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Students studying sciences in UK universities drops

Thu, 26 Oct 2006
The number of students studyng traditional sciences in the UK at university are stagnating and falling according to a number of reports.

Traditional science graduates, degrees such as Biology, Chemistry or Physics, has been masked by a growth in topics such as sports science, says the Royal Society.

The number of biology students taking up biology at university are dropping, said the Royal Society today.

The Royal Society also stated that increases in topics such as maths and biology degrees were apparent rather than real. This suggestion leads many critics to believe students are opting for softer topics at university.

The Royal Society condemned the method in which statistics were gathered in the UK, describing changes to how those doing combined subjects were represented.

However, the Labour government have said that the Royal Society's interpretation was incorrect and misleading. This is on the dawn of the new top up fees which sees students taking on a further £9,000 debt to study at university.

However students in the UK may feel cheated, as the number of applicants has risen over the last 3 years, applying for sciences in the UK.

The Royal Society's findings come out at a rather touching time, as the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine made it into the top 10 universities in the world.