Science committee criticizes UK education system and immigration policy
Every nation anxious about its future wants to produce more science graduates. But a brow-beating report out today from the UK’s House of Lords Science and Technology Committee says the quality of students, not just their number, needs urgent attention. It criticizes every aspect of the UK’s science education system – from secondary schools up to universities – and worries that reforms to the system at university level, including rising tuition fees and a clampdown on student immigration, will only exacerbate problems. To top it all off, there’s a blast at poor-quality statistics that make it impossible to fully understand what’s going wrong. Read more
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