UK needs to improve its STEM education
JUL 24, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.026193
BBC : The UK needs to recruit more students into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, according to a recent report from the House of Lords Committee on Science and Technology. Committee members also found that too few students starting science courses have the necessary math skills and require remedial work. “The quality of the STEM graduates coming out of universities does not meet the requirements of industry and in fact is ultimately not even likely to meet the requirements of academia,” said committee member Lord Willis. The report concludes that if the country does not improve its educational system, it could fail to meet its objective of “driving economic growth through education and hi-tech industries,” writes Judith Burns for the BBC.
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