News - University of Buckingham
SCHOOLS are struggling to recruit top quality maths teachers with many trainees lacking good degrees, research found today. Nine out of 10 trainee classics teachers have a first or upper second class university degree, but just 42per cent of maths trainees are similarly qualified.
TOO many pupils are being denied the chance to find out if they are good at physics because of a shortage of specialist teachers, according to research published today. A study at the University of Buckingham called for colleges and schools to share physics lecturers to help ease the shortage.
The study of physics in schools and universities is in crisis because a shortage of well-qualified specialist teachers has subjected pupils to boring lessons, academics warned yesterday.
By Nic Paton, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Jul. 30--Do you like the idea of getting a degree, but without the slog of three years' study? Well, there's some good news -- from this autumn, students will be able to gain an honours degree in just two years.