancashire to be National Inter-Counties champions; 2009 Lancashire Open age champion in 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke. Nicholas now focuses on mountain and road biking.<\/li><li>Gina set a Lancaster schools record at 50m breaststroke and also trained in ice skating at Blackburn, trained under Karen Barber (of Dancing on Ice fame).<\/li><li>Our border collie Tess completes the family.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2020\/05\/dog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2020\/05\/dog.jpg 250w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/files\/2020\/05\/dog-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1960s music: Beatles, Kinks, Beach Boys and Bob Dylan.<\/li><li>Walking: the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and Lake District.<\/li><li>Archeology: stone circles and burial chambers.<\/li><li>Swimming: honorary member of Carnforth Otters.<\/li><li>Football: Support of Mnachester United and Colchester United.<\/li><li>Favourite holiday locations: Scotish islands and west coast.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current and Past Posts 2017-: Band 3 Distinguished Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics. 2011-2017: Band 2 Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics. 2001-7: Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University. 1996-2011: Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University. 1992-96: Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University. Visiting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tawn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}