COMING SOON

PRIMER and PERMANOVA+

With Marti J. Anderson

PRIMER-e are pleased to announce registration will open soon for two weeks of back-to-back courses in Multivariate Analysis implementing the new software PRIMER 8 with PERMANOVA+ to be offered in person at The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA), Plymouth, U.K. and also online.

Overview

Week 1: PRIMER, 12 – 16 October 2026
Week 2: PERMANOVA+, 19 – 23 October 2026

Participants can register to attend:

Week 1 only, Week 2 only or both weeks:
Either online or in person.

COURSE FEES

TBA

Week 1 will cover the core non-parametric methods implemented in PRIMER software. Week 2 will cover the semi-parametric methods encapsulated in PERMANOVA+ and other advanced topics. Participants may register for week 1 only, week 2 only, or both weeks. Online participants will join the course live.

VENUE

All sessions will be held at The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Marti J. Anderson is the Director of PRIMER-e (Quest Research Limited), a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) and Distinguished Professor Emerita in the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study (NZIAS) at Massey University in Auckland. Her core research is in community ecology, biodiversity, multivariate analysis, experimental design and resampling methods, with a special focus on developing novel statistical methods for ecology. She has developed all of the statistical methods in PERMANOVA+ and especially enjoys engaging in the dynamic interactions with students, academics and professionals that have become a trademark of the PRIMER/PERMANOVA+ international courses, shedding new light on multivariate data.

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Terms and Conditions

Please refer to PRIMER-e’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Courses. In addition, PRIMER-e’s Specific Terms and Conditions for this Course.

Deadlines: TBA. Contact PRIMER-e directly at primer@primer-e.com if you have any questions.
Payment information: Registrants will be invoiced directly upon receipt by the PRIMER-e office of a completed registration form. All payments are to be made in £GBP.
Payment options are detailed on the invoice and include:
- by Credit/Debit Card;
- by Direct Electronic Bank Transfer
GST: New Zealand residents will need to pay 15% Goods-and-Services Tax (GST), applied at invoice.
Cancellation and Refund policy: The course organisers should be notified of cancellations in writing. If cancellation occurs before Date TBA, the total course fee will be refunded, less any associated bank fees and administration costs. If you cancel after the deadline stated above, you may send a substitute person. Please notify the PRIMER-e office and provide us with the appropriate registration details for the substitute at the time of cancellation. In the absence of a substitute, we will still refund the payment (less administration costs) if we succeed in filling your place. “No shows” are non-refundable and are liable for the full registration costs. In the unlikely event of a course cancellation, PRIMER-e will refund registration fees in full, but shall not refund nor be liable for any additional associated costs, expenses, or losses incurred by registrants.

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