Ben Derrick

Dr. Ben Derrick serves as a Senior Lecturer in Statistics within the School of Computing and Creative Technologies at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), where he has been employed since 2014. His multifaceted roles include Placements Lead for 10 undergraduate programs, Programme Lead for the MSc Data Science [online], and active membership in both the Mathematics and Statistics Research Group and UWE Bristol's AI Community of Practice. Leveraging prior industry experience in business intelligence and statistical programming, he bridges academic theory with practical applications across teaching and consultancy domains.

His research program centers on artificial intelligence integration in educational assessment, simulation-based statistical methodology development, and statistical disclosure control applications. Dr. Derrick actively explores how project-based learning frameworks and AI-enhanced e-assessment systems can transform statistics pedagogy, with particular emphasis on real-world implementation across diverse academic contexts including educational interventions and environmental monitoring systems.

As an educator, he supervises final-year Mathematics and Data Science master's projects—many resulting in publications—and delivers statistics modules across multiple degree programs. His consultancy portfolio encompasses UWE Bristol initiatives like BoostingReading@Primary and espressomaths, the Centre for Appearance Research, and Environment Agency air quality networks, while his professional training in SPSS and R serves both Consumer Intelligence and UWE's Graduate School, demonstrating comprehensive application of statistical expertise.